CAMHS Registered Practitioner - Youth Justice Team

Job Description

       Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (2-18yrs, mainly secondary school age)

       Undertake clinical responsibility and be able to work independently in managing a clinical caseload.  This will include meeting all clinical and operational requirements expected of a CAMHS Care Coordinator in line with the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as well as current evidence based or best practice.  

       Provide CAMHS specialist clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work ensuring that all aspects of clinical caseload work adheres to current Trust safeguarding as well as risk assessment and management best practice procedures. 

       Provide specialist clinical reasoning as well as CAMHS specific consultation, training and advice to professionals working within a range of children's services within Gloucestershire on a routine basis.

       Work flexibly to provide CAMHS interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need. Situations may demand an unpredictable work pattern and difficult situations as well as the need to balance a range of complex and high risk clinical needs and presentations.