Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent and enthusiastic registered practitioner to provide a highly specialist service for children and young people in Bexley CAMHS. You will work with children and young people up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and enduring mental health difficulties. This is a new post that has been developed to improve the career pathway for practitioners in Bexley CAMHS and there are great opportunities for career development in the service.
The post holder will manage a complex caseload, working as care coordinator within a multi-disciplinary team in close partnership with partner agencies working with children and young people in Bexley. You will also provide specialist advice and support to professional colleagues both internal and external to the Trust.
It would be an advantage to have experience working with young people, although part of the induction will be to assist you to develop the skills to work with children and young people with mental health difficulties. It is important that you can show your interest and willingness to learn how to work with children with significant mental health difficulties. You will need to have excellent therapeutic skills and be responsive and flexible in your approach to working with children and young people within the CAMH service.
Main duties of the job
- To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties in schools and the community
- Within schools actively promote the whole school based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being.
- To engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas.
- To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis within the role as care co-ordinator
- To effectively and appropriately communicate risks often under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
- To work closely with the school based and community health professionals, carrying out joint assessments when appropriate.
- To liaise independently and effectively with external partner agencies, co-ordinating meetings and participating in case discussions between teams involved in the care of clients.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.
- To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties in schools and the community
- To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
- To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps
- To provide training to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps.
- Within schools actively promote the whole school based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being.
- To contribute to the Early Help and prevention service within Bexley, focussing on parents with ill health, substance misuse or domestic violence
- To support and mentor students and less experienced members of the discipline.
- To engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas.
- To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis within the role as care co-ordinator
- To effectively and appropriately communicate risks often under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support.
- To work closely with the school based and community health professionals, carrying out joint assessments when appropriate.
- To implement appropriate training and education packages for parents and carers in conjunction with colleagues.
- To ensure that own practice remains within legal, ethical and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from relevant professionals.
- To possess IT skills in order to effectively communicate in writing with colleagues, other professionals and families in accordance with trust policies e.g. writing of comprehensive report.
- To ensure live registration with appropriate professional body, e.g. NMC.
- To demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions with regard to the confidentiality of clients and their families taking into considerations the risks to clients, self and the wider public.
- To liaise with other colleagues in CAMHS and participate in different clinical groups in order to share best practice and discuss current and future professional and clinical developments e.g. case review meetings and professional meetings
- To liaise independently and effectively with external partner agencies, co-ordinating meetings and participating in case discussions between teams involved in the care of clients.
Bexley CAMHS is a friendly, busy and thriving CYP IAPT service, regarded as an accessible and effective service. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disabilities and community services to the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. The Trust has recently been rated as Good by the CQC and has a culture of supporting staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework. Clinical supervision will be provided by experienced clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.
- To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties in schools and the community
- To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
- To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps
- To provide training to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps.
- Within schools actively promote the whole school based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being.
- To contribute to the Early Help and prevention service within Bexley, focussing on parents with ill health, substance misuse or domestic violence
- To support and mentor students and less experienced members of the discipline.
- To engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas.
- To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis within the role as care co-ordinator
- To effectively and appropriately communicate risks often under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support.
- To work closely with the school based and community health professionals, carrying out joint assessments when appropriate.
- To implement appropriate training and education packages for parents and carers in conjunction with colleagues.
- To ensure that own practice remains within legal, ethical and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from relevant professionals.
- To possess IT skills in order to effectively communicate in writing with colleagues, other professionals and families in accordance with trust policies e.g. writing of comprehensive report.
- To ensure live registration with appropriate professional body, e.g. NMC.
- To demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions with regard to the confidentiality of clients and their families taking into considerations the risks to clients, self and the wider public.
- To liaise with other colleagues in CAMHS and participate in different clinical groups in order to share best practice and discuss current and future professional and clinical developments e.g. case review meetings and professional meetings
- To liaise independently and effectively with external partner agencies, co-ordinating meetings and participating in case discussions between teams involved in the care of clients.
Bexley CAMHS is a friendly, busy and thriving CYP IAPT service, regarded as an accessible and effective service. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disabilities and community services to the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. The Trust has recently been rated as Good by the CQC and has a culture of supporting staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework. Clinical supervision will be provided by experienced clinicians.
Person Specification
Experiences
Essential
- At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients
- Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health.
- Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate
Education and Qualification
Essential
- RN Mental Health / CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification/Dip or BSc OT
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Person Specification
Experiences
Essential
- At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients
- Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health.
- Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate
Education and Qualification
Essential
- RN Mental Health / CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification/Dip or BSc OT
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
- Registration with relevant Professional body
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).
