Camhs/amhs Transition Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the CAMHS and Adult mental health services to support the transition of young people from CAMHS to Adult services.

The main responsibility of the post holder is to improve the relationship between the two partners as well as the wider organisation and external partners to best support our young people in Croydon.

The post holder will be supported by the Service manager within the Central Locality community team and supervision will be provided regularly via the existing CAMHS/AMHS forum and other reflective platforms.

The caseload will be allocated to the CAMHS transition worker following referral from CAMHS and service users will handed over after the stabilisation period to the Adult community mental health team for ongoing care.

Professional and personal development programme within SLAM will support career development goals and ambitions for the post holder.

The post holder will be based in the adult service and directly care co-ordinate complex cases and young people from the age of 17yrs and 6 months who have been identified as requiring enhanced support during transition from CAMHS.

They will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for the young people under their caseload.

The post holder will endeavour to ensure the smooth transition of the care of young clients from CAMHS to the adult services being involved with, and consulting on transiting cases between the services.

The post-holder will also be involved in joint working and consultation on other cases within both services that they may not be directly involved with, as such activities would facilitate the sharing and development of skills and knowledge within the teams.

The post will engage with and support the implementation of the initiatives that support the 16-25 Pathways and Transition from CAMHS to Adult Services.

The post holder will participate in the continuing development of the interface between adult and CAMHS services.

They will be responsible for actively building relationships outside the NHS with the voluntary sector, community services and with Social Care to benefit young people.

This will include supporting young people to access non-NHS community provision where appropriate.

The Trust has 4,500 staff and operates from many sites.

It has close links in education and research with the Institute of Psychiatry and Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, both of which are part of King's College London.

This close collaboration involves working to ensure that developments and research feed directly into clinical practice.

Its academic links with King's College London, which also include the Nightingale Institute and South Bank University, enables the Trust to ensure that health care staff receive high quality clinical training at the pre-qualification (or registration) stage and in specialist skills (post qualification).

The Trust is committed to managing and developing a range of mental health services, working closely with patients and carers and local partners in health and social care.

Services are primarily focused on people with severe and enduring mental illness.

However, the Trust also promotes good mental health, early intervention to prevent more serious problems and provides support to primary care in dealing with people with less severe problems.

The Trust has a strong community focus and our services are provided in a wide range of settings including people's own homes, GP practices, day services, residential and nursing homes, prisons and hospitals.

The Trust's core value states that 'everything we do is to improve the experience of people using our services and to promote mental health and well being for all'.

To work in co-operation with members of the Multidisciplinary Clinical Team and other relevant health and social care professionals to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care to meet the needs of young people.
To be responsible for the assessment of newly referred young adults who have complex needs referred into the adult pathway
To complete risk assessments following Trust policy and guidance and ensure that complete and up to date risk assessments are considered when planning programmes of care.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate records using the Trust's electronic records system ensuring entries are made in a timely fashion to ensure all relevant information is up to date and available to other professionals and for contract monitoring purposes.
Assertively outreach hard to engage clients and regularly meet with young people, as far as possible at a venue of their choice, be this at home, in the community, CMHT centre, further and higher education settings, work or recreational establishments to assist with engagement and encourage participation in treatment access/delivery as well as facilitating independence in all aspects of daily living.