Job summary
Employer heading
CYMPH Triage and Assessment Practitioner
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Join our CYPMH (CAMHS) team as a Triage and Assessment Practitioner in South Cumbria, transforming children and young people's mental health. We're seeking a Triage and Assessment Practitioner to pioneer a role in our new CYPMH access hub. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality assessments, clinical interventions, and leading clinical governance and quality improvement.
With your help, we're deliver a new integrated Thrive model, which will revolutionise the CYPMH service and transform young lives.
Main duties of the job
Your Role:
· Deliver high-quality, timely, and accessible assessments, manage a clinical caseload, and provide brief clinical interventions.
· Contribute to high-quality service delivery, ensuring responsive and personalised care.
· Provide and receive clinical supervision, enhancing service quality.
· Engage in partnership building, quality improvement, and clinical governance.
· Work alongside our expert Team Leaders, Service Integration Managers, and Senior Clinical Leads.
We're Looking For:
· Passionate Registered Nurses, Social Workers, or Occupational Therapists
Join Us:
· Full-time roles with flexible hours, including weekends and bank holidays.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people and be part of this life-changing work!
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level qualification, Registered Nurse (Mental Health or Child) or Qualified Social Worker or Occupational Therapy
- Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An ability to think systemically and holistically
- Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers
- Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of this client group
- Demonstrable ability to communicate to clients, their families and professionals sensitive and often difficult to receive information, using various methods including verbal, non-verbal, written and presentation skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 12 months experience of working within Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Child Mental Health
- Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously
- Working within a team and /or multi-agency arenas
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Amin Sadik
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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