To work within the Assessment Treatment Team within the CAMHS service.
The post holder will liaise closely with other agencies and professionals and provide consultation when required. There will also be a need to provide teaching and training to others.
The post-holder will be responsible for managing own time and will be required to plan range of complex activities; balancing client needs with other requirements of post.
The post-holder will have a thorough understanding of consent to treatment issues and will effectively demonstrate analysis which leads to clinical judgment in client notes.
To carry out initial specialist, triage assessment of children and their families using the appropriate assessment tools proformas, with an emphasis on risk assessment and risk management
To be responsible for planning and developing a programme of care.
This includes assessment and, where appropriate, the provision of telephone consultation delivering brief, solution focused interventions
To evaluate the needs of individual clients and their carers, in accordance with agree protocols of care and based on best available evidence.
The post holder will be expected to provide written and verbal reports.
To be aware of the special expertise of different disciplines within the service in order that the most appropriate help is provided for service users through consultation and/or active involvement of a worker from a different discipline.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenni Richards Job title: Team Lead Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01443 443008
Jenni Richards
Team Lead
[email protected]01443 443008