CAMHS Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Practitioner

We have a vacancy for a Senior CAMHS Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Practitioner within the COAST service. COAST provides both Crisis support and Intensive Home Treatment, offering a comprehensive community-based alternative to hospital admission and supporting safe, timely discharge. This role is primarily focused on supporting the operational aspects of the service, including rota coordination, supervision, performance monitoring and contributing to service development, while also supporting the team's clinical needs. Depending on service demand, the role will also involve direct clinical work with young people and families in the community. For this reason, access to a car is essential, as travel across Sussex will be required. We are looking for a highly skilled, forward-thinking, creative and dynamic senior practitioner with a passion for young person and family-centred care. You will be enthusiastic, resilient, and able to respond to young people's needs with flexibility and creativity. Weekend working and Duty cover are also part of this role. Fixed Term / Secondment through to August 27 for Maternity Leave cover., To be responsible for aspects of operational management. To provide clinical support and supervision for the team. To manage a crisis caseload of young people and their families and carers. To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for adolescents and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy. To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with young people and their families/carers. To be able to assess and manage high-risk adolescent clients in a variety of settings, conduct risk assessments and formulate robust individualised and dynamic safety plans. To independently undertake crisis mental health assessments in a variety of settings including Accident and Emergency departments out of hours and liaise with relevant individuals and agencies to promote a positive, safe and meaningful experience for the young person and their families To be able to demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions under pressure taking into consideration the risks to clients, self and others and to be able to assess the often complex situations of these clients and their families.Working for our organisation We can offer you support and supervision, a very exciting and challenging role, opportunity for personal development and to shape the post, access to our Trust's Leadership programme and a rewarding role. This is an opportunity to join an organisation which sets a high priority on the development of services in collaboration with experts through experience and carer's and to work with dedicated and supportive colleagues. The Trust is committed to strong integrated, collaborative leadership between managers and clinicians. We have services across a wide geographical area and an ability to travel is required. The patch is easily accessible from Brighton, Gatwick, Surrey, and Hampshire. Sussex is a beautiful county with good transport links, vibrant communities, and tourist attractions, including the Coast and the South Downs.,

• To deliver a service within the agreed financial envelope ensuring maximum value in terms
of clinical and cost effectiveness.
• Ensure that a culture of effective risk management is present in the team
• To carry a clinical caseload as agreed with service manager and to take a lead on management of complex cases and supporting staff in management of such cases.
• To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.
• To coordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the service manager.
• To respond to SUIs as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
• To respond to complaints
• To respond to communications regarding team issues
• To ensure equality and diversity is considered in all aspects of the teams business.
• At all times supporting the Trust's reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a
positive attitude with strong commitment to results.
• Deputises for Service Manager as and when required., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
  
  Educated to minimum diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of CPD, Significant experience of and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice
• Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
• Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance
• Experience of managing staff
SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented. Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

At SPFT we put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development. We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role. We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn't based on your real experience. Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we'll explore your examples further at interview, so it's important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page. We're shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.