CAMHS Practitioner
Role Overview
The Southwark Child and Adolescent Service is recruiting a CAMHS practitioner with developed clinical skills for its multidisciplinary Adolescent Team.
The team assesses and provides evidence-based therapies to young people aged 12 to 18 with complex mental health difficulties, including depression, emerging psychosis, OCD, PTSD, and social anxiety.
The team works with Youth Offending Services, assertive outreach, National and Specialist Services, social care, education, and local third-sector services.
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Role and team
The Southwark Child and Adolescent Service is recruiting a CAMHS practitioner with developed clinical skills for its multidisciplinary Adolescent Team.
The team assesses and provides evidence-based therapies to young people aged 12 to 18 with complex mental health difficulties, including depression, emerging psychosis, OCD, PTSD, and social anxiety.
The team works with Youth Offending Services, assertive outreach, National and Specialist Services, social care, education, and local third-sector services.
Clinical work
- Work alongside the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based assessment and treatment.
- Coordinate care and assess and treat children and young people in collaboration with the team.
- Manage a clinical caseload, contribute to care planning, and offer evidence-based interventions with wider team support.
- Support and advise parents and carers, and offer consultation and advice to young people's professional networks.
- Contribute to joint work with service professionals and group work.
Service and records
- Participate in multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.
- Keep accurate, current, high-quality contact records and reports in line with CAMHS and professional standards; collect and collate clinical activity information on ePJS.
- Help maintain a safe therapeutic environment and high operational standards in clinical systems.
- Maintain professional standards in care and treatment, and liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies, other professionals, and CAMHS teams on referrals and joint work.
Candidate profile
- The posting seeks a practitioner with developed clinical skills.
Development and benefits
The team supports research, quality improvement, and service development and offers academic links and regular continuing professional development opportunities.
The employer lists pay, pension, leave, flexible working, career development, car lease, selected-site keyworker housing, NHS discounts, counselling, wellbeing events, and other staff benefits.
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