Job summary
- Do you feel like a break from carrying a heavy caseload?
- Are you tired of struggling to find appointment slots for clients in your calendar and somewhere to see them?
- Do you feel under pressure to take on more?
- Do you want to be able to log off (on time!) at the end of your day and not think about tomorrow?
- Do you want to use all your clinical knowledge and experience?
Then The Single Point of Access for young people in Kent and Medway could be the job for you!
We are a telephone triage service who identify a young person's emotional wellbeing and mental health needs and direct them to the most appropriate service. Listening and advising families and other professionals
We are looking for an experienced clinicians who are passionate about young people's mental health. You will have experience and knowledge in the assessment of young people and treatment models.
Our service has recently expand to deliver 111 option 2 crisis line services to support Childrne and Young People who feel they need crisis support. We work closely with our Crisis Assessment Team colleagues to direct the young person to the most appropriate level of support, and improving the access to crisis assessment in the community.
The Single Point of Access also oversees new referral into our Neruodevelopmenatl and Learning Disabilities Service, and our team have a high level of expertise in screening for ASC and ADHD in Children and Young People.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities of the post:
To promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community. Understanding their needs, identifying risk and support the family in accessing appropriate services
To prevent more serious mental health problems in children and young people by early identification of the development of mental health problems.
To have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing care with families, children and young people.
To have excellent communication skills and to be able to promote integrated healthcare working internally and externally.
About us
The Single Point of Access operates between 08:00 and 18:00 and offers flexible working patterns to both meet your needs and the needs of the service in line with the Trusts' blended working model, with a mixture of agile and workplace working to support your health and wellbeing
The Single Point of Access is based in Maidstone Studios, easily accessible by car and offers a range of facilities including a restaurant and ample safe parking.
We value team involvement in service improvement and your professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will have substantial CAMHS clinical experience and where appropriate will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. In addition, they will need to evidence that they are able to provide children, young people and their families with information and education thereby ensuring they have meaningful choices regarding interventions. They will need to demonstrate that they have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing care.
The SPA receives, screens and directs referrals from across Kent and Medway Then provides advice, information, consultation and support to all referrers and a range of other local services.
The SPA works closely with the CAMHS locality teams and aims to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions.
The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence-based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high quality training and supervision for professionals and true co-production with children and young people.
Care pathway leads and practitioners ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all children and young people who need it. This means establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with the SPA, wider social, health and voluntary services.
COVID-19 VaccinationWe continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will have substantial CAMHS clinical experience and where appropriate will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. In addition, they will need to evidence that they are able to provide children, young people and their families with information and education thereby ensuring they have meaningful choices regarding interventions. They will need to demonstrate that they have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing care.
The SPA receives, screens and directs referrals from across Kent and Medway Then provides advice, information, consultation and support to all referrers and a range of other local services.
The SPA works closely with the CAMHS locality teams and aims to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions.
The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence-based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high quality training and supervision for professionals and true co-production with children and young people.
Care pathway leads and practitioners ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all children and young people who need it. This means establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with the SPA, wider social, health and voluntary services.
COVID-19 VaccinationWe continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience
- To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
- Clinical practice in the assessment and treatment of young people
Desirable
- minimum 4 years experience
- Previous practice working in CYPMHS or related child health wellbeing service
- Previous experience in risk assessment and risk management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.
- Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person.
- Experience of providing individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old- presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum.
Desirable
- Extended specialist training
- Practiced in managing difficult conversations
- Experience of change management
Quilifications
Essential
- child mental health child development specific training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience
- To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
- Clinical practice in the assessment and treatment of young people
Desirable
- minimum 4 years experience
- Previous practice working in CYPMHS or related child health wellbeing service
- Previous experience in risk assessment and risk management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
- Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.
- Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person.
- Experience of providing individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old- presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum.
Desirable
- Extended specialist training
- Practiced in managing difficult conversations
- Experience of change management
Quilifications
Essential
- child mental health child development specific training
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).
