Clinical Service Lead - CWP

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated professional to lead our Child Well Being Practitioner team.You will have extensive clinical experience of working in CAMHS, Children's Services or in Mental Health servicesAs a Clinical Service Lead, you will be part of Lewisham CAMHS Senior Leadership Team at a time of expansion and developmentincluding the implementation of the IThrive Framework. You will play a core role in the development and expansion of the Lewisham GP youth clinic, bringing CWP expertise to this initiative to support our young people in a non-clinical setting. You will also have the opportunity to retain clinical role within the team.Lewisham CAMHS is actively collaborating with partners across Social Care, Primary Care and Third Sector in developing responsive services foryoung people and their families, using the nationally recognized IThrive model. As a team leader, you will be supporting our co-productioninnovative work that aims to have young people and families at the core of our service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will further be responsible to support local workforce development in the line with local and national transformation plans. Working with the Getting help- CAMHS Schools and Well-being general manager and Lewisham CAMHS Service Manager to ensure a coordinated approach this includes:

Operational: covers the structural management of the team, including clear lines of reporting and how they function in line with education and mental health governance, the process for escalating any problems or issues.

Quality assurance: ensuring the team delivers consistent, high-quality mental health support, care and interventions, with appropriate and adequate clinical supervision.

Strategic: monitoring key outcomes and implementing regular evaluations to allow for continued learning, innovation and improvement.
Providing essential management and supervision requirements fundamental to the success of the ongoing or newly developed roles. This includes:
- Clinical case management, and professional support
- Having oversight of training relevant to the CWP workforce and linking in regularly with the HEI
- Providing service assurance of placement suitability for CWPs in training.
Work as an autonomous professional within BPS/HCPC/BABCP/UKCP guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

About us

Lewisham CAMHS borough Services

Lewisham CAMHS serves the borough of Lewisham through a number of specialist and generic teams, working across the community. We work closely with local partners, including the local authority and education, and providers (such as commissioned counselling provisions, charity sector and adult SLaM services).

Each of the teams have team managers and most have consultant psychiatrists at the leadership. The teams include Horizon (Generic), Neurodevelopmental (NDT), Mental Health Schools Team (MHST) Crisis and Intake-Duty who are based in Kaleidoscope. LYPS, Child Wellbeing Practitioner service (CWP), and SYMBOL (LAC team) are based at 78 Lewisham Park. The ARTS (forensics) service is based in Holbeach.

We also work very closely with our national and specialist CAMHS services, which has a formidable reputation nationally and internationally, and are made up of a broad range of outpatient clinics, and five inpatient units.

Date posted

29 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year per annum incl. of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CLI-6206767

Job locations

Lewisham Park Clinic

78 Lewisham Park,

Lewisham

SE13 6QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical and Client Care

To provide assessments, formulations and interventions for clients referred to the Mental Health Support Team and /or to offer supervision to other members of the team in providing those.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
To support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
To work in partnership with families to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To act as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for the oversight of cases within the Mental Health Support team.
Provide support for CWPs in using CYP IAPT compliant routine outcome measures.
Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with CWPs on a regular basis as part of their continuing professional development.

Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.

Where appropriate to liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects related to the CWP training programmes.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

Care or management of resources

To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
Manage staff leave, sickness etc. on E-Rostering system.

Management and supervision

To select cases for the trainee and trained CWP workers so that targeted psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients can be achieved.
To provide intensive supervision to CWP trainees and supervision of qualified practitioners
To provide supervision to b6 and 7 qualified practitioners
To contribute to appraisals
To contribute to the recruitment of trainees and Practitioners.
Access own supervision.

Teaching and Training

To undertake occasional teaching and training of EMHPs and CWPs
To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Mental Health Support service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and the trailblazer developments and by implementing knowledge gained in training to practice.
Where appropriate to disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies. The HEI and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

Research and development

To initiate, undertake, support and supervise service evaluation and audits

To provide expertise in a specialist research area, which will contribute to the Mental Health Support team.
To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to Professional and Trust guidelines.
To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with Professional and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and Standards for Continuing Professional Development.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
To comply with Professional Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.
To adhere to Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

General

To travel to as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical and Client Care

To provide assessments, formulations and interventions for clients referred to the Mental Health Support Team and /or to offer supervision to other members of the team in providing those.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
To support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
To work in partnership with families to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To act as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for the oversight of cases within the Mental Health Support team.
Provide support for CWPs in using CYP IAPT compliant routine outcome measures.
Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with CWPs on a regular basis as part of their continuing professional development.

Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.

Where appropriate to liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects related to the CWP training programmes.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

Care or management of resources

To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
Manage staff leave, sickness etc. on E-Rostering system.

Management and supervision

To select cases for the trainee and trained CWP workers so that targeted psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients can be achieved.
To provide intensive supervision to CWP trainees and supervision of qualified practitioners
To provide supervision to b6 and 7 qualified practitioners
To contribute to appraisals
To contribute to the recruitment of trainees and Practitioners.
Access own supervision.

Teaching and Training

To undertake occasional teaching and training of EMHPs and CWPs
To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Mental Health Support service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and the trailblazer developments and by implementing knowledge gained in training to practice.
Where appropriate to disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies. The HEI and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

Research and development

To initiate, undertake, support and supervise service evaluation and audits

To provide expertise in a specialist research area, which will contribute to the Mental Health Support team.
To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to Professional and Trust guidelines.
To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with Professional and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and Standards for Continuing Professional Development.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
To comply with Professional Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.
To adhere to Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

General

To travel to as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oQualifications and Professional Registration: Entry-level qualification: appropriately registered Educational/ Clinical/Counselling psychologist, Systemic Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, OT, Social Work CBT Therapist and registration with relevant UK governing body (A/I)
oCompleted training course in clinical supervision. (A/I/R)
oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by relevant Professional body e.g. HCPC/UKCP/RCN/ SWE/ BABCP (A/I)

Desirable

oPG qualification in CWP supervision course
oPG qualification in Leading on Transformation & Change in CYP mental health and wellbeing services

Experience

Essential

oEvidence of having worked as a clinical specialist with children, young people and their families under supervision. (A/I)
oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in CAMHS. (A/I)
oExperience of supervising and having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
oPost-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. (A/I)
oExperience of carrying out research, audit or service evaluation projects.

Desirable

oExperience of previous working with CWP or EMHP trainees.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based therapies for child and adolescents (A/I/R)
oAdvanced knowledge of mental health assessment (A/I/R)
oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I/R)
oTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.

Desirable

oExperience of previous working with CWP or EMHP trainees.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oQualifications and Professional Registration: Entry-level qualification: appropriately registered Educational/ Clinical/Counselling psychologist, Systemic Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, OT, Social Work CBT Therapist and registration with relevant UK governing body (A/I)
oCompleted training course in clinical supervision. (A/I/R)
oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by relevant Professional body e.g. HCPC/UKCP/RCN/ SWE/ BABCP (A/I)

Desirable

oPG qualification in CWP supervision course
oPG qualification in Leading on Transformation & Change in CYP mental health and wellbeing services

Experience

Essential

oEvidence of having worked as a clinical specialist with children, young people and their families under supervision. (A/I)
oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in CAMHS. (A/I)
oExperience of supervising and having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
oPost-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. (A/I)
oExperience of carrying out research, audit or service evaluation projects.

Desirable

oExperience of previous working with CWP or EMHP trainees.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based therapies for child and adolescents (A/I/R)
oAdvanced knowledge of mental health assessment (A/I/R)
oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I/R)
oTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.

Desirable

oExperience of previous working with CWP or EMHP trainees.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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