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Crisis and Home Treatment - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Based at Parkview Clinic.

There are also opportunities for Band 5 development roles.

The post will involve holistic mental health assessments, signposting and liaison, specialist clinical input to children and young people with physical health and co morbid mental health issues (e.g. eating disorders), working with parents schools and educating colleagues. You would need to be confident and competent in positive risk assessment and management with robust care plans and be able to provide brief solution-focused interventions to support children, young people, and their families.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake urgent assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to inpatient admission. You will also work with partner inpatient agencies to support timely discharge from hospital back to the community.

You will be part of a robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) and attend regular clinical caseload reviews, as well as completing any associated tasks to ensure safe care and/or discharge planning. You will be required to keep clear and concise records on young people under our care.

To be a point of contact for young people and families as crisis arise. You will be expected to be able to imploy effective de-escalation skills and to ensure that the young person is referred or signposted to the most appropriate level of care. 

You will be responsible for ordering and monitoring the efficacy of prescribed medications and feedback to the MDT.

The service is available 365 days a year. Please note that this role is on a shift basis (long days) and weekends, but does not include night working. 

All staff should comply with the Trusts Values, Employee guidelines, Trust Policies and Procedures, and Equality and Diversity.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.