Our clients are urgently seeking to recruit a
Locum Band 7 CAMHS Practitioner to join their CAMHS Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
(possible requirement to work up until 19:00pm to meet service needs)
Key Responsibilities:
Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients and their families.
To ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact is timely, accurate, up to date and of good quality and within CAMHS & professional standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication within the boundaries of confidentiality, with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
Supervise junior members of the team (Band 6) or trainees from any discipline.
Clinical
Assume responsibility for the daily duty system, particularly ascertaining the level of risk, and agreeing safety plans as and when necessary.
Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to planning packages of care.
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Contribute to service development and take a lead on audit within the duty team