Job summary
Full time = 37.5 Hours per week
Is CAMHS
your passion? If so we have an exciting opportunity for you.
Hi my name
is Charlotte and I am the Team Manager for Wakefield CAMHS ReACH Team, and we
are looking for a dynamic clinical lead to join our Crisis service.
The team provides Intensive Home Based
Treatment and support to children and young people, alongside our innovative
recovery pathway. The team covers 7 days a week 9am-8pm 365 days per year. The
role will be predominately 9-5 Monday-Friday, however flexibility will be
required to meet the needs of the service. The role will be split giving you
the chance to work clinically within the team, providing therapeutic input,
advice and supervision whilst also contributing significantly to the trust
development and strategic agenda.
As Lead Clinician you will be at the heart of developing and enhancing
clinical pathways within the service. Alongside this you will support a diverse
team of professionals, from a range of clinical backgrounds, providing clinical
and caseload supervision.
I would love to give the opportunity for further discussion
surrounding the role, so please do not hesitate to reach out. Visits to the
team are welcomed and strongly encouraged!
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an individual who will:
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Demonstrate passion and drive to work with young
people and families in mental health crisis.
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Be a driven, enthusiastic and forward thinking
leader.
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Have a clear interest in the development of the
clinical skills of the staff within CAMHS service.
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Have extensive experience working in CAMHS
services.
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Have a range of experience of leading projects
or other clinically based initiatives
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Be experienced in the delivery of clinical and
caseload management supervision
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The post also involves attendance at a variety
of meetings in order to discuss complex cases as well as liaison with other
services
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Ensuring high standards of record keeping across
the team and personally
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Supporting recruitment and induction
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Developing and maintaining supportive
professional networks across the trust.
- To actively promote excellent working
relationships and communication with referring teams and partner agencies.
All employees of
the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to
protect patients
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder
when necessary and in line with the service developments.
To provide highly
specialist skills and expertise, facilitating interventions of the highest
quality in the field of mental health, including emergency assessments and
intensive interventions with children, young people and their families.
To work autonomously and
collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation and teaching for other
agencies/professionals.
To provider supervision
and teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreed
for the team leader.
To promote safeguarding
and the welfare of children and young people
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Senior Mental
Health Practitioner will take the responsibility in developing, managing and
coordinating the supervision systems for the team.
The post-holder will
support other team members in managing cases, providing joint working where
appropriate on specific therapeutic techniques.
To manage and coordinate
rotas for all disciplines within CAMHS specific to their own area of
specialism.
To support the Clinical
Governance Lead within the service and participate in the development and
maintenance of governance processes, i.e. clinical incident reporting, risk
management.
Contribute to the
induction of new starters in the service.
Responsible for first
line resolution of complaints in line with Trust policy.
Responsible for
budgetary requirement of equipment necessary for clinical interventions.
RESEARCH
The post-holder will identify
and undertake R and D activity, where appropriate, and be responsible for
regular audit projects/service evaluations and for the development of
research projects in line with evidence based practice.
To participate and take
a lead role in audit, service evaluation and quality management
initiative.
The post-holder will
deliver and supervise others to participate in audit pertaining to their
specialist area ensuring agreed results are implemented.
To utilise theory,
evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practice in
work with client and that of the service planning, development and
delivers. To maintain links with
academic institutions.
To introduce, through
consultation with colleagues, quality initiatives.
To be committed to a
quality approach for patient care.
POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
To lead on service developments
and to provide information and data for other proposals as required.
Promote and lead patient
and public involvement strategies within the clinical environment.
To deputise in the team
leaders absence at service business meetings within CAMHS and relevant
departments within Childrens Services.
To identify training
and development needs for the continued provision of an effective service.
To address the clinical
governance agenda (e.g. clinical effectiveness, education and training,
communication, audit, risk management) as appropriate. This includes active involvement in one or
more of the multidisciplinary clinical improvement groups in CAMHS.
Contribute to and
change practice in response to corporate developments.
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
To provide clinical
supervision to CAMHS staff in highly specialist areas of complex mental
health presentations.
Organise and facilitate
relevant professional development and training opportunities on specialist
subjects to the CAMHS MDT.
To contribute fully to
the in service training programme provided within the CAMHS team and
Childrens services. This will include the provision of teaching sessions to
other members of the team.
To provide clinical
teaching/supervision to CAMHS staff and students whilst maintaining close
links with higher education institutions.
To provide a developmental environment in which junior members of
staff develop skills in effective caseload management.
Provide teaching and training
to multi-agency services both statutory and voluntary on highly specialist
subjects.
To provide advice, consultation
and supervision to professionals caring for young people both within
statutory and voluntary agencies displaying symptoms of severe emotional and
behavioural problems and mental health issues of a highly complex nature.
To act as an information
source to other team members regarding children and young peoples mental
health needs and the range of service provision available.
To actively share
specialist knowledge, skills and expertise for the benefit of service users
and their carers.
To offer knowledge and
skills of cross cultural therapeutic work in order to enable others to work
effectively and sensitively with clients from a range of racial, cultural and
religious backgrounds.
Contribute to
multi-disciplinary team case discussions.
Provide active peer group support and advice utilising own
professional knowledge and practice whilst respecting the knowledge and theoretical
practices of other professions.
To take responsibility
for own continuing professional development, identifying own development
areas in negotiation with line management.
To receive clinical
supervision utilising this and the quality performance management process to
facilitate evidence based practice and ensure continuing professional
development.
Participate in regular
training and up-date and develop own portfolio to maintain professional
qualification and registration in accordance with the requirements of own
professional body and professional codes and conduct/guidelines.
Participate in annual appraisals.
For full job description please see the attached in 'Supporting Information'
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder
when necessary and in line with the service developments.
To provide highly
specialist skills and expertise, facilitating interventions of the highest
quality in the field of mental health, including emergency assessments and
intensive interventions with children, young people and their families.
To work autonomously and
collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation and teaching for other
agencies/professionals.
To provider supervision
and teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreed
for the team leader.
To promote safeguarding
and the welfare of children and young people
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Senior Mental
Health Practitioner will take the responsibility in developing, managing and
coordinating the supervision systems for the team.
The post-holder will
support other team members in managing cases, providing joint working where
appropriate on specific therapeutic techniques.
To manage and coordinate
rotas for all disciplines within CAMHS specific to their own area of
specialism.
To support the Clinical
Governance Lead within the service and participate in the development and
maintenance of governance processes, i.e. clinical incident reporting, risk
management.
Contribute to the
induction of new starters in the service.
Responsible for first
line resolution of complaints in line with Trust policy.
Responsible for
budgetary requirement of equipment necessary for clinical interventions.
RESEARCH
The post-holder will identify
and undertake R and D activity, where appropriate, and be responsible for
regular audit projects/service evaluations and for the development of
research projects in line with evidence based practice.
To participate and take
a lead role in audit, service evaluation and quality management
initiative.
The post-holder will
deliver and supervise others to participate in audit pertaining to their
specialist area ensuring agreed results are implemented.
To utilise theory,
evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practice in
work with client and that of the service planning, development and
delivers. To maintain links with
academic institutions.
To introduce, through
consultation with colleagues, quality initiatives.
To be committed to a
quality approach for patient care.
POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
To lead on service developments
and to provide information and data for other proposals as required.
Promote and lead patient
and public involvement strategies within the clinical environment.
To deputise in the team
leaders absence at service business meetings within CAMHS and relevant
departments within Childrens Services.
To identify training
and development needs for the continued provision of an effective service.
To address the clinical
governance agenda (e.g. clinical effectiveness, education and training,
communication, audit, risk management) as appropriate. This includes active involvement in one or
more of the multidisciplinary clinical improvement groups in CAMHS.
Contribute to and
change practice in response to corporate developments.
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
To provide clinical
supervision to CAMHS staff in highly specialist areas of complex mental
health presentations.
Organise and facilitate
relevant professional development and training opportunities on specialist
subjects to the CAMHS MDT.
To contribute fully to
the in service training programme provided within the CAMHS team and
Childrens services. This will include the provision of teaching sessions to
other members of the team.
To provide clinical
teaching/supervision to CAMHS staff and students whilst maintaining close
links with higher education institutions.
To provide a developmental environment in which junior members of
staff develop skills in effective caseload management.
Provide teaching and training
to multi-agency services both statutory and voluntary on highly specialist
subjects.
To provide advice, consultation
and supervision to professionals caring for young people both within
statutory and voluntary agencies displaying symptoms of severe emotional and
behavioural problems and mental health issues of a highly complex nature.
To act as an information
source to other team members regarding children and young peoples mental
health needs and the range of service provision available.
To actively share
specialist knowledge, skills and expertise for the benefit of service users
and their carers.
To offer knowledge and
skills of cross cultural therapeutic work in order to enable others to work
effectively and sensitively with clients from a range of racial, cultural and
religious backgrounds.
Contribute to
multi-disciplinary team case discussions.
Provide active peer group support and advice utilising own
professional knowledge and practice whilst respecting the knowledge and theoretical
practices of other professions.
To take responsibility
for own continuing professional development, identifying own development
areas in negotiation with line management.
To receive clinical
supervision utilising this and the quality performance management process to
facilitate evidence based practice and ensure continuing professional
development.
Participate in regular
training and up-date and develop own portfolio to maintain professional
qualification and registration in accordance with the requirements of own
professional body and professional codes and conduct/guidelines.
Participate in annual appraisals.
For full job description please see the attached in 'Supporting Information'
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
- A teaching and assessing qualification
- Membership of professional body
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
- Masters Level qualification
- Formal management/supervisory qualification
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
- Customer service orientation
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
- A teaching and assessing qualification
- Membership of professional body
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
- Masters Level qualification
- Formal management/supervisory qualification
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
- Customer service orientation
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
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).
