CAMHS Practitioner: Leaving Care

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. Provide care delivery to vulnerable groups, inclusive of but not exclusively:Young People Leaving CareYoung people accessing NEST Mild Learning DisabilityThose in contact with Criminal Justice System Act as Care Coordinator under the CPA, as required. Workcollaboratively, and promote effective working relationships, with members of the Leaving Care Service and the NEST service members of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency CYP Complex Needs Service; members of CAMHS multi-disciplinary team; members of Healthy Minds Lincolnshire Service; members of Adult mental health services, ensuring effective clinical decision-making, internally and with external agencies. Empower Service Users and their families/carers to influence and use available services, information and skills and act as an advocate where appropriate. Provide full assessment and appropriate follow up care via care planning and clinical pathways, individual and group interventions, in partnership with young people/families/carers and other workers involved in care delivery. Work flexibly across the county from a designated base. Provide an extended hours service, as required. Participate in the planning and delivery of group interventions. Provide pre-CAMHS support, advice, consultation, and training to Barnardos Leaving Care Workers and NEST staff. Work in accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional standards in partnership with wider childrens services and to engage fully with Safeguarding, Common Assessment framework and other processes which require working together with other agencies. Proactively involve young people and families in service development including using service questionnaires to obtain structured feedback. Provide a professional, non-stigmatising service to young people and families. Work closely with other colleagues within the range of service for CYP and adults to enable effective transitions to and from other services. Ensure best practice by incorporating NICE guidance and meeting healthcare standards. Adhere to Trust Policies in consideration of Children in Need and safeguarding issues and in maintaining accurate and effective written records. Develop less experienced staff and provide supervision/line management on all of the above. Use outcome measures to evidence effectiveness of treatments provided. Chair both clinical and non-clinical meetings, as required.

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