Highly Specialist Camhs Practitionernhs Afc: Band 8A

East London Nhs Foundation Trust; Dover; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinician to work with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties in Tower Hamlets. The post sits in a neurodevelopmental team within CAMHS and offers flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a diverse caseload.

The role requires professional autonomy, engagement in appraisal and audit, and collaboration with a broad multi-disciplinary team including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work, OT

Qualifications

• Qualificat ion in an appropriate mental health or social welfare profession.
• Qualified to at least BSc/MSc/Doctorate level.
• Registration with your professional body (e.g., UKCP, NMC, HCP).
• Evidence of ongoing CPD per professional guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• Contribute to group programmes and multi-disciplinary working within Tower Hamlets CAMHS.

Skills

Specialist clinical skills

Clinical skills CAMHS

Emergency & crisis assessments

Verbal & written communication

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Supervision skills

Self-awareness

CPD development

Diversity & cultural awareness

Education

Mental health / social welfare profession qualification

BSc / MSc / Doctorate

Registration with professional body

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for a clinician who is passionate about working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tower Hamlets CAMHS is a friendly, thriving and innovative service; ELFT has a strong ethos of Quality Improvement, and we are keen to continually develop our service. The service includes professionals from various disciplines including psychiatry, nursing, social workers, psychology, occupational therapy, psychotherapy and family therapy, who come together to provide high-quality holistic care for young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

This is a community-based post, located within the Neurodevelopmental Team in Tower Hamlets CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the service. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.

The post holder will provide evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability. The post holder will bring their clinical knowledge and skills to this team. NDT provide a broad range of evidence-based interventions including an established group programme (supporting behaviour, sleep, and a neuroaffirmative group for young people who have received recent diagnosis of ASC), Positive Behaviour Support, ASC assessment clinic, consultation to CAMHS colleagues and schools, and direct work with children and their families, which the post holder will contribute towards.

Working for our organisation

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.

You can see what our service users want from you at:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For further information and/or an informal discussion, please contact Dr Farjana Nasrin, NDT Clinical Team Lead - .

Person specification

Education/Qualification/Training

Essential criteria

• Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession including: Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health or LD) / Psychotherapist/ Occupational Therapist / Social Worker
• Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g., BSc, Masters or Doctorate
• Registration with your appropriate body (e.g., UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.)
• Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period

Desirable criteria

• Qualification as a Non-medical Prescriber
• Autism assessment training e.g., 3Di training, ADOS training
• Positive Behaviour Support training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in CAMHS and/or experience in Adult Services for Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferable skills
• Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD and behaviours that challenge
• Experience of risk assessment and risk management Experience of working with children, young people, and families in emotional crisis
• Experience of working with complex networksExperience of outcome measures
• Knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues and serious mental health problems, including challenging behaviour
• Experience, skills, and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters
• Experience of group work
• Supervision training and/or experience of supervising others

Desirable criteria

• Experience of quality improvement and innovative projects
• Project management or service development
• Experience of ASC assessments

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities, in particular, Positive Behaviour Support intervention, behavioural/functional analysis
• Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in working with children/young people and/or adults with moderate to severe learning disability
• Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
• Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work flexibly according to need
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; at an age-appropriate level, complex, highly technical and /or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers, and professionals within and outside the NHS
• Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
• Skills in supervising and facilitating the development of skills in others (e.g., through consultation or training)
• A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
• Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mental health problems/disorders (including young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability, presentations of behaviours of concern, assessment of co-morbid presentations)
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional guidelines
• Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation

Other

Essential criteria

• A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
• Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS, including Child Protection Guidelines
• Knowledge of specific inner-city issues which impact on care delivery
• Knowledge of standard setting and quality assurance
• In-depth knowledge and current of CAMHS issues including assessment and interventions

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership