Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the London Borough of Greenwich. We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated and committed Highly Specialist Clinician to join the newly openedpurpose designedshort-termresidential-based service focussed on improving stability and outcomes for children and young people aged 11-17; and play an important role in delivering this new and innovative service directly improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
This new service, called the Adolescent Assessment Residential and Resource Centre (the AARRC), will deliver a multi-disciplinary service to children and young people who are either in or 'at risk' of entering the care system (and where appropriate to their families and their wider support network).
The AARRC Mental Health Practitioner role is responsible for providing a service to children and young people engaged with the AARRC. This is a new and developing service with an opportunity to shape the clinical offer in partnership with CAMHS and RBG Children's Services.
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and support flexible and agile working arrangements.Our service sits within culturally diverse Greenwich and offers a rich and stimulating environment from where to work. There is very good public transport link with buses and trains.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside a Highly Specialist Clinician also based at the AARRC to provide initial assessment and time-limited stabilisation work with evidence-based psychoeducation, time-limited evidence-based intervention and family consultation. This would be available for a maximum shared caseload of 12 young people at any one time, including up to six placed within the AARRC plus those being supported through outreach work in the community. They will also lead the delivery of training to the wider AARRC staff, as well as offering professional consultation and weekly reflective practice to the residential team.
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
- To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.
- To work with a defined caseload of children and young people who are engaged with the AARRC, either residing in the centre itself or being supported through outreach work in 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 signposting using an outcome based triage model, to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps.
- To provide training and professional consultation to the wider AARRC workforce as well as school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps where appropriate.
- To facilitate reflective practice for the wider AARRC workforce.
- To contribute to the Early Help and prevention service within Greenwich, focussing on parents with ill health, substance misuse or domestic violence.
- To be aware of and take a role in the CYP Directorate participation programme.
- Train 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 plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group and their families and carers.
- 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 contribute to overall service delivery and development, with a particular focus on the CAMHS care pathway, as required.
- 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 g. writing of comprehensive report.
- To store statistical data in accordance with trust.
- To ensure live registration with appropriate professional body, g. NMC.
- Actively identify personal training needs and participate in training programmes as required and identified in PDP.
- 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 represent CAMHS on Directorate and Trust committees as required and to be able to effectively communicate information relevant to CAMHS.
- 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 g. case review 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.
- To work with a defined caseload of children and young people who are engaged with the AARRC, either residing in the centre itself or being supported through outreach work in 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 signposting using an outcome based triage model, to school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps.
- To provide training and professional consultation to the wider AARRC workforce as well as school based and community staff e.g. Health Visitors, G.Ps where appropriate.
- To facilitate reflective practice for the wider AARRC workforce.
- To contribute to the Early Help and prevention service within Greenwich, focussing on parents with ill health, substance misuse or domestic violence.
- To be aware of and take a role in the CYP Directorate participation programme.
- Train 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 plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group and their families and carers.
- 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 contribute to overall service delivery and development, with a particular focus on the CAMHS care pathway, as required.
- 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 g. writing of comprehensive report.
- To store statistical data in accordance with trust.
- To ensure live registration with appropriate professional body, g. NMC.
- Actively identify personal training needs and participate in training programmes as required and identified in PDP.
- 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 represent CAMHS on Directorate and Trust committees as required and to be able to effectively communicate information relevant to CAMHS.
- 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 g. case review 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.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and professional registration as per person spec.
Desirable
- 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
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post registration experience in a relevant setting
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and professional registration as per person spec.
Desirable
- 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
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years post registration experience in a relevant setting
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).
