Job summary
CAMHS Youth Justice Service Specialist mental Health Clinician (Clinical Psychologist, Mental health Nurse, Child Psychotherapist, Family Therapist, Mental Health Social worker), Maternity leave cover
Contract: 12 months (fixed term)
Hours: Part-time - 6 sessions per week
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Annual Leave: 27 days per annum increasing to 29 days after 5 years NHS service and 33 days after 10 years NHS service
Site: Isledon Road, London N7 (YJS Partner agency)
Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Department: Islington CAMHS
Responsible to: CAMHS YJS Team manager
Accountable to: Deputy Associate Director for CAMHS
Salary: £43,742-50,056 per annum
Terms & Conditions of Service: In accordance with NHS Agenda for Change
Main duties of the job
Screening and assessing Children and Young people where there is consent for CAMHS to become involved
Determining whether further therapeutic work would be beneficial. Liaising with further services where more input is needed and sharing any risk concerns.
To provide ongoing work to children and young people who would like to continue accessing therapeutic support.
Provide a flexible approach to therapeutic support. Generally working with children up to the completion of court order where necessary.
To provide consultation spaces, offering one hour bi-monthly to each case manager to consult on their caseload of children and young people to identify any mental health concerns, support with delivery of intervention.
Attend weekly Early intervention and Diversion panel meeting (Multi-agency meeting) where all children and young people who have come into contact with the police are discussed
Offer mental health screening to children and young people who are discussed at the Early Intervention Diversion panel when necessary, reviewing EIDP Children and young people's case notes on health care records and summarize on need-to-know basis
Providing a CAMHS service within YJS in line with service level agreement and Key performance indicators
About us
Whittington Mission, Vision and Goals
We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.Our missionHelping local people live longer, healthier lives.Our visionProvide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.Our goalsWe have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.
To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
To deliver consistent, high quality, safe services
To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population
Whittington Values
Our values underpin everything we do. Our staff are committed to delivering the following values in everything they do.
Our ICARE values have been created by our staff and are embedded in our appraisal and planning processes and form part of our staff excellence awards
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job description
ISLINGTON CAMHS MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to create Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services (Islington Community CAMHS and Paediatric Mental Health Team) within Whittington Health Trust that embrace diversity and foster inclusivity at all levels. We strive to empower and support our staff and service users to achieve wellbeing.
Young people and families
As a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service within Whittington Health we appreciate the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity to strive towards providing the best quality and compassionate health care for you.
Islington and our neighbouring boroughs are diverse communities. Through an awareness of social and cultural differences we understand that people may have different perspectives on emotional and mental health, and therefore our children, young people and families may have differing experiences and differing needs.
We want to understand what it is you need from us. We welcome and will seek conversations and feedback from ALL our service users to make us more accessible to you.
Workforce
We want our staff to feel safe, supported and included within Whittington Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services. We want to value the things that make us unique, including all protected characteristics. Therefore, we wish to foster a positive culture which will allow all staff to flourish and ensure that everyone is valued and respected. We are working towards a non-defensive position that recognises the biases held within large organisations.
This requires commitment, support and action from everyone at all levels of the organisation to change cultures and attitudes. We hope that this positive culture will promote a more accessible and inclusive service for staff, children, young people, families, carers and partner stakeholders.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job description
ISLINGTON CAMHS MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to create Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services (Islington Community CAMHS and Paediatric Mental Health Team) within Whittington Health Trust that embrace diversity and foster inclusivity at all levels. We strive to empower and support our staff and service users to achieve wellbeing.
Young people and families
As a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service within Whittington Health we appreciate the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity to strive towards providing the best quality and compassionate health care for you.
Islington and our neighbouring boroughs are diverse communities. Through an awareness of social and cultural differences we understand that people may have different perspectives on emotional and mental health, and therefore our children, young people and families may have differing experiences and differing needs.
We want to understand what it is you need from us. We welcome and will seek conversations and feedback from ALL our service users to make us more accessible to you.
Workforce
We want our staff to feel safe, supported and included within Whittington Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services. We want to value the things that make us unique, including all protected characteristics. Therefore, we wish to foster a positive culture which will allow all staff to flourish and ensure that everyone is valued and respected. We are working towards a non-defensive position that recognises the biases held within large organisations.
This requires commitment, support and action from everyone at all levels of the organisation to change cultures and attitudes. We hope that this positive culture will promote a more accessible and inclusive service for staff, children, young people, families, carers and partner stakeholders.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy or other core mental health discipline.
- Registration with relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, ACP, UKCP)
Skills / abilities
Essential
- High level knowledge of psychological theory and practice relevant to anti-social and offending young people e.g. social learning theory and cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Knowledge and skills in the use of psychological and psychometric methods of mental health assessment, intervention and management of children and young people.
- Ability to acquire and apply a highly collaborative, team-based model of working to deliver high quality health care to challenging, disadvantaged and young people with high level of complexity and contextual safeguarding, and their families in non-health settings.
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with colleagues and clients in multidisciplinary, multi-agency and criminal justice settings.
- Knowledge and skills in the effective verbal and written communication of complex, highly technical and / or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Ability to type own letters, reports, and maintain notes on our RIO and Child View electronic client records.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of generic and discipline-specific and forensic mental health assessments and treatments of children and families across a range of ages.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team meetings and co-working assessments and treatment.
- Experience of working with children and young people with conduct disorder or people with current / historical offending behaviour.
- Experience of joint working with staff in community settings who may not have mental health backgrounds.
- Knowledge of legislation and national policies relevant to children and young people, e.g. safeguarding and child protection, the Common Assessment Framework.
- To consider disproportionality, equality, diversity, inclusion and equity throughout this role
Personal qualities
Essential
- An ability to engage and work with CYP and families from diverse backgrounds and communities.
- Evidence of kindness and compassion and capacity to work collaboratively with others
- An ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings.
- Able to work independently and seek support as appropriate
- Able to use supervision spaces well to build skills and practices
- Good organisation and planning skills to support the variety of this role
- Ability to present information in a variety of formats (including PowerPoint and other IT)
- Ability to creatively engage CYP who might be more nervous to connect with our service with kindness, persistence and respect.
- Well-developed communication skills and ability to disseminate information verbally and in writing for complex and sensitive information sharing both within and outside of services
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy or other core mental health discipline.
- Registration with relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, ACP, UKCP)
Skills / abilities
Essential
- High level knowledge of psychological theory and practice relevant to anti-social and offending young people e.g. social learning theory and cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Knowledge and skills in the use of psychological and psychometric methods of mental health assessment, intervention and management of children and young people.
- Ability to acquire and apply a highly collaborative, team-based model of working to deliver high quality health care to challenging, disadvantaged and young people with high level of complexity and contextual safeguarding, and their families in non-health settings.
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with colleagues and clients in multidisciplinary, multi-agency and criminal justice settings.
- Knowledge and skills in the effective verbal and written communication of complex, highly technical and / or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Ability to type own letters, reports, and maintain notes on our RIO and Child View electronic client records.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of generic and discipline-specific and forensic mental health assessments and treatments of children and families across a range of ages.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team meetings and co-working assessments and treatment.
- Experience of working with children and young people with conduct disorder or people with current / historical offending behaviour.
- Experience of joint working with staff in community settings who may not have mental health backgrounds.
- Knowledge of legislation and national policies relevant to children and young people, e.g. safeguarding and child protection, the Common Assessment Framework.
- To consider disproportionality, equality, diversity, inclusion and equity throughout this role
Personal qualities
Essential
- An ability to engage and work with CYP and families from diverse backgrounds and communities.
- Evidence of kindness and compassion and capacity to work collaboratively with others
- An ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings.
- Able to work independently and seek support as appropriate
- Able to use supervision spaces well to build skills and practices
- Good organisation and planning skills to support the variety of this role
- Ability to present information in a variety of formats (including PowerPoint and other IT)
- Ability to creatively engage CYP who might be more nervous to connect with our service with kindness, persistence and respect.
- Well-developed communication skills and ability to disseminate information verbally and in writing for complex and sensitive information sharing both within and outside of services
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).
