Job Description

An opportunity has become available to join the the Young Adults Service.



YAS is a county-wide community-based service that works in partnership with Young Gloucestershire (YG) and provides tailored, trauma-informed mental health support to prepare young people aged 16-25 years for adulthood and independence. The initiative emphasises early identification of emerging mental health issues for timely access to specialist care and offers flexible, personalised care packages for those young people with complex emotional and mental health needs who typically do not meet the threshold of adult mental health services and who services are challenged to engage with.



Provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for young people (16-25yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties. Undertake clinical responsibility and be able to work independently in managing a clinical caseload. Provide specialist clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work ensuring that all aspects of clinical caseload work adheres to current Trust safeguarding as well as risk assessment and management best practice procedures. Work flexibly to provide interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need. Situations may demand an unpredictable work pattern and difficult situations as well as the need to balance a range of complex and high-risk clinical needs and presentations.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



Please refer to the attached and Person Specification.



You will provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for young people (16-25yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required. Provide specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work. Provide clinical interventions within the team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan. * Develop positive relationships and links with other professionals in CAMHS and AMHS to improve outcomes and service experiences for young people.