Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Tavistock and Portman Autism and Learning Disability Service and lead on an Autism Assessment Recovery Pathway for Children and Young People aged 12-25 years.
This post is fixed term for 6 months and you will join a warm and welcoming team. Applicants will demonstrate a strong interest in Neurodivergence and evidence of developing specialist assessment services for young people that are evidence based. You will lead a team of 5 clinicians and will hold a highly complex caseload, developing specialised programmes of care for service users that are outcome focused and evidence based.
You will be responsible for the design and delivery of the assessment pathway to ensure young people have timely access to the care they need.
You will lead an MDT team of CAMHS professionals. Providing supervision and advising on and delivering training where required and as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
You will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to members of the multidisciplinary team, care partners and service users, who may on occasion, present with challenging behaviours.
You will be responsible for the design and delivery of the assessment pathway to ensure young people have timely access to the care they need.
You will lead an MDT team of CAMHS professionals. Providing supervision and advising on and delivering training where required and as appropriate.
You will ensure that the clinical delivery is of the highest quality and in line with National guidance and according to the latest evidence base.
You will act as a case manager for service users being treated by other colleagues, providing oversight of assessments, treatment, and discharge of patients.
You may be required to convene multi-professional and multi-agency meetings, liaising with outside agencies and professionals and will act as the lead on liaison work and cross-sector partnership working such as GPs / schools/local authorities.
The post holder will act as lead for safeguarding and risk management in the team as appropriate.
You will lead on the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.
You will act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development, and mentorship of other staff.
About us
The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation, and excellence in our workforce. We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible. We have made a firm commitment to being an anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti- transphobic organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualification/Training/Education
Essential
- Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Social work, Nursing, Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Speech and Language therapy
- Core training as a Psychiatrist, Social worker, nurse, psychologist or equivalent
- Further specialist training and knowledge acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
- Registration with appropriate professional body - ACP, HCPC, GMC, NMC
- Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments and Neurodevelopmental Assessments.
- Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g., CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or Equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with client population.
- Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service and Neurodevelopmental service.
- High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
- Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
- Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population.
- Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives.
Skills
Essential
- Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
- Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients.
- Mental Health Nurses: Proven additional training in and experience of giving a variety of therapeutic treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Social Workers Senior practitioner experience of providing leadership, expertise, and supervision to other professionals. Extensive knowledge of relevant safeguarding practice, legislation, and research.
- Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within team.
- Willingness to contribute to the development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers.
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative
- Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management.
- Understanding health and safety, risk management, modernisation, and clinical governance
- Familiarity with recent political trends in health care
- Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes.
- Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-aware, self-motivated, and reflective
- Proactive, positive, and enthusiastic attitude.
- Ability to work effectively within a team.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and to make difficult decisions.
- Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel Keyboard / IMT skills
Person Specification
Qualification/Training/Education
Essential
- Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Social work, Nursing, Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Speech and Language therapy
- Core training as a Psychiatrist, Social worker, nurse, psychologist or equivalent
- Further specialist training and knowledge acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
- Registration with appropriate professional body - ACP, HCPC, GMC, NMC
- Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments and Neurodevelopmental Assessments.
- Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g., CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or Equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with client population.
- Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service and Neurodevelopmental service.
- High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
- Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
- Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population.
- Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives.
Skills
Essential
- Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
- Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients.
- Mental Health Nurses: Proven additional training in and experience of giving a variety of therapeutic treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Social Workers Senior practitioner experience of providing leadership, expertise, and supervision to other professionals. Extensive knowledge of relevant safeguarding practice, legislation, and research.
- Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within team.
- Willingness to contribute to the development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers.
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative
- Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management.
- Understanding health and safety, risk management, modernisation, and clinical governance
- Familiarity with recent political trends in health care
- Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes.
- Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-aware, self-motivated, and reflective
- Proactive, positive, and enthusiastic attitude.
- Ability to work effectively within a team.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and to make difficult decisions.
- Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel Keyboard / IMT 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).
