Band 7 Specialist CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

To effectively triage and accept referrals to the service, liaising
with other professionals and providing initial advice as
appropriate.
To provide comprehensive mental health and risk
assessments of children, young people and their
families/carers referred in crisis.
To manage risk by putting in place care plans, safety & coping
plans and other risk interventions in a variety of settings, e.g.
at home, in the community or in hospital settings
To provide brief evidence-based crisis interventions to
children, young people and families referred to the service,
that aim to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe
early discharge from inpatient mental health wards or acute
services - including individual and group work, To effectively triage and accept referrals to the service, liaising
with other professionals and providing initial advice as
appropriate.
To provide comprehensive mental health and risk
assessments of children, young people and their
families/carers referred in crisis.
To manage risk by putting in place care plans, safety & coping
plans and other risk interventions in a variety of settings, e.g.
at home, in the community or in hospital settings
To provide brief evidence-based crisis interventions to
children, young people and families referred to the service,
that aim to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe
early discharge from inpatient mental health wards or acute
services - including individual and group work
To engage in assertive outreach work with children/young
people and their families where appropriate and inreach work
where children/ young people are admitted.
Based on assessments and reports convey sensitive,
complex and sometimes unwelcome information to
patients and other professionals about risks, both verbally
and in written form, and manage this as constructively as
possible.
To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work
with other members of ICCS or other CAMHS clinicians.
To liaise with the child, young person and families'
professional network, keeping them informed of
developments, changes in risk status and promoting multi
agency collaboration.
To offer and provide a liaison and consultation service to
multi agency partners working with children, young people
and their families/carers including advice to professionals in
creating management plans for children and young people
presenting with in crisis and/or complex and severe mental
health problems.
To act as care coordinator for an identified caseload and to
be responsible for the coordination of assessment, planning,
implementation and evaluation of therapeutic packages of
care provided by ICCS. To manage a clinical caseload
independently within appropriate clinical/professional
guidelines and to seek consultation where necessary with
the relevant line manager and lead clinicians of specialist
teams.
To act as a care coordinator in accordance with CPA
guidelines within the CAMHS community setting.
To provide packages of care, group-work and psycho
education for the young people and their families/ carers that
takes account of the complexities of family systems and their
significant social networks.
To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount,
and to and adhere to local community and hospital
guidelines relating to Safeguarding and Child Protection.
To ensure acceptable levels of safety (regarding potential
verbal and physical aggression from disturbed clients) for
self and to advise other colleagues when necessary. To
adhere to the "lone worker policy "and update training in
breakaway techniques when necessary.
To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members
in order to enhance and develop work with families by
providing highly specialist knowledge and skills.
To be responsible for developing and maintaining
knowledge of local resources and developing working
relationships with relevant statutory, voluntary and
community groups and organisations.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
AI in applications
If you use AI or other tools to assist in writing your job application, make sure you add your own personal touch especially in the supporting information section. AI can make writing easier, but it doesn't fully understand the position you're applying for and might generate false or misleading information. Applications written only by AI often sound generic and may not show your real skills, knowledge, or experience. It's important to write your supporting statement in your own words. East London NHS Foundation Trust does not recommend relying only on AI, as it could negatively impact on your chance of success in the application process.
We carefully check applications to make sure no one has an unfair advantage, and we verify all references. At the interview, you'll be asked about your experience, so be honest and ensure everything in your application is accurate. Please remember that using AI during the interview is not allowed.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Specialist CAMHS Practitioner to join the CAMHS HTT ( previously) CAMHS Intensive Community Crisis Service (ICCS) developing across East London. We are
seeking practitioners to join our service who are passionate about providing high-quality mental care with children, young people and their families at times of crisis for a Fixed Term of 12 Months Maternity Cover
The East London CAMHS HTT / ICCS is a Multi-disciplinary team providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment to CYP with serious mental illness where inpatient admission would otherwise be required or as part of supported discharge . This is a 12-Month FTC Maternity Cover