Job summary
The post holder will be a care coordinator, assessing and treating children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the multiple disciplinary teams (MDT). The post holder will also be involved in supporting and advising parents and carers of C&YP referred to the service as well as offering consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder may be expected to offer supervision to junior colleagues.
Main duties of the job
Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate
About us
National and specialist inpatient and outpatient services
Our national and specialist CAMHS services have a formidable reputation nationally and internationally, and comprise a broad range of outpatient clinics, and five inpatient units. We have a strong tradition of evidence-based treatment, and are active in clinical research; developing, assessing and implementing effective new treatments such as intensive day treatments for eating disorders.
We offer training programmes and service development support for mental health professionals both nationally and internationally. We also have a range of specially developed educational mental health programmes targeted at school age children and young people for interventions to whole classes, small groups, and individual students.
Local CAMHS
Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental-health staff. These come from a variety of disciplines including: child psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, family therapy, nursing and occupational therapy, art and drama psychotherapy. The service is organised as follows:
CAMHS Early Help integrated with Children's Social Care
Specialist services for children, adolescents & their families (2 teams)
Specialist services for young people with Neuro-developmental disorders
Carelink - CAMHS Looked after Children team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
Provide specialist treatment to children and young people with a range of mental health conditions and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.
Following training if needed, provide screening/ assessments for ADHD for children and young people
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families.
Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers
Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams
Deliver interventions for children and young people who have self-harmed/are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; the treatment interventions provided would be based on NICE guidelines and evidence based practice
Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
Provide specialist treatment to children and young people with a range of mental health conditions and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.
Following training if needed, provide screening/ assessments for ADHD for children and young people
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS
Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families.
Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers
Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams
Deliver interventions for children and young people who have self-harmed/are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; the treatment interventions provided would be based on NICE guidelines and evidence based practice
Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care
Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy.
- 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
- Qualification in supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a CAMHS setting
- Experience working therapeutically children and adolescent with mental health difficulties and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS eg PBS, CBT, Family Therapy.
- Experience in assessments for Neurodevelopmental conditions.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to information sharing and confidentiality
- Ability to work in partnership with service users and carers in the planning and delivery of care
- Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority ethnic groups
- Ability to maintain effective professional relationships with all team members
- Ability to work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy.
- 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
- Qualification in supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a CAMHS setting
- Experience working therapeutically children and adolescent with mental health difficulties and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS eg PBS, CBT, Family Therapy.
- Experience in assessments for Neurodevelopmental conditions.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to information sharing and confidentiality
- Ability to work in partnership with service users and carers in the planning and delivery of care
- Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority ethnic groups
- Ability to maintain effective professional relationships with all team members
- Ability to work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
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).
