Job summary
Are you an experienced nurse with the passion, knowledge and skills to work within a specialist mental health service for children living in care? Do you share our ambition to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children in care?
If this sounds like you, then we would welcome your application to work with us in the Nottingham City Looked After Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CLA CAMHS).
This team is jointly commissioned by Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire NHS Trust and works specifically with children and young people who are in the care of a Local Authority and living with foster carers or in residential care.
This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The team offer specialist assessment and interventions which include network consultation, therapeutic groups, and individual or dyadic therapeutic work with children and their carers.
Working alongside Specialist Social Workers, a Consultant Psychiatrist, a Clinical Psychologist and an Art Therapist, you will be responsible for managing your own caseload, with robust supervisory support and access to specialist training.
Your role will include:
- Assessing mental health needs, including in children and young people in crisis
- Formulation, developing and coordinating plans of care
- Providing individual, dyadic and group treatment
- Promoting placement stability
- Training and psychoeducation
- Supporting networks with assessing risk and safety planning
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
You will use your knowledge, skills, and experience in a clinic setting, online or out in the community; whatever best meets the needs of this vulnerable group. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
You will work closely with a range of other disciplines and agencies, including schools, social workers, Police and Hospitals. This will include helping children transition successfully to other services if they move out of Nottinghamshire or when they reach their 18th birthday.
Please see the job description and person specification for full details. This post is now allowing applications for Child Nurse training as well as Mental Health and Learning disability.
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
For an informal discussion please contact the team manager:
Matthew.jenkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will use your knowledge, skills, and experience in a clinic setting, online or out in the community; whatever best meets the needs of this vulnerable group. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
You will work closely with a range of other disciplines and agencies, including schools, social workers, Police and Hospitals. This will include helping children transition successfully to other services if they move out of Nottinghamshire or when they reach their 18th birthday.
Please see the job description and person specification for full details. This post is now allowing applications for Child Nurse training as well as Mental Health and Learning disability.
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
For an informal discussion please contact the team manager:
Matthew.jenkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Person Specification
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work in variety of environments
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified & Registered as a first level nurse RMN/RNLD
- Minim of 2 years qualified experience
Desirable
- Post Grad Qualifications in Mental Health Practice
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Training
Essential
- To have undertaken statutory child safeguarding training
Desirable
- Post basic training in working with people with Children who are Looked After
- Previous and/or Post basic training in DDP, DBT, Theraplay CBT/Family Therapy/EMDR
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children/young people who are Looked After or Adopted
- Experience of the provision of therapeutic approaches and interventions with children, young people and Networks around them
- Working knowledge/experience of Care Programme Approach, Child and Adult Safeguarding, Equal opportunities, multidisciplinary and multiagency team working experience
- Significant experience of Psychological interventions with young people who are Looked After or Adopted
- CAMHS/Inpatient experience
Desirable
- Clinical audit
- Working with carers
- Experience of working with service users from diverse groups
- Experience of running health based clinics and groups
- Experience of working in partnership with Acute hospitals and other health, education and social care providers
- Experience of developing and delivering training packages regarding mental health and risk
Knowledge
Essential
- A sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the clinical presentation and problems experienced by young people and Networks around them who are Looked after or Adopted
- A sound knowledge of CPA and risk assessment / management
- A sound knowledge of safeguarding Procedures
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and be fully aware of the legal and ethical issues
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Knowledge of MARSIPAN and NICE guidelines and associated policies
Desirable
- Specialist skills to facilitate small and larger group treatment programmes
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Sound assessment skills including risk assessment and management
- Good negotiation skills
- Good decision-making skills
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer sound clinical guidance advise and make effective decisions
- Skills in managing serious untoward incidents
- Ability to create effective team working
- Good time management
- Effective organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Ability to work flexibly and to deadlines
- Ability to utilise learning opportunities including clinical supervision
- Ability to use initiative and work as an autonomous practitioner
- Reliable and resourceful
- Good interpersonal skills
Person Specification
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work in variety of environments
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified & Registered as a first level nurse RMN/RNLD
- Minim of 2 years qualified experience
Desirable
- Post Grad Qualifications in Mental Health Practice
- Non-Medical Prescriber
Training
Essential
- To have undertaken statutory child safeguarding training
Desirable
- Post basic training in working with people with Children who are Looked After
- Previous and/or Post basic training in DDP, DBT, Theraplay CBT/Family Therapy/EMDR
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children/young people who are Looked After or Adopted
- Experience of the provision of therapeutic approaches and interventions with children, young people and Networks around them
- Working knowledge/experience of Care Programme Approach, Child and Adult Safeguarding, Equal opportunities, multidisciplinary and multiagency team working experience
- Significant experience of Psychological interventions with young people who are Looked After or Adopted
- CAMHS/Inpatient experience
Desirable
- Clinical audit
- Working with carers
- Experience of working with service users from diverse groups
- Experience of running health based clinics and groups
- Experience of working in partnership with Acute hospitals and other health, education and social care providers
- Experience of developing and delivering training packages regarding mental health and risk
Knowledge
Essential
- A sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the clinical presentation and problems experienced by young people and Networks around them who are Looked after or Adopted
- A sound knowledge of CPA and risk assessment / management
- A sound knowledge of safeguarding Procedures
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and be fully aware of the legal and ethical issues
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Knowledge of MARSIPAN and NICE guidelines and associated policies
Desirable
- Specialist skills to facilitate small and larger group treatment programmes
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Sound assessment skills including risk assessment and management
- Good negotiation skills
- Good decision-making skills
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer sound clinical guidance advise and make effective decisions
- Skills in managing serious untoward incidents
- Ability to create effective team working
- Good time management
- Effective organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Ability to work flexibly and to deadlines
- Ability to utilise learning opportunities including clinical supervision
- Ability to use initiative and work as an autonomous practitioner
- Reliable and resourceful
- Good interpersonal skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
