CAMHS Intensive Behavioural Support Lead

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	19 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	£38,682.00 i £46,580.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	14 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Plymouth, PL4 7PY
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	B9832-2025-SP-1125-2

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To improve children and young peoples mental health through the delivery of an integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care to children, young people and their families, providing safe, culturally competent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in accordance with national and local priorities and are responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families. To support the delivery of consultation, liaison and training to staff in Universal/targeted/specialist Services. To also provide clinical input to the team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible standard. The post sits within a multi-agency pathway within the city offering mental health assessment and treatment interventions in line with NICE Guidelines. To contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which supports high morale and commitment within the CAMHS Service promoting wellbeing, personal development and continuous improvement in the standards of business activities and professional practice. To work with children/young people/families and professionals with them, to reduce the stigma associated with mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive message about maintaining good mental health. Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner is a Mental health Practitioner role with a specialist focus to lead Intensive Behavioural Support Practitioner's to develop the ability to provide specialist and autonomous, culturally competent assessment, formulation of and implementation of specific care plans and review for children and young people and their families / carers following a request for involvement. The Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner will have skills that enable them to communicate that assessment in writing to the referrer and the General Practitioner. This information may also be required to be copied to any other relevant parties involved in the young persons care, with the young persons permission where appropriate. Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner must use an evidence-based approach to develop and implement specialist programmes of intervention to a defined caseload of children and young people. These interventions will be based on a clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability and sexual orientation.Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner will need to develop their skills and knowledge enabling them to draw on a range of therapeutic interventions, for example different psychotherapeutic models, non- verbal therapeutic approaches and other techniques adapted for use with children and young people. They will also need to develop an extensive knowledge of the full range of children and family services across all agencies. Direct intervention is undertaken according to the competencies of individuals. As a Band 6 Mental Health clinician the expectation will be that the clinician takes a lead role in the delivery of the service and supervise the junior members of the team. It will be evidence based and informed by a clear theoretical framework. The Mental health Practitioner will describe the planned care within a written care plan, review and update, which has been signed by the child/young person and/or parent / carer. The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) will develop the skills and knowledge enabling to choose an intervention and deliver that from a range of therapeutic modalities including systemic practice, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy. The post holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent mental health and adult mental health. The Mental Health Practitioner demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management plans. The Mental Health Practitioner develop skills and knowledge enabling them to make an autonomous decision about the time of discharge, and agree with the child, young person and family / carers as well as multi-agency key partners. Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner. The MHP is required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection in health records. The MHP will provide schools, and/or other community venues, with access to individual and small group therapeutic interventions for those pupils who require it, including working with families. MHP work with families at their homes, education and community settings and at base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families. The MHP's will strongly adhere to culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist. The MHP will provide consultation to staff in partner agencies and may be required to support junior staff in attendance at meetings/ EHAT/CP meetings. Consultation is offered to all professionals to identify the nature and level of the childs mental health need so that an appropriate CAMHS response can be defined and actioned. Offer consultation and support to CAMHS wider system All MHP's promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people The MHP's will play a major role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency EHAT/ EHCP meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to provide a mental health perspective. The MHP's will be required to have excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with young people, their families and professional systems. Acting as a point of liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums and meetings e.g: presenting at meetings within Plymouth. The post holder will be required to contribute to the delivery of education and training to professionals in multi-agency universal services. Contribute to team Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion. Maintain good activity records and input them onto the electronic recording system in a timely manner. Maintain good activity records and provide them in a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic system. Be available for and make use of clinical supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management supervision. The Post holder is responsible for attending clinical supervision a minimum requirement of an hour per month. The post holder will need to organise their own workload under the support and supervision of Clinical Pathway Manager Maintain health records to the standards required by LSW Contribute to a strong team ethos of enquiry, development and improvement. Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion. Participate in team meetings, for example allocation, supervision, reflective practice, case discussions. The post holder will strongly adhere to anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist. Keep up to date with CAMHS developments taking place nationally in line with service objectives. To participate in audit and quality and patient safety activity in line with service objectives. Input to the electronic system as appropriate e.g: child protection supervision coding. To be aware of and familiar with LWSW policy and procedure and operate within that e.g: lone working policy. To maintain high standards of infection prevention and control in day-to-day delivery of practice. To measure and make available clinical outcome measures within an agreed system. This is most likely to be the CAMHS Outcomes Research Consortium. See J.D for further information attached