CAMHS Acute Occupational Therapist (Preceptorship)

CAMHS Acute Occupational Therapist (Preceptorship)

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Job Summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity? As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist (Preceptor) for CAMHS Acute - Urgent Help Service , you will be involved in an exciting new development of the enhanced crisis / home treatment 7 day a week service, as an alternative to inpatient admission for Children and Young People experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

You will be part of developing the service to give children and young people living in Sussex a more appropriate and integrated range of services to meet their clinical needs. As a practitioner in the team, you will have a varied role of duty, assessment for inpatient admission, discharge, and offering interventions to young people and families.

The aim of the Sussex CAMHS 'hospital at home' is to provide an alternative to admission to support the local network around the young person (aged 12-18) whilst they are in the acute stage of mental health difficulties. You will be part of an MDT with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social workers, mental health practitioners, and support workers.

In the development of this new service, you will be supported by our Lead OT and have opportunities for specialist training including in CBT, DBT, and approaches to working with eating needs, and will play an integral role in delivering the evidence-based OT pathway to young people / families in Sussex.

Main Duties of the Job

• 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 work as part of the young person's professional network, keeping them informed of developments, changes in risk status and promoting multi-agency collaboration.
• To involve the young person, and as appropriate, their families / carers in delivering programmes of care.
• To be able to assess and manage high-risk adolescent clients in a variety of settings, conducting risk assessments and formulating safety plans.

These posts will focus on providing crisis and intensive home treatment, and will be pan Sussex with the need to travel by car essential.

Applicants will need a core professional qualification that is registered with the NMC, Social Work England or HCPC. Applications are welcomed from OTs, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, and Drama / Art / Music Therapists.

Experience in working in CAMHS or in crisis services would be beneficial although not essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Knowledge & Experience

Communication

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer Details

Employer name : Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address : Chalkhill (alternative SPFT site can be considered in discussion with line manager), Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 4NQ

Employer's website : Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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