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Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

4 months ago


Barking, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Young Adult ( 18-25) Mental Health Practitioner. This post has been created to enhance existing pathways into adult mental health services for young people. The post holder and the pathway senior will work alongside the adult Mental Health and Wellness Teams providing locality based care within the London Borough of Redbridge.

The post holder will support new ways of working to shape transition care pathways in supporting young adults in preparing for adulthood. They will work with young people transitioning from children's to adult services, and with new referrals of young people into adult mental health. Based in adult services, they will liaise closely with CAMHS to ensure high quality, timely, accessible, evidence based support, improving service user outcomes.

The post holder will involve in assessment of newly referred client into the pathway including urgent assessment where possible.

The post holder will carry a caseload of clients for key working/care coordination.

This post is a pathway embedded within the MHWT and work across the three Redbridge MHWT.

Main duties of the job

This position would suit someone with a passion for supporting young people with their mental health journey, focusing on recovery and integration with other community services. The post-holder will be a qualified practitioner ( mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist), fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body ( HCPC, NMC or Social Work England). They will be responsible for delivering support within borough based CAMHS and Adult Mental Health care pathways, receiving supervision and safeguarding supervision from a senior mental health professional in the service.

The post holder will :-

- ensure the smooth transition of the care of young people from CAMHS to adult mental health services .

work with YA (18-25 years) who have not previously/recently been known to CAMHS, to support accessing and navigating adult mental health and other community services

support the wider partnership work to develop and improve pathways to support the transition and delivery of an integrated offer across agencies (including education, social care, and the voluntary sector) as indicated in the NHS Long Term Plan requirements for 18 25-year-olds

Working for our organisation

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 on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436) pro rata for part time staff.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Key Responsibilities:

To routinely measure clinical / practice outcomes and deliver evidence-based interventions for 18- to 25-year-olds. To be responsible for supporting young adults who require adult mental health services, working alongside other services. To work in co-operation with members of the Multidisciplinary Team and other relevant health and social care professionals to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care to meet the needs of young adults requiring further support from adult services The post holder will also ensure that there is a clear transition plan developed for the young person To support and empower the navigation and introduction of adult health care systems To initiate and complete risk assessments following Trust policy and guidance to ensure that complete and up to date risk assessments are considered when planning programmes of care. To contribute to the effective functioning of the service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the service manager. To ensure effective working approaches are provided to service users and that these are informed by digital resources where appropriate. To alert senior management and take decisive action to mitigate any risks associated with individual service users or service–wide delivery of care. To develop individual case formulations in conjunction with the MDT, in order to plan interventions for service users and collaboratively engage them in their care and goals from the outset of leaving CAMHS/ CYP services and entering into Adults Services. To work in an assertive outreach way where required to minimise the risk of YP/YA falling between services. To carry a caseload of clients for key working.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Successful completion of a graduate training ( nursing, social work, occupational therapy) - as a full member of the appropriate professional body ( HCPC, NMC or Social Work England) where appropriate Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes To hold a valid live registration

NELFT 5P's

Essential criteria

understanding of the 5 P's

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with highly complex young people and adults requiring skilled and complex interventions. Experience of working with children and adolescents and adults with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. ( combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma). Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people and adults with complex mental health problems Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary teams Experience of assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person and adult. Experience of providing individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 25 years old- presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum. Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person. Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts Experience of care coordination and Key working client.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

An awareness of relevant legislation and policy guidance relating to mental health High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term intervention with adults ltsons Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety Knowledge of electronic record systems, , Rio

Skills

Essential criteria

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Ability to communicate clearly and effectively complex and sensitive matters to service users, which give rise to psychological distress. Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical / practice information into a coherent formulation Skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside NELFT. Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.