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Job overview

Step2 is an Early Intervention Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which is working towards improving the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Hertfordshire. The post holder will carry out skilled mental health triage and assessments and offer brief intervention therapy to children and families where a more targeted response is required. The service works with children aged 0 – 19. 

The post will provide highly skilled Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) support to the Universal Children’s Workforce to increase their capacity to identify and manage children’s mental health needs, through liaison and joint working between services.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering a quality service in line with the organisation's objectives and performance indicators.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner carrying out specialised triage, clinical assessments and formulation, and brief interventions.
• Work in partnership and consultation with other professionals.
• Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community, from birth into adulthood.
• Support an outreach capacity to engage with a range of vulnerable groups.
• To facilitate appropriate access to Specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision according to level and nature of need.
• Contribute to the promotion and participation in integrated practice and multi agency support team models.
• Work on own initiative and prioritise workload reporting back regularly for supervision with the Service Management. 
• Responsible for the safe provision, use, maintenance and storage of equipment and materials for self and others. 
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and  exercise professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice. 
• Plan and deliver treatment interventions in line with Best Practice and local and National Guidelines.
• Promoting and embedding Children’s IAPT values within the service and wider workforce.                                                                                            Please read the attached full job description and person specification document before applying for this post.

Working for our organisation

We offer our staff a number of great benefits, wellbeing initiatives and lifestyle savings which can be easily accessed via our benefits and wellbeing portal.

For more detail, please read our ‘HCT Benefits’ document which is attached to our vacancy adverts.

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