Job summary
This is an opportunity for 12 months to contribute to the development of the multi-disciplinary Be Safe Service alongside the Clinical Team Manager/Clinical Lead and other senior clinicians, including involvement in clinical activity, staff supervision, training, and consultation. Be safe works with children and young people who have harmed sexually and their parents/carers and their support network. in providing evidence and trauma informed assessments and interventions. The service is highly regarded locally and nationally. The service places high value on staff support and development.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will have:
- a Professional qualification and registration in either Social Work; Mental Health Nursing; Clinical Psychology; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Counselling; Occupational Therapy; Family Therapy or other relevant professional qualifications.
- an understanding and experience in working with children and young people who have engaged in risky behaviour and their parents/carers.
- experience in working with those from diverse backgrounds.
- experience of undertaking assessment and therapeutic interventions.
- experience of providing training and consultation.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance.
- Highly developed verbal and written communications skills.
- Ability to collaborate with multi-agency colleagues.
About us
Be Safe is a Specialist CAMHS multi-disciplinary team working with children and young people with problematic/harmful sexual behaviour, their parents/carers, family and support network. It delivers assessment and therapeutic interventions. The team endeavours to work in a holistic and draws from a range of approaches including systemic, trauma focused, CBT, humanistic, and strength based approaches. The service is primarily Bristol based but also offers a limited service to South Gloucestershire and on a spot purchase basis to other authorities.
AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) is a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, and people living with disabilities - we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. We therefore welcome applications from these groups.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work with the Clinical Team Manager/Clinical Lead in ensuring the development of the service and responsiveness to the changing evidence base in the area to ensure continuing improvements to the service in line with organisational goals and maintenance of excellent clinical standards and meet the needs of the diverse backgrounds of those the service works with.
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To undertake targeted and comprehensive assessments of children and young people who have engaged in problematic or harmful sexual behaviour with their parents/carers within agreed timeframes.
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To provide training, consultation and advice to a broad range of professionals including social care, health, criminal justice, and education professionals. This could relate to risk management and safety planning as well as care and treatment options.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work with the Clinical Team Manager/Clinical Lead in ensuring the development of the service and responsiveness to the changing evidence base in the area to ensure continuing improvements to the service in line with organisational goals and maintenance of excellent clinical standards and meet the needs of the diverse backgrounds of those the service works with.
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To undertake targeted and comprehensive assessments of children and young people who have engaged in problematic or harmful sexual behaviour with their parents/carers within agreed timeframes.
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To provide training, consultation and advice to a broad range of professionals including social care, health, criminal justice, and education professionals. This could relate to risk management and safety planning as well as care and treatment options.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional qualification in either Mental Health Nursing; Clinical Psychology; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Counselling; Occupational Therapy; Social Work; Family Therapy or other relevant professional qualifications in relation to child mental health, social care, criminal justice, and harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people.
- oRelevant professional registration and/or accreditation.
Work Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with children and young people who have engaged in risky behaviour and their parents/carers.
- oAwareness of Child Protection Procedures and legislation for addressing safeguarding concerns.
- oInterest and experience in working with diversity and a commitment to developing services to minority communities.
Desirable
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision and consultation.
- oExperience and knowledge of working with children and young people with problematic/harmful sexual behaviours often with highly complex mental health presentations and/or learning difficulties.
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision and consultation.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- oProven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- oKnowledge about child development, attachment, and the development of resilience.
- oAbility to collaborate with professional colleagues on the management of the service and development of clinical service delivery, valuing a multi- disciplinary multi-model multi-agency approach to service delivery.
- oAbility to work in collaboration with the multi-agency network supporting the child including social care, education, health and criminal justice professionals.
- oHighly developed written and verbal communication skills, being able to engage effectively with people at all levels in a sensitive and assertive manner. Including the ability to write complex assessment reports and communicate these appropriately.
- oAble to contribute to training and consultation for other multi-agency professionals.
Desirable
- oAbility to work with children and young people with developmental delay and/or learning disabilities.
- oKnowledge of and experience of Clinical work in the area of problematic/harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oWorks with highly complex and distressing situations and material, e.g. children and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviours who are likely to have experienced abuse themselves; children with learning difficulties; children who have experienced family breakdown; children in foster care and other care settings; parental mental illness.
- oCommitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional qualification in either Mental Health Nursing; Clinical Psychology; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Counselling; Occupational Therapy; Social Work; Family Therapy or other relevant professional qualifications in relation to child mental health, social care, criminal justice, and harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people.
- oRelevant professional registration and/or accreditation.
Work Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with children and young people who have engaged in risky behaviour and their parents/carers.
- oAwareness of Child Protection Procedures and legislation for addressing safeguarding concerns.
- oInterest and experience in working with diversity and a commitment to developing services to minority communities.
Desirable
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision and consultation.
- oExperience and knowledge of working with children and young people with problematic/harmful sexual behaviours often with highly complex mental health presentations and/or learning difficulties.
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision and consultation.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- oProven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- oKnowledge about child development, attachment, and the development of resilience.
- oAbility to collaborate with professional colleagues on the management of the service and development of clinical service delivery, valuing a multi- disciplinary multi-model multi-agency approach to service delivery.
- oAbility to work in collaboration with the multi-agency network supporting the child including social care, education, health and criminal justice professionals.
- oHighly developed written and verbal communication skills, being able to engage effectively with people at all levels in a sensitive and assertive manner. Including the ability to write complex assessment reports and communicate these appropriately.
- oAble to contribute to training and consultation for other multi-agency professionals.
Desirable
- oAbility to work with children and young people with developmental delay and/or learning disabilities.
- oKnowledge of and experience of Clinical work in the area of problematic/harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oWorks with highly complex and distressing situations and material, e.g. children and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviours who are likely to have experienced abuse themselves; children with learning difficulties; children who have experienced family breakdown; children in foster care and other care settings; parental mental illness.
- oCommitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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