CAMHS Clinical Specialist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in the UK is seeking a Care Coordinator to assess and treat children and young people. Responsibilities include developing care plans, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining accurate client records. The ideal candidate will have a relevant clinical qualification and experience in child mental health. Work will support children and their families in a compassionate environment, emphasizing high operational standards and adherence to best practices.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and treating mental health issues in children and young people.
• Knowledge of best practice and guidelines in child and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess and coordinate care for children and young people.
• Maintain accurate client records and manage a case list.
• Develop and implement care plans based on clinical assessments.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant clinical qualification in mental health

Job description

About the role

The post holder will be a care coordinator, assessing and treating children and young people in the team, working in collaboration with the multiple disciplinary teams (MDT). The post holder will also be involved in supporting and advising parents and carers of children and young people (C&YP) referred to the service, and offering consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder may be expected to offer supervision to junior colleagues and participate as a multi‑disciplinary team member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.

• Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
• Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment and assure the quality of care by achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
• Maintain good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
• Link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals, and other CAMHS teams in terms of referrals and joint work, maintaining good relationships and clear lines of communication with other agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

National and specialist inpatient and outpatient services: Our national and specialist CAMHS services have a formidable reputation nationally and internationally, consisting of a broad range of outpatient clinics and five inpatient units. We have a strong tradition of evidence‑based treatment, and are active in clinical research; developing, assessing and implementing effective new treatments such as intensive day treatments for eating disorders.

We offer training programmes and service development support for mental health professionals both nationally and internationally. We also have a range of specially developed educational mental health programmes targeted at school‑age children and young people for interventions to whole classes, small groups, and individual students.

Local CAMHS

Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental‑health staff from a variety of disciplines, including child psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, family therapy, nursing and occupational therapy, art and drama psychotherapy. The service is organised as follows:

• CAMHS Early Help integrated with Children’s Social Care
• Specialist services for children, adolescents & their families (2 teams)
• Specialist services for young people with neuro‑developmental disorders
• Carelink – CAMHS Looked after Children team

Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager. Provide specialist treatment to children and young people with a range of mental health conditions and co‑morbid neurodevelopmental conditions. Following training if needed, provide screening/assessments for ADHD for children and young people.

Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families. Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers. Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams. Deliver interventions for children and young people who have self‑hailed/are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; the treatment interventions provided will be based on NICE guidelines and evidence‑based practice.

Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people, taking a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.

Commitment to Equality and Diversity

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and promoting equality and human rights. We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity.

Important Notes

• All applications for this post will need to be made online.
• You must read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your statement in support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
• The closing date listed is a guide only and the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible.
• Once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a third‑party e‑recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
• If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.
• Priority consideration for applications may be given to at‑risk NHS employees.
• Should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• We are a smoke‑free Trust.
• SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion; Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.

Helpful Resource

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About South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well‑established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to providing high‑quality specialist care to our service users and are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five‑year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System, as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will have the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey, supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

We recognise the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.

Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, and listening and doing what we say we will do are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

Flexible Working

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.