Complex Pathway Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

NELFTs MYPWS is for anybody aged between 0-19, living in Medway and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III services no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS. Any young person experiencing emotional wellbeing or mental health problems, (or any parent, guardian, professional or teacher of a child who is experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties), may access our service.

Structure of Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

There is one Childrens Single Point of Access (SPA), a Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disabilities Service, six Locality Teams and a Crisis Team. These are located across North Kent (Dartford), West Kent (Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells), South Kent (Folkestone & Dover), East Kent (Thanet), Swale, Ashford and Canterbury and Coastal.

What difficulties can be referred to the service?

Mood and Anxiety disorders

Behavioural and Conduct disorders

Emerging Personality and Attachment Disorders

Psychotic Disorders

Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation

Substance Misuse with co-existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis)

Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - with co-occurring mental health needs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - with co-occurring mental health needs

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Prolonged Bereavement problems. All referrals to the service are assessed using a care pathways approach, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.

Locality Team in Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

The aim of our new CYPMHS is to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young peoples mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.

CYPMHS focuses on emotional wellbeing as well as mental health and includes access to self-help tools and services based in schools and the community. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III service no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS. Training and support is available to other professionals and agencies.

We are creating a modern service that fits with childrens lives in a way that best suits them. Key new features include a Childrens Single Point of Access (SPA) into the service, clear early signposting, and use of digital channels such as Big White Wall to access support and services. Each locality team have care pathways. Each care pathway is clinically led, with care pathway leads operationally managing all CYPMHS practitioners working in that care pathway.

With the support of the team manager, care pathway leads are responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement in that care pathway. CYPMHS Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Workers and Mental Health Workers may work across more than one care pathway in a locality team. Care pathways include Mood and Anxiety Complex and Behaviour and Conduct

Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disability

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 wider social, health and voluntary services. Working in our CYPMHS locality teams is for you if you are excited by a modern approach. We would very much like to hear from you.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Core professional registration
• Post grad dveleopment and training in CYPMHS

Experience

Essential

• experience in working with CYPMHS
• Theraputic work undertaken with complex cases

Skills / Knowledge

Essential

• Knowldge of Nice guidelines and therapputic interventions
• Evidence of groups work or ability to run groups

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 1 Campus Way

The Courtyard, Gillingham Business Park

Gillingham

ME8 0NZ

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)