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Job overview

·       To be embedded within CAMHS Outreach multidisciplinary teams to deliver supported conversations or targeted, time limited interventions as part of personalised care plans under supervision of CAMHS Outreach Registered Practitioners to children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis.  

·       Facilitate and enable children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis to be able to access and reintegrate back into either school, other education provision or local community-based support options and activities as part of their recovery. 

·        Have a breadth of community-based knowledge and create good working relationships with a range of practitioners working in Gloucestershire who support mental health and emotional well being needs of children and young people

·       Attend and participate in identified training and the staff appraisal process.

If you'd like to hear more information about the role and our team, please express an interest in joining our online event on 20th June via our Facebook page:

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Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties of the job include;               

Under the supervision of CAMHS Outreach Registered Practitioners, to develop therapeutic relationships and engage with children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis to deliver of a personalised care plan and to ensure access to appropriate services are obtained on needs led basis under supervision of CAMHS Registered Practitioners, 

• ·            Have a breadth of community-based knowledge and develop good working relationships with a range of practitioners working in Gloucestershire who support mental health and emotional well being needs of children and young people

  ·            Under the supervision of CAMHS Registered Practitioners, provide the “support” link in the care co-ordination process for an allocated number of children and young people.  Targeted, time limited interventions may include:

  ·            Supported conversations and delivery of targeted interventions to enable them to access and reintegrate back into either their school, other education provision or local community-based support options and activities

  ·            Enable children and young people to develop their own self management “tool kit” of personal coping mechanisms and support networks to build future mental health resilience.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

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. 

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.