15 Oct
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Bristol
We are pleased to be inviting applications for the role of Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Children in Care Specialist CAMHS Service in AWP, based in Bristol (Thinking Allowed). This is a well-established service with a reputable history of working with children and young people with complex needs who have experienced multiple adversities. If you are passionate about supporting young people with experiences of developmental trauma and believe in the difference that can be made by supporting a multi-disciplinary system to understand and recognise the impact of trauma, we would love to hear from you. We are a small supportive, energetic and creative team made up of Clinical Psychologists, an Art Therapist,
a Psychotherapist, and assistant Psychologist. We also have regular trainee Clinical Psychologists from Bath University. Post-holders will be expected to provide clinically effective interventions for the adult network and young people. We provide 1:1 support for young people, foster carer consultations, network support, training for social workers, as well as support for prospective adoptive parents. The team work alongside core CAMHS Services and also in partnership with Social Care and Education.
To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulations or care plans and evaluation of the service they receive
- When appropriate, engage in joint work with other specialist CAMHS personnel as agreed with AWP Children in Care Clinical Lead
- To attend Thinking Allowed team meetings and case discussions and work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary Children in Care CAMHS team.
- To practice within current legislation governing the delivery of services to children and young people, such as that for Looked After Children and the Safeguarding of children as defined in the Children Act (1989, amended 2004) and local guidelines.
- To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences.
- To comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of their professional body.
- To comply with any necessary data collection and information sharing across agencies in line with Trust guidelines on confidentiality.
- To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings.
- To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the child’s home
- To be computer literate.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES;), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.
We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and global majority backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Samantha Phillips Job title: Clinical Lead for Children in Care Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07591347531
▶️ Band 7 Thinking Allowed Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol
🖊️ Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
📍 Bristol