Job summary
Employer heading
CAMHS Acute - Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 4
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you keen for a new challenge? To be part of setting up an exciting development of an enhanced crisis / intensive home treatment service? Do you have experience of working in mental health teams in the community?
If so, we are seeking to recruit a new workforce of senior support workers. Working as part of a team, as well, as autonomously you will be key in the delivery of interventions to young people accessing CAMHS Acute care.
The aim of the service is to provide time limited, interventions to manage a period of 'crisis' or interventions as an alternative to admission to support the local network around the young person (aged 12-18) whilst they are in the acute stage of mental health difficulties. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside nursing, psychiatry, psychologists, family therapy, social worker and mental health practitioners.
The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT-2022) report highlights the 'importance of ensuring young people receive the right treatment close to home and make sure that their family, social and educational networks do not break down'. Through this 7 day a week service will wish to assess, formulate, plan and deliver interventions to stabilise, reduce risk and support recovery while transition to the community services.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary Crisis and intensive home treatment team. The focus aims to prevent hospital admissions when clinically appropriate, to facilitate supported discharges from hospital and offer intensive treatment in the community.
The post holder with have specific responsibilities and work across undertaking a range of delegated duties in the community or visiting young people on an inpatient ward. The role will include evaluation and communication of clinical information with a range teams and the Trust to ensure patient centered care is provided at all times.
The post holder will be involved in direct and indirect care to young people & families under minimal supervision and as directed by the Shift Coordinator, qualified staff and/or Team Leader. The role will include assisting in reviews of service users in the community; contributing to the assessment of their needs and ensure care plans are fully implemented. Personal development planning and targeted training will support the need to work autonomously, under the supervision of a competent practitioner.
Driving is an essential component of the role and a full clean driving licence is a requirement for the postholder.
Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex. The trust is rated as ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC.
SPFT encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Explain the purpose of assessing health and well-being needs |
to people concerned |
· Respect people’s dignity, wishes and beliefs, involve them in |
shared decision-making, and obtain their consent. |
· Assist in the assessment of people’s health and well-being |
and related needs and risks as agreed with the care team and |
consistent with legislation and policy. |
· Records and reports back accurately and fully on the |
assessments undertaken and risks identified. |
· Offers to the team his/her own insights into the health and |
well-being needs and wishes of the people concerned. |
· Makes suggestions on the care, protection and support that |
will be needed and how this might relate to his/her own work. |
· Checks with relevant sources of information to confirm the |
tasks to be undertaken in relation to interventions and |
treatments. |
· Respects individual’s dignity, wishes and beliefs; involves |
them in shared decision making; obtains their consent for the |
activities to be undertaken. |
· Undertakes specified tasks correctly, and in line with |
legislation, policies and procedures, and/or established |
protocols. |
· Monitors individuals whilst carrying out the tasks and identifies |
and reports any changes in the individual’s health and well- |
being. |
· Records activities and outcomes consistent with legislation, |
policies and procedures. |
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Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Health related qualification E.g. NVQ /QCF Level 3 or above in Health & Social Care.
- Relevant experience in equivalent mental health setting together with relevant short courses
Desirable criteria
- Relevant clinical/healthcare qualification e.g. • Degree in relevant health science (e.g. Psychology or equivalent.) or • Foundation Degree Health and Social Science
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working within health or social care
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community with mental health
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge, Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing at all levels including with patients, carers, and MDT members/Trust employees
- Knowledge of and skills in psychological interventions or willingness to develop
- Ability to take on and complete delegated tasks in accordance with the competency framework
- To be able to demonstrate understanding and knowledge of recovery focused interventions
- To be able to demonstrate skills in promoting patient engagement in individual and group interventions
- Able to work under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of a Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites in good time, and deliver the required number of interventions per day
- Fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beth Taylor
- Job title
- CAMHS Home Treatment Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01444 472 670
- Additional information
Beth Taylor/Kaitlyn Arnold
CAMHS Home Treatment Team
Mobile: 07770971587/ 07471217239
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