CAMHS Clinical Team Lead- City & Hackney AMHT and E&B Team Lead

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

CLINICAL TEAM LEAD FOR ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND CO-LEAD EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL TEAM

A Clinical Team Lead is required for the City & Hackney Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team and co-leading the Emotional and Behavioural Services. The service is based on Homerton Row and John Scott Health Centre. City And Hackney Specialist CAMHS is a long-established service for assessing and treating young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough and has an excellent reputation. This vacancy has arisen following the previous post holder leaving the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is be expected to provide clinical leadership to the Adolescent Mental Health Team as well as co-leading the E&B team and contribute to the front door Assessment Clinic.

The primary role is to support adolescents experiencing complex and serious mental health problems. The AMHT delivers a robust multidisciplinary team approach offering individual, family and group interventions, which are evidence based and trauma informed.
The post is joint with the Emotional & Behavioural team clinical leadership, where the post holder will be required to participate in joint work with, other members of the E&B team in CAMHS and other clinicians from other CAMHS teams.
The post is divided as 0.6WTE in AMHT and 0.4WTE in E&BT, exact WTE will depends on candidates contracted hours and needs of both team.
The post holder will also be required to provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service.
The post holder will be required to work with the newly developed Intensive Community Crisis Service works with the AMHT to provide an admission avoidance pathway and stepdown from inpatient admission.
The post is a full time post (1WTE) but application will be welcomed from candidates looking to work reduced hours, minimum 0.8WTE.
The post holder will be based in C&H CAMHS and John Scott Health Centre.

About us

The local population is very diverse with high levels of deprivation. There are good working relationships with Community CAMHS, Social Care, Education and Third Sector agencies through the C&H CAMHS Alliance. ELFT and HUH CAMHS have recently established a Single Point of Access for CAMHS referrals.

Date posted

14 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£78,163 to £88,884 a year Including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-SS5824013

Job locations

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Children & Young People's Centre 15 Homerton Row London

London

E9 6ED

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please contact Dr Sharon Davies,Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Associate Clinical Director on sharon.davies16@nhs.net if you would like further information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please contact Dr Sharon Davies,Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Associate Clinical Director on sharon.davies16@nhs.net if you would like further information.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Honours degree. Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytical Observational Studies or recognised equivalent. Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child & Adolescent.
or Clinical Psychology Honours degree. Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
or ? relevant clinical or management field or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
or Family & Systemic Psychotherapy Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling. Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent
or Nursing Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3/8/13 or 15 of the NMC Register) ENB 998 or equivalent Educated to master degree level in CAMHS related area
Relevant specialist training or qualifications
Leadership / management training

Other

Essential

Ability to manage the multiple demands of a senior role
Ability to motivate and inspire others
Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to hold the stress of others

Experience

Essential

Experience of providing senior clinical leadership
Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
Experience of contributing to service developments
Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
Experience of partnership working with other agencies
Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
Knowledge of specialised assessments for violence risk e.g.: SAVRY
Knowledge of differential risk factors for development of emotional and behavioural disorders including environmental, family, peer and neurodevelopmental factors
Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group
Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Honours degree. Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytical Observational Studies or recognised equivalent. Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child & Adolescent.
or Clinical Psychology Honours degree. Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
or ? relevant clinical or management field or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
or Family & Systemic Psychotherapy Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling. Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent
or Nursing Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3/8/13 or 15 of the NMC Register) ENB 998 or equivalent Educated to master degree level in CAMHS related area
Relevant specialist training or qualifications
Leadership / management training

Other

Essential

Ability to manage the multiple demands of a senior role
Ability to motivate and inspire others
Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to hold the stress of others

Experience

Essential

Experience of providing senior clinical leadership
Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
Experience of contributing to service developments
Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
Experience of partnership working with other agencies
Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
Knowledge of specialised assessments for violence risk e.g.: SAVRY
Knowledge of differential risk factors for development of emotional and behavioural disorders including environmental, family, peer and neurodevelopmental factors
Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group
Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT

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.

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