Job summary
This post will provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families within the Emotional and Behavioural Team with additional sessions attached to the Youth Zones in Newham CAMHS.
These is a community-based session, located within Newham CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to a wide variety of clinical presentations, and direct work in the Youth Zones in Newham.
Emotional and Behavioural Team (E&B), which provides a CAMHS service for young people with a wide variety of mood, anxiety and difficulties with managing behavioural expectations. There is a broad range of therapy groups offered and the post holder would be supported and encouraged to develop skills in group work, alongside individual clinical work.
Main duties of the job
1. Clinical Responsibilities
1.1 To provide comprehensive specialist assessments including risk assessments of young people and their families/carers referred with learning disability and /or autism spectrum disorders; or ADHD or emotional and behavioural difficulties.
1.2 To provide telephone and/or face-to-face triage assessments of new referrals, contact clients within a standard timeframe and signpost to the appropriate service within or outside of CAMHS.
1.3 To provide consultation and where appropriate training to other professionals who come into contact with children, young people and their families/carers referred with moderate, complex and severe mental health problems.
1.4 To write confidential reports for court, case conferences, and education that may have wide ranging implications for children, young people and their families.
1.5 Based on these assessments and reports to convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to clients and other professionals and manage this as 1.6 Constructively as possible.
Additional information on JD
About us
The Youth Zones work includes consultation to youth workers, working collaboratively with young people attending the service, and taking a community psychology and co-production approach. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description
Please watch this service user led film about our service https://youtu.be/4Q_HEZhhybQ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description
Please watch this service user led film about our service https://youtu.be/4Q_HEZhhybQ
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Qualification in appropriate mental health professions such as Nursing, Systemic Psychotherapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Creative Art Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS/MH for at least 2 years
- Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner city area
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way Experience in crisis work
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Evidence of ability to support others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries, liaising effectively with other agencies and professionals
- Good knowledge of theories on intersectionality
- Self-reflexivity: ability to reflect how identities and cultures impact work and working relationships and young people's engagement.
- Able to manage inter agency working
- Good IT & computer skills
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Qualification in appropriate mental health professions such as Nursing, Systemic Psychotherapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Creative Art Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS/MH for at least 2 years
- Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner city area
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way Experience in crisis work
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Evidence of ability to support others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries, liaising effectively with other agencies and professionals
- Good knowledge of theories on intersectionality
- Self-reflexivity: ability to reflect how identities and cultures impact work and working relationships and young people's engagement.
- Able to manage inter agency working
- Good IT & computer skills
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).
