Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Highly Specialist CAMHS clinician to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Newham. The successful applicant will have significant expertise in working with children and young people with learning disability, autism or both, and robust knowledge of behavioural approaches, including Positive Behaviour Support. This post is open to applicants from all disciplines including Behaviour Analyst, Family & Systemic Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health or LD) and Social Worker.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role will be to:
a) provide treatment to CYP with LD, autism or both, their families and networks through complex care co-ordination
b) ensure this care is based on contemporary evidence-based practice
c) provide an expert clinical resource in understanding CYP's behaviours of concern and complex presentations, both directly in clinical work and indirectly within NDT and wider CAMHS, and to multi-agency partners
d) provide Line Management and clinical supervision within NDT
e) support ongoing service development
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within East London NHS Foundation Trust. This is a community-based post in Newham CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), which requires a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management. The post holder will conduct specialist assessments and offer evidenced based clinical interventions to children and young people with autism, learning disability or both.
The post holder would directly contribute to and support a positive working environment within a multidisciplinary team and will be expected to offer supervision and management to more junior clinical staff (band 7 and below). The post holder will be supervised by a senior colleague within the team. There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
Please also see attached a full job description - including essential and desirable requirements for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within East London NHS Foundation Trust. This is a community-based post in Newham CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), which requires a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management. The post holder will conduct specialist assessments and offer evidenced based clinical interventions to children and young people with autism, learning disability or both.
The post holder would directly contribute to and support a positive working environment within a multidisciplinary team and will be expected to offer supervision and management to more junior clinical staff (band 7 and below). The post holder will be supervised by a senior colleague within the team. There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
Please also see attached a full job description - including essential and desirable requirements for the role.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Behaviour Analyst, Family & Systemic Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health or LD) and Social Worker.
- Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. BSc, Masters or Doctorate
- Registration with your appropriate body (e.g. UKBA, UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.)
- Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience at Band 7 in delivering specialist mental health assessment and treatment interventions in CAMHS for children and young people, and their families, with autism, learning disability or both, and complex behavioural or mental health problems
- Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Substantial experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context and with complex networks for children and young people with LD, autism or both
- Substantial experience of working with children and young people in an emotionally demanding environment
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient/client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in crisis
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues in the context of severe behaviours of concern.
- Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters
- Substantial experience of providing consultation in the multi-agency context
- Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of providing student support within a practice learning environment
- Experience of presenting clinical practice and research at a local /national level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Extensive and expert knowledge and experience of mental health and psychosocial needs of CYP with neurodevelopmental issues.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills and excellent presentation skills
- Ability to work autonomously and make independent clinical judgements and decisions prioritising concurrent and competing issues
- Evidence of continuing professional and clinical development within your profession and CAMHS NDT.
- Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues/neurodevelopmental conditions and skill in using suitable interventions with this client group.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and ethical issues, including The Children Act, and strategic frameworks and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Knowledge of current developments in CAMH guidelines and recommendations for assessment and intervention with children and adolescents with learning disability or autism or both.
Desirable
- Knowledge and practice of research process
- Extremely competent in all aspects of Information Technology
- Ability to contribute ideas for service development
Other
Essential
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" the stress of others
- Working to local and national protocol and guidelines
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
- Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
- Ability to endure prolonged periods of concentration for extended client sessions.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Able to sit in constrained positions for a substantial period of working time
- Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Behaviour Analyst, Family & Systemic Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health or LD) and Social Worker.
- Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. BSc, Masters or Doctorate
- Registration with your appropriate body (e.g. UKBA, UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.)
- Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience at Band 7 in delivering specialist mental health assessment and treatment interventions in CAMHS for children and young people, and their families, with autism, learning disability or both, and complex behavioural or mental health problems
- Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Substantial experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context and with complex networks for children and young people with LD, autism or both
- Substantial experience of working with children and young people in an emotionally demanding environment
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient/client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in crisis
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues in the context of severe behaviours of concern.
- Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters
- Substantial experience of providing consultation in the multi-agency context
- Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of providing student support within a practice learning environment
- Experience of presenting clinical practice and research at a local /national level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Extensive and expert knowledge and experience of mental health and psychosocial needs of CYP with neurodevelopmental issues.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills and excellent presentation skills
- Ability to work autonomously and make independent clinical judgements and decisions prioritising concurrent and competing issues
- Evidence of continuing professional and clinical development within your profession and CAMHS NDT.
- Knowledge of child development/ mental health issues/neurodevelopmental conditions and skill in using suitable interventions with this client group.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and ethical issues, including The Children Act, and strategic frameworks and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Knowledge of current developments in CAMH guidelines and recommendations for assessment and intervention with children and adolescents with learning disability or autism or both.
Desirable
- Knowledge and practice of research process
- Extremely competent in all aspects of Information Technology
- Ability to contribute ideas for service development
Other
Essential
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" the stress of others
- Working to local and national protocol and guidelines
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
- Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
- Ability to endure prolonged periods of concentration for extended client sessions.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Able to sit in constrained positions for a substantial period of working time
- Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals
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).
