Highly Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Highly Specialist CAMHS Practitioner with considerable Neurodevelopmental CAMHS experience, to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Newham. This post is open to applicants from all of the core professions: Psychology, Family Therapy, Psychotherapy, Nursing, Social Work and Occupational Therapy.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and vibrant multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health team. There is a strong culture of support for staff with a number of reflective group spaces, in addition to supervision, such as the Challenging Race and Inequalities group. New ideas and innovative practice are welcomed and our thriving service user participation group works collaboratively with staff to develop projects. We encourage staff proactively to access learning and teaching opportunities within CAMHS and the wider NHS Trust, as well as on accredited courses.

We are looking for an applicant who has experience and appreciation of some of the richness and complexities of working within an inter-culturally community. This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust. This is a community based post in Newham CAMHS to work with the Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT) and Front Door Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to conduct specialist CAMHS assessments for children and young people with and without neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD, autism and learning disability, who are experiencing mental health difficulties and to offer them evidenced based clinical interventions.

The post holder would directly contribute to and support a positive working environment with the Multidisciplinary team and expected to offer supervision and management to more junior clinical staff (band 7 and below). This is a community-based post, which also requires

a high degree of professional autonomy and self management. The post holder will receive clinical supervision from someone within the same professional discipline.

Please watch this video to learn more about Newham CAMHS from our service users and families:

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific NDT Duties:

To provide high-quality specialist neurodevelopmental assessments and treatment interventions for children and young people, and their families, with significant and complex problems, in the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Pathway.

To have a strong role in innovative developments of the NDT along with colleagues.

To provide specialist psychoeducation about neurodevelopmental conditions to young people and their families, individually and in groups.

To facilitate specialist parenting groups.

To conduct Telephone Triage calls and assessments of clients referred to the service

To provide Line Management or clinical supervision to junior staff within NDT as required

Front Door Team Duties

Processing referrals for suitability to CAMHS via telephone/Face2Face appointments.

Effectively offering consultations and liaison with other professionals in relation to referrals, assessments and any other general queries.

Delivery of triage assessments, formulating plans for treatment and offering group and brief interventions where necessary.

Supporting the Front Door Team to manage screening and processing of ADHD referrals and generic screening of neurodevelopmental conditions.

Collaborate with the Front Door Teamand NDT Lead to ensure efficient work flow and agreeing comprehensive care plans. Please see attached job description for generic duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession including: Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health or LD) / Psychotherapist/ Occupational Therapist / Social Worker Appropriate level of qualification for your profession BSc, Masters or Doctorate Registration with your appropriate body ( UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.) Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience at Band 7 or 8a in delivering specialist neurodevelopment and mental health assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people, and their families, with significant and complex neurodevelopmental problems in CAMHS Substantial experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context and with complex networks Substantial experience of working with children with ADHD, learning disability and/or autism, challenging behaviour, their families and wider networks Substantial experience of working with a wide variety of patient/client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse Substantial experience of working with children and young people in an emotionally demanding environment Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters Substantial experience of providing consultation in the multi-agency context Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management Experience of working with families in severe crisis Experience of teaching and training

Desirable

Experience of providing supervision Experience of group work

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with and relevant to CAMHS practice Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional guidelines Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of CAMH theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions, in particular ADHD, autism and learning disability, and skill in using suitable interventions with this client group Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues Knowledge of current developments in therapy with children and adolescents both with and without neurodevelopmental conditions and mental health problems Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation

Desirable

Knowledge of current developments in CAMHS and of guidelines and recommendations of assessment and intervention with children and adolescents with significant mental health difficulties.

Other

Essential

Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" the stress of others Working to local and national protocol and guidelines Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings

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