Behaviour and Conduct Pathway Lead (Social Worker/Family Therapy)

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a community mental health service that support children and young people with the following difficulties:

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.

The aim of ourservice 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. The locality team have care pathways. Each care pathway is clinically led, with care pathway leads operationally managing all 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.

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. If working in our CYPMHS team in Tunbridge Wells is for you and you are excited by a modern approach then we would very much like to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

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

Desirable

• Qualification in Family Therapy/NVR/DBT/EMDR

Experience

Essential

• 3 plus years experience in working with CYPMHS
• Theraputic work undertaken with complex cases
• Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
• Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of groups work or ability to run groups

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
• Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety

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

Highlands House

Calverley Park Gardens

Tunbridge Wells

TN1 2JN

Employer's website

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