Job summary
The purpose of the Single Point of Access (SPA) is to assess children and young people being referred in to the CAMHS Division to ascertain the most appropriate service to meet their needs. The post requires significant clinical and organisational skills. You will adhere to the goals of 'No wrong Front Door' and support the operations of the Access Team who seek to identify the right service for a young person at the right time.You will be responsible for coordinating the intake of referrals into CAMHS, carrying out telephone triages, face to face assessments and brief interventions with children aged 0-18 years and their families. The post of access clinicians will also contribute to the management of waiting lists and the duty call rota.The SPA Clinician will work with front line administrators and senior colleagues to identify presenting needs, manage risk and support young people and parents whilst they wait for therapy. This will involve liaising with young people, parents, carers and professionals at the point of their referral as well as when issues arise during the wait for treatment. We have developed a system of screening/triage delivered by therapists to help identify treatment needs and assess risk. The post-holder will play a crucial role in coordinating this as well as undertaking clinical assessments and some brief interventions themselves. The post-holder will be well supported in this role by senior colleagues particularly in risk assessment and management.
Main duties of the job
Coordinate the day to day running of the SPA team, including screening new referrals and allocating these to the access clinicians. Complete telephone triages/screening for young people themselves, telephone risk assessment and management plans. Complete brief assessments and interventions for young people referred to the CAMHS Division. Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS Division. Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPI's and access to treatment standards. Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients To plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems.Where appropriate, to implement a range of brief psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals
About us
Join us at an exciting time for Barnet,Haringey and EnfieldMental HealthNHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHSFoundation Trust.After three years working in Partnership, weare due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North LondonWay as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
- Developour new Trust culture,to help make our new Trust agreatplace to work and to receive great care
- Empower our teams to lead theplanned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
- Focus ondeliveringexcellence at every level to improve our performanceand ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to thenew North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in theNorth London Wayto deliver:Better Mental Health, Better Lives, BetterCommunities.
Our new trust website is:Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job description
Job responsibilities
Coordinate the day to day running of the SPA team, including screening new referrals and allocating these to the access clinicians.Complete telephone triages/screening for young people who are referred to our service, making contact with families, allied professionals and the young person themselves.Complete over the telephone risk assessment and management plans.Complete brief assessments and interventions for young people referred to the CAMHS Division. Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS Division. Manage and maintain a clear duty rota for the CAMHS Division. Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPIs and access to treatment standards.Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures.To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.Where appropriate, to implement a range of brief psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.To attend multi agency meetings to support the referral and assessment of children and young people to specialist CAMHS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Coordinate the day to day running of the SPA team, including screening new referrals and allocating these to the access clinicians.Complete telephone triages/screening for young people who are referred to our service, making contact with families, allied professionals and the young person themselves.Complete over the telephone risk assessment and management plans.Complete brief assessments and interventions for young people referred to the CAMHS Division. Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS Division. Manage and maintain a clear duty rota for the CAMHS Division. Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPIs and access to treatment standards.Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures.To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.Where appropriate, to implement a range of brief psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.To attend multi agency meetings to support the referral and assessment of children and young people to specialist CAMHS.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Professional qualification including: System Psychotherapist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
- Live professional registration with relevant professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC
Desirable
- Qualification in core therapy training, i.e CBT, DBT, MBT...
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Minimum of one year experience of working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
- Experience of assessing risk and creating risk management plans with children and adolescents.
- Experience of direct - time limited clinical work within a CAMHS setting.
- Experience in liaison and multi-agency working.
- Experience in the use of routine outcome measures in clinical practice.
- Knowledge of relevant research, evidence base and therapeutic modalities.
- Experience of working with parents/carers of Adolescents
Desirable
- Experience of IT administration systems.
- Experience of contributing to intake-coordination and waiting list management.
- Experience of developing service user participation.
- Experience of presenting the work of a service to other professionals.
- Experience of working on call or on duty within teams
- Knowledge of statutory and voluntary sector services and the increasing demands facing mental health providers
- Experience of completing risk assessments over the phone
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Specific skills that will enable candidate to fulfill job role, including IT skills (must be detailed)
- Ability to make complex autonomous judgements based on theoretical, technical and clinical knowledge and experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively in highly emotive situations: - overcoming barriers to understanding and analysing complex and conflicting opinion/emotions.
- Experience in the autonomous management of personal work patterns and caseload. This includes experience in scheduling and maintaining a pattern of clinical and non-clinical work.
- Good literary and report writing skills.
- Time management skills.
- Good administrative Skills.
- Good Liaison Skills
- Good IT Skills.
- Excellent general communication skills.
Personal Qualties
Essential
- Self-motivated. Flexible in approach and outlook. Ability to work as part of a team. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Ability to contain anxiety in others. Adaptable. Good interpersonal skills. Reliable. Trustworthy. Physical effort - capacity to sit in constrained position for extended periods.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Professional qualification including: System Psychotherapist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
- Live professional registration with relevant professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC
Desirable
- Qualification in core therapy training, i.e CBT, DBT, MBT...
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Minimum of one year experience of working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
- Experience of assessing risk and creating risk management plans with children and adolescents.
- Experience of direct - time limited clinical work within a CAMHS setting.
- Experience in liaison and multi-agency working.
- Experience in the use of routine outcome measures in clinical practice.
- Knowledge of relevant research, evidence base and therapeutic modalities.
- Experience of working with parents/carers of Adolescents
Desirable
- Experience of IT administration systems.
- Experience of contributing to intake-coordination and waiting list management.
- Experience of developing service user participation.
- Experience of presenting the work of a service to other professionals.
- Experience of working on call or on duty within teams
- Knowledge of statutory and voluntary sector services and the increasing demands facing mental health providers
- Experience of completing risk assessments over the phone
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Specific skills that will enable candidate to fulfill job role, including IT skills (must be detailed)
- Ability to make complex autonomous judgements based on theoretical, technical and clinical knowledge and experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively in highly emotive situations: - overcoming barriers to understanding and analysing complex and conflicting opinion/emotions.
- Experience in the autonomous management of personal work patterns and caseload. This includes experience in scheduling and maintaining a pattern of clinical and non-clinical work.
- Good literary and report writing skills.
- Time management skills.
- Good administrative Skills.
- Good Liaison Skills
- Good IT Skills.
- Excellent general communication skills.
Personal Qualties
Essential
- Self-motivated. Flexible in approach and outlook. Ability to work as part of a team. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Ability to contain anxiety in others. Adaptable. Good interpersonal skills. Reliable. Trustworthy. Physical effort - capacity to sit in constrained position for extended periods.
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).
