Job summary
The North Yorkshire and York CAMHS Eating Disorder Service is looking for a Band 6 CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services) Practitioner to join the team as part of our newly developed Eating Disorders Home Treatment Team. The applicant must hold a professional registration in healthcare or social work.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed enhanced part of our service, supporting families and young people with meal times in the community. The Community Eating Disorder Service for children and young people is an established supportive team that offers assessment and a wide variety of evidence based treatment for young people and families.
The North Yorkshire and York Community Eating Disorder Service is a locality wide team, with main bases in Orca House, York and Dragon Parade Clinic, Harrogate, with additional outreach into North Moor House, Northallerton and Lake House, Scarborough. The successful post holder will be expected to travel within the locality to family homes, clinic bases and paediatric settings depending on demand - travel expenses and time will be included, full, clean driving licence will be required with access to a vehicle.
The successful post holder will be required to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, excluding nights.
Main duties of the job
The main elements of the clinical work will include supporting young people and families during meal times in a variety of settings using an evidence based model and care pathway, developing and facilitating group work interventions, alongside opportunities to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions provided.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supervision and supporting more junior members of the Eating Disorders Home Treatment team and have oversight of the operational running of the service.
The eating disorder community team includes clinical psychologists, family therapists, nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists and social workers. Therefore, the ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team is a requirement.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
About us
The Eating Disorder service is looking to appoint an individual with a range of transferrable skills, who is highly motivated and enthusiastic about working with this client group. In exchange the successful candidate will be well supported within a friendly and supportive team, with continuing opportunities for their ongoing professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale)
- Depending on work area, recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- CAMHS Degree
- Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
- Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
- Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.
Skills
Essential
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Quality improvement activities
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting
- Mentoring students on practice placement experiences
- Leadership or management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field
- Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
- Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
Desirable
- The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale)
- Depending on work area, recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- CAMHS Degree
- Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
- Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
- Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.
Skills
Essential
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Quality improvement activities
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting
- Mentoring students on practice placement experiences
- Leadership or management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field
- Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
- Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
Desirable
- The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
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).
