CAMHS Practitioner - CAMHS Schools Liaison Team

Integrated Care System; Luton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health services provider in Luton is seeking a child and adolescent mental health practitioner to join their CAMHS Schools' Teams. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions and supporting schools in enhancing emotional wellbeing for children and young people. Candidates should possess an EMHP or CWP qualification and experience in working with children and families. The position offers a dynamic work environment focused on reducing health inequalities in a diverse community.

Benefits

Regular clinical supervision

Access to CPD sessions

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold an EMHP or CWP qualification with relevant experience.
• Registration with the appropriate body e.g., UKCP, NMC.
• Experience working with children and young people aged 6-18.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions to support young people's mental health.
• Supervise more junior colleagues.
• Collaborate with schools and external partners.

Skills

Experience in delivering low-intensity interventions

Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments

Experience in giving constructive feedback

Managing caseload effectively

Education

EMHP/CWP qualification or core profession

Appropriate professional registration

Job description

The CAMHS Schools' Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community.

There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools and school provisions. Working alongside community partners, the Schools' Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.

You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change, with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches supporting young people's mental health.

In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post holder will supervise more junior colleagues.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a confident child and adolescent mental health professional, with experience of providing evidence-based interventions. You will be a child/young person (CYP) mental health practitioner (Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Occupational Therapist / Registered Nurse / Social Worker / Arts Therapist / ?Senior CWP or EMHP).

The Luton Schools' Teams will be working to reduce health inequalities in communities where these are most prominent, working closely with the schools and other external partners to address their most prominent needs by implementing whole schools approaches and targeted interventions. Luton is a very diverse locality, with high levels of the young population having English as an additional language.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The CAMHS Schools Liaison Team (CSLT) focuses on early interventions, working closely with schools and our partners to improve access to mental health services for children and young people. The team will focus on the needs of the community to help reduce health inequalities, whilst delivering our whole school approach.

We offer an exciting and dynamic environment, where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions, and annual performance appraisals. You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the team.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached the Job Description and Person/Role Specification.

For further details, please contact Brendi Waks ([e-mail]).

*We reserve the right to bring forward, at any time, the closing date for this vacancy, should we receive an overwhelming number of applications. We therefore encourage applicants to apply early if you wish to be considered for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• An EMHP/a CWP qualification, with experience, or a core profession (Family Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Arts Therapist, ?Play Therapist, Occupational Therapist)
• The appropriate level of qualification for your profession and be accredited or eligible to apply for accreditation within 6 months
• Registration with your appropriate body (e.g. UKCP, NMC, HCPC, etc.), once available
• Evidence of continuous and relevant, post-qualification professional training and development (CPD)
• Post-graduate training or experience to support the needs of different children, young people and their families

Experience

• Experience of working with CYP across the full age-range (6-18)
• Experience of working with parents/caregivers
• Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for children's behaviours that challenge, children's/young people's anxiety and/or young people's low mood
• Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for mild to moderate low self-esteem and/or emerging body image concerns
• Recognising when core interventions are appropriate for neurodiverse CYP and being able to make necessary adaptations
• Experience of delivering low intensity interventions for OCD

Skills

• Experience and skills of giving appropriate constructive feedback to professional colleagues at a range of levels in the system and of following necessary procedures when required
• Managing your own time and caseload
• Working effectively across organisational boundaries
• Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
• Teaching skills, both in clinical settings and education centers

Knowledge

• An understanding of an overarching, multi-component Whole School Approach and how elements of this interact with one another
• Knowledge, experience and competence in following and applying safeguarding legislation and pathways (including contextual safeguarding)
• A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
• An awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS, such as Long-Term Plan and Thrive
• An understanding of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts
• A knowledge of developments in inter-agency partnership

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.