Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (FCAMHS).
The FCAMHS community team base is in Peterborough and there is also a second base in Cambridge, but there is the opportunity for working at home.
The service is regional covering the East of England region (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire). This dynamic service works in partnership with wider agencies to ensure integrated care provision across health, social care, education and youth justice to optimise the outcomes for children/young people who present with high risk and/or concerning behaviours and where mental health and/or neurodevelopmental concerns are suspected.
Main duties of the job
The post holder part will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will have the support of a Senior Leadership Team that includes a Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Psychologist.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability and an ability to work flexibility using initiative. You should possess excellent communication skills and be confident to liaise with other professionals as necessary.
We will provide the necessary support to ensure development within the role and any future ambitions.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference to children with complex needs then we want to hear from you.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Assist in conducting audits, collecting data and statistics, development of audit and/or research projects.
- Support FCAMHS colleagues with the internal and external training programme.
- Liaise with children/young people and families/carers to develop co production
- Work alongside FCAMHS colleagues to undertake cognitive and psychometric assessment with children/young people and their parents/carers.
- Score and to write up reports for cognitive assessments/other psychometric assessments.
- Assist the multi-disciplinary team in meeting the needs of children/young people referred to FCAMHS through developing psychological formulations, building chronologies and attending relevant multiagency meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Assist in conducting audits, collecting data and statistics, development of audit and/or research projects.
- Support FCAMHS colleagues with the internal and external training programme.
- Liaise with children/young people and families/carers to develop co production
- Work alongside FCAMHS colleagues to undertake cognitive and psychometric assessment with children/young people and their parents/carers.
- Score and to write up reports for cognitive assessments/other psychometric assessments.
- Assist the multi-disciplinary team in meeting the needs of children/young people referred to FCAMHS through developing psychological formulations, building chronologies and attending relevant multiagency meetings.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Further post graduate training or degree in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with children who have mental health difficulties.
- oExperience of psychometric testing and scoring.
- oPrevious experience of working as an assistant psychologist or equivalent
- oExperience of working in an NHS mental health setting
- oExperience of assisting in the production of audits or service evaluation projects
- oExperience of completing risk assessments
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge, underpinned by theory to a mental health context
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An awareness of relevant, evidence-based practice as detailed in NICE guidance.
- Expertise within specialism, underpinned by theory, Knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision of practice
- Ability to prepare for and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to self-reflect to improve own personal development and practice
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to use self-management strategies to regulate stress and emotional impact of the role (supported by colleagues)
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the six East of England counties (sometimes at short notice)
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Further post graduate training or degree in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with children who have mental health difficulties.
- oExperience of psychometric testing and scoring.
- oPrevious experience of working as an assistant psychologist or equivalent
- oExperience of working in an NHS mental health setting
- oExperience of assisting in the production of audits or service evaluation projects
- oExperience of completing risk assessments
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge, underpinned by theory to a mental health context
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An awareness of relevant, evidence-based practice as detailed in NICE guidance.
- Expertise within specialism, underpinned by theory, Knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision of practice
- Ability to prepare for and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to self-reflect to improve own personal development and practice
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to use self-management strategies to regulate stress and emotional impact of the role (supported by colleagues)
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the six East of England counties (sometimes at short notice)
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).
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).
