Job summary
Southwark YOS Clinical Specialist
A great opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 YOS/ CAMHS Practitioner to work within the Southwark YJS Team.
The Child and Adolescent mental health team (CAMHS) and Southwark Youth Justice team are seeking the highest quality team member to work alongside the YJS and Southwark CAMHS. We have a long-established partnership with YJS in supporting a very vulnerable and complex group of young people, providing timely and effective mental health support and intervention. We are committed to providing the very best support for our young people and families , We are seeking a candidate with flexible, diverse and innovative ways of working within this exciting and unique outreach position.
You will be working as park of a specialist and highly skilled multi-agency team, providing reports to support court assessments , completing neurodevelopmental assessments and risk management plans along with quality therapeutic interventions.
If you are good communicator with energy, motivation and are passionate about working with young people then this role is for you!
Main duties of the job
The Child and adolescent YOS Clinical specialist will provide high quality mental health service to families who have become involved with the Youth offending service.
This is a community-based post, located within the local CAMHS. Predominantly this service will be delivered within the YOS and will include the provision of specialist advice/consultation and CAMHS mental health assessment, with specific emphasis on adolescents with complex and severe mental health problems. It will also include liaison with other agencies, specialized clinical interventions and support, clinical supervision and teaching to multi-agency staff and students.
Ensure efficient and effective delivery of CAMHS in Southwark YOS, including high quality, safe and responsive specialist mental health services to adolescents presenting with complex emotional and behavioral health needs in a youth justice setting.
You will work in partnership with the Southwark CYPS, Youth Offending Service, the police, core CAMHS teams and other partner agencies to support integrated practice and service delivery.
Your role will involve undertaking CAMHS assessments and care co- ordination of young people in a community setting, including mental health risk assessments for young people known to YOS with support of YOS Clinical Team, and senior clinicians and psychiatric input from MDT.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from key-worker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will manage your own caseload and provide assessment and treatment to young people and their families referred by Southwark CYPS and YOS.
You will work with several internal and external professional networks to ensure that individual care plans and treatment for children across agencies are co- ordinated effectively and efficiently. This will involve working in partnership with other agencies in Southwark to support integrated practice and service delivery.
You will also train and advise YOS officers on emerging mental health symptoms in an adolescent population and be knowledgeable about the connection between offending, mental illness and substance misuse.
Please see attached job description and person specification for details
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will manage your own caseload and provide assessment and treatment to young people and their families referred by Southwark CYPS and YOS.
You will work with several internal and external professional networks to ensure that individual care plans and treatment for children across agencies are co- ordinated effectively and efficiently. This will involve working in partnership with other agencies in Southwark to support integrated practice and service delivery.
You will also train and advise YOS officers on emerging mental health symptoms in an adolescent population and be knowledgeable about the connection between offending, mental illness and substance misuse.
Please see attached job description and person specification for details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent or First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or
- Doctorate level qualification in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology or
- First level qualification in family, art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.
- Training in clinical supervision such as ENB 998 or mentorship and or equivalent experience and training.
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) .
Desirable
- Additional training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health interventions and treatments
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working in a youth justice setting
- Experience of working in a community setting, including undertaking home visits and attending various community-based sites
- Experience engaging and working with young people who are reluctant to work with mental health services
- Experience providing care that is sensitive to the needs of minority ethnic groups
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people and families in a multi-racial urban environment
- Experience of inter-agency and partnership working
- Experience of supervising and/or leading a team
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Confidence and ability to plan, decide and act in a leadership role
- Ability to navigate and liaise effectively and collaboratively with partner services
- Ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
- Ability to conduct assessment of risk and management of risk factors independently and as part of a multi-agency team
- Working knowledge of MHA, MCA and safeguarding children legislation.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and support a team in case management and clinical work
- Ability to support employees in managing complex cases
- Ability to support staff health and wellbeing
- Ability to make autonomous decisions as a lead, delegating and signposting practically and effectively
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent or First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or
- Doctorate level qualification in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology or
- First level qualification in family, art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.
- Training in clinical supervision such as ENB 998 or mentorship and or equivalent experience and training.
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) .
Desirable
- Additional training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health interventions and treatments
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working in a youth justice setting
- Experience of working in a community setting, including undertaking home visits and attending various community-based sites
- Experience engaging and working with young people who are reluctant to work with mental health services
- Experience providing care that is sensitive to the needs of minority ethnic groups
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people and families in a multi-racial urban environment
- Experience of inter-agency and partnership working
- Experience of supervising and/or leading a team
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Confidence and ability to plan, decide and act in a leadership role
- Ability to navigate and liaise effectively and collaboratively with partner services
- Ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
- Ability to conduct assessment of risk and management of risk factors independently and as part of a multi-agency team
- Working knowledge of MHA, MCA and safeguarding children legislation.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and support a team in case management and clinical work
- Ability to support employees in managing complex cases
- Ability to support staff health and wellbeing
- Ability to make autonomous decisions as a lead, delegating and signposting practically and effectively
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).
