Rotational Camhs Registered Practitioner - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Gloucestershire CAMHS is a large service made up of a number of teams including Core CAMHS who work with children and families with severe to moderate mental health needs, the Outreach Team is a community based service working with children and young people in a mental health crisis to prevent hospital admission and the Young Adults Service is a county wide community service which works with 16-25 year olds to support young people's mental health needs through a goal-based person centred approach.


A new and creative role has arisen in our child and adolescent mental health service for a chance to develop your clinical skills and experience as a Band 5 clinician.

We have 2 positions in our Core CAMHS and Outreach teams and we are offering 2-year rotational posts whereby you will spend 8 months in each of our Core CAMHS, Outreach and Young Adults teams where you will have a wide range of clinical experiences.

This enables you the opportunity to professionally grow and flourish as a CAMHS practitioner through developing your skills in working with young children through to preparing them for adulthood.


You must be able to adapt to different areas of work and working patterns and be flexible in your approach to care (including unsocial hours and be a car driver).

The post holder will work under the supervision of an appropriately experienced and qualified CAMHS Registered Practitioner on the following;

Providing a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-25yrs) with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities whilst using a think family approach to support family and carers.


Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload including meeting all clinical and operational requirements expected of a CAMHS Care Coordinator in line with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

Provide CAMHS clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.

To work through the Core Competency framework under supervision during each rotational placement and attend the preceptorship programme.


Provide clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan.

This job plan will be reviewed at the start of each rotational placement.


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 clinical needs.

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

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a divers e 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 S taff S urvey gi ves our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.

For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues g ave 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.


Provide a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities.

When working in the Young Adult Service you will be expected to provide a range of assessment and treatment interventions for Children and Young People yrs).


Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required.


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