Brent CAMHS have an exiting opportunity to work within CAMHS services to support CYP involved in the Youth Offending system and Enhanced Treatment team (ETT)
We are recruiting a dedicated CAMHS Practitioner with experience in working with young people involved in the youth offending system to support and improve mental health outcomes for young people and their families within Brent YOS and ETT. The postholder will ensure the YOS cohort is well co-ordinated, taking on case management and co-working with the YOS service, as well as providing direct intervention for the young people. In addition, the postholders’ caseload will be supplemented with other high risk young people from the ETT caseload to case manage and offer direct intervention as required and appropriate.
We are looking for the right candidate who can work within the youth offending context whilst also maintaining the CAMHS perspective and play a key link role between these two services. If you think you have the skills to take up this role we want to hear from you. You would join an established and supportive team and a service which places training and development high on the agenda.
The current arrangement is 3 days YOS and 1 day with the Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT). You will be based 2 days at Monks Park, with 1 or 2 days co-located with the YOS service.
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The post holder will be jointly responsible for maintaining a collaborative and productive relationship with YOS colleagues within the local authority, managing expectations of service delivery and co-hold risks to the young people known to the service. To maintain the close working relationship, the postholder will be required to be co-located with the YOS team at the Brent Civic Centre, at least one day per week (max. two days). The post holders’ main base will be at Monks Park, where they would be expected to be at least 2 days per week to fulfil both YOS and ETT roles and be part of the wider team and CAMHS network.
We are looking for a highly motivated professional with previous experience of working with young people. You will take a lead role in working with local agencies, the private sector and the voluntary sector.
The Brent CAMHS team is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, systemic, psycho-dynamic, group and multi-family work as well as neuro-developmental approaches.
If you want to join this supportive and innovative team and are looking for a challenging career development then we look forward to hearing from you.
The purpose of the role is to provide a CAMHS service to the Youth Offending Service as required by Crime and Disorder act 1998, to ensure children and young people in contact with youth justice service are provided with mental health services.
The YOS worker will compliment an existing coordinated approach by developing and supporting systems to ensure that when a young person enters the youth justice system, the YOS has within it the skill and capacity to ensure that their mental health needs are taken into consideration and addressed effectively. The post holder will ensure that a young person in contact with the youth justice system will have the same access to a comprehensive health service (both mental and physical health) as any other young person within the general population.
The post holder will provide assessment, early intervention and referral to a range of primary and secondary health care services and target YOS service users with a view to developing robust assessment and health planning systems with a view to establishing a whole systems approach to healthcare and treatment for this often difficult to reach client group.
