Senior Lac Camhs Professional Lead

Senior CAMHS LAC Professional lead-Band 7
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in Barking & Dagenham. Working with CAMHs and across targeted service to meet the significant needs of our looked after children population. making a difference to their lived experience and providing them with the tools to enter in to adult life healthy and well adapted.
The post holder will achieve this by ensuring best practice of clinical standards within the triage and pathway functions of community CAMHS service working closely with other health care professionals within the CAMHS multi-disciplinary team in line with the I-Thrive framework of supporting children and young people in delivering care and support.
The post holder will be a registered professional (nurse, social worker or allied health professionals) with experience of working with children in care. The post holder will be responsible for undertaking and supporting assessments and brief intervention for Looked After children within CAMHS triage capacity and working with and across the multi-disciplinary team and Multi Agency Partners.
They will ensure the delivery of the LAC care pathway and the prioritisation of the assessment of looked after children within CAMHS and in conjunction with the LAC team.
The Post holder will be expected to supervise students in their final year of placement within the service.
To prioritise own day to day workload and ensure that CIC referrals are appropriately prioritised. Liaising with the LAC nursing team / Paediatricians to ensure effective communication and collaboration in the best interests of the child / young person.
To offer support, clinical advice and guidance to the team around the treatment of children in care.
To undertake assessments of children in care and their wider support network to ensure their mental health and wellbeing needs are identified and met. Assessments will be undertaken via telephone and face to face consultations/appointments and attending professional meetings where appropriate. Sharing information/reports where appropriate with the wider team with appropriate agreed consent from the young person.
To offer brief intervention/ advice and guidance to children and their wider support network as appropriate.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum).
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To support the development of an effective team alongside the LAC team and productive working relationships throughout the Trust and with the local authority social care teams including the Corporate Parenting meetings.
To actively promote integrated health and social care working both internally and externally, to support the management of children in care within Barking and Dagenham.
To advise and encourage the sharing of clinical knowledge across Children’s service and with the local authority teams.
To participate in and undertake staff appraisals and supervisions as appropriate.
To deputise for the pathway leads as and when required.
To supervise students on placements within the service as required. Ensuring the students receive appropriate supervision, support and experience of health across children’s services and how this can relate to children in care.
Attend the LAC/CAMHS meeting fortnightly to ensure effective communication and collaboration for the benefit of meeting the needs of children in care.
To lead on the education and awareness raising of development in LAC mental health alongside the wider LAC team so that staff are appraised of recent research, good practice and key developments.
Clinical Skills
To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own supervised and unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
Further professional knowledge gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes.
To ensure the highest standard of care to children in care and their families/carers.
To initiate referrals