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We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to work in our Community CAMHS Team as a Youth Justice Liaison practitioner.
This role involves working with young people who have been referred to the Youth Justice service through police and/or court process. They will often be experiencing a wide variety of Mental Health difficulties sometimes with complex social situations and neurodevelopmental challenges.
This is a role where you can really make a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and young people.
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This role will include proactively and collaboratively working alongside the young person and other agencies to support exploration relating to their Mental Health, instigating Mental Health assessments and providing interventions.
Alongside this, the role will include consulting and referring on to and/or co-working with specialist services i.e. U-Turn, health, Early Help, where this is deemed necessary, in line with clinical governance standards and referral criteria within CAMHS.
The post will have a focus on supporting trauma informed and case formulation approaches to assessment, planning and Interventions and will provide risk support approaches where the child is not yet ready to engage in direct therapeutic interventions with CAMHS.
This role will have a primary focus in our Outreach services, but we would welcome discussion on any interest in opportunities to contribute to our Hospital Liaison services and also our core CAMHS services.
The main duties of the job are:
Comprehensive triaging and assessment of children and young people presenting to the Youth Justice service.
Shared formulation and care planning
Multi agency working including CAMHS consultation.
Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
Collaborative risk management
Support, supervision and CAMHS-specific training to colleagues
Being part of the on-call rota covering out of hours contact from professionals.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, Mental Health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, people’s homes and out within the community.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service pro rota.
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We embody the importance of staff wellbeing in our practice, and this is why we are interested to get to know you as a person and hear what you would like from your job. We are open to conversations about flexible working and including some home working where appropriate to the role.
You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision. We are investing heavily in training and preceptorships to develop staff skills. We have a thorough induction process, and you will supported as you begin to find your feet.
You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs alongside training opportunities within Swindon Borough Council, Swindon Safeguarding Partnership and our partner agencies. specific to the Youth Justice Liaison role.
We have good professional support in our service and pride ourselves on prioritising regular joint professional meetings between Swindon CAMHS and the Youth Justice Service to which the successful candidate can be a part of and will include regular team safeguarding supervision and joint clinical/case management supervision.
