Job description
This vacancy is for both Gloucester and Cheltenham bases as there is more than one post. Preference with be consider but cannot be guaranteed.

Gloucestershire CAMHS is a large service made up of a number of teams. This vacancy is recruiting for Core CAMHS who work with children and families with severe to moderate mental health needs.

The core CAMHS Team work in a busy and dynamic environment, and we pride our self on being leaders in delivering high quality compassionate care to children and young people, while protecting and promoting staff well-being and development.

Would you like to work with children, young people and their families? Do you:
• already have experience and skills in working with this group (ideally within a CAMHS setting) and are looking for a new opportunity?
• have experience working with adults in mental health settings and would like the opportunity to transfer these skills to working with this rewarding age group?

Or are you newly qualified or about to qualify as a registered practitioner and are interested in developing your skills working with children, young people and their families?

We are a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to develop skills assessing children, young people and families and ensuring they receive evidence based and effective interventions in a timely manner.
• The post holder will work under the supervision of an appropriately experienced and qualified CAMHS Registered Practitioner on the following;
• Providing a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18 yrs) with emotional and mental health difficulties whilst using a think family approach to support family and carers.
• Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload including meeting all clinical and operational requirements expected of a CAMHS Care Coordinator in line with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Provide CAMHS clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.
• To work through the Core Competency framework under supervision attend the preceptorship programme if newly qualified
• Provide clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan.
• Work flexibly to provide CAMHS interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

About

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexandra Lincoln Job title: Team Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 421 4224