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Salary The Transforming Care programme aims to improve the lives of young people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those people with a mental health condition.
The programme has three key aims:
To improve the quality of care for people with a learning disability and or autism.
To improve the quality of life for people with a learning disability and or autism.
To enhance community capacity, thereby reducing inappropriate hospital admissions and length of stay with a mental health condition. In South Bedfordshire and Luton this includes young people who are at risk of becoming a Child Looked After in a 52 week placement.
We are looking for experienced Mental Health professionals who are committed to providing excellent care for young people and their families.
The CAMHS Home Treatment team are an integrated multi agency service offering treatment to young people and families with complex and significant mental health presentations. We provide short to medium term high intensity intervention with the aim of preventing hospital admission and work with local partners and CAMHS teams cross South Bedfordshire and Luton.
This is an exciting post which will appeal to colleagues committed to improving the mental health of children and young people. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and highly motivated with excellent communication skills and experience of working within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
The post holders will have:
A desire to be innovative and creative in meeting the needs of children, young people and families at a point of crisis.
The ability to work within a team and forge good working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues.
Experience of undertaking effective risk assessment, risk management and collaborative working with young people and families.
Experience of working in a mental health setting with leadership, management and supervisory responsibilities
Experience of working with young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Learning Disabilities.
Great communication skills with young people and with colleagues from different sectors.
The work will range from Mental State assessments to multi-agency work including therapeutic work, consultation, peer supervision, joint work and participation in team meetings. You will be committed to delivering high quality care through evidence-based practice and in return we will demonstrate our commitment to your development through strong supervision and CPD opportunities. We value the importance of cohesive multi-disciplinary working and welcome applicants from all disciplines interested in the role.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The CAMHS Home Treatment Team (HTT) across South Bedfordshire and Luton have opportunities for experienced Mental Health professionals to join our team as a Band 7 Senior CAMHS Practitioner (Transforming Care) specialising in working with young people who have a diagnosis of Autism and/or Learning Disabilities. The post holder will work within the Home Treatment Team as part of the Alternative to Admission Pathway, and will predominantly work with young people on the Transforming Care Pathway, in addition to working with those under the core home treatment pathway.
We place immense value on the contribution of our clinicians and as such are committed to the development of a strong governance structure which offers high quality training, supervisions and career development opportunities.
For more information about the role please refer to the detailed job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 26 May 2024
