Senior Clinical Practitioner for Looked After Children & Refugees

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a registered mental health professional to support young people in care and refugee populations. This role involves providing innovative mental health care and managing a clinical team. Successful candidates will have a relevant qualification and experience in youth mental health support. The position promises a dynamic work environment focused on community and compassion.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience in clinical practice.
• Ability to work with young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience with multidisciplinary and multiagency working.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of young people who are looked after.
• Conduct risk assessment and management.
• Lead training programs for health and social care staff.

Skills

Ability to form good working relationships

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work flexibly with disadvantaged groups

Education

Appropriate qualification and registration as a mental health professional

Job description

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Overview

Job summary

This is a unique opportunity for a registered mental health professional, either a RMN or a HPC registered professional or equivalent registration to work in the Hive which is a partnership organisation working with the charity sector and the NHS. This post will suit an innovative thinker that wants to provide mental health support to young people who have been through and are in the care system. The post holder will enjoy working creatively with care leavers to help manage their mental health. The post holder will be embedded in a team that enjoys learning and treasures an environment that is compassionate to young people and staff.

The post holder will be a senior member of staff working closely with the management team of the HIVE, which consists of the Catch 22 Service Manager, Hub Manager and two Clinical Team Leads. One clinical team lead works for the Tavistock and Portman Trust NHS and the other Camden and Islington NHS Trust. They will contribute to and have some responsibility for the day to day clinical and operational management of the service, particularly as it pertains to looked after children, care leavers and refugees.

About us

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative mental health care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital. We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver the majority of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse services in Westminster, and a substance misuse and psychological therapies service to people living in Kingston. Our trust is also a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world's leading academic health science partnerships. In addition we have specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for: veterans living in London, young people caught in the cycle of gang culture, older people living with dementia and other age related mental health conditions.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Have caseload of young people who are looked after, care leavers and refugees.
• Liaise with Camden CAMHS and Camden Adult Mental Health Services
• Liaise with teams that work with looked after children, care leavers and refugees
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual service users.
• Attend professional meetings, annual reviews and case conferences related to referred young people as appropriate.
• Understand the existing local services for young people using the project and contribute to decisions regarding appropriate referral onto other agencies.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work with young people as appropriate.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical record-keeping and maintaining good communication with colleagues.
• Observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources.
• Practice within the legal and ethical framework set out by the NMC code of professional conduct and other relevant legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and Safeguarding procedures.
• Uphold high professional standards at all time in line with Hub policies and Trust policies and guidance from the post holder's relevant professional body.

Management and Leadership

• Use established measures to monitor clinical outcomes across the whole service.
• Lead on looked after children, care leavers and refugee mental health at the Hive and be a resource for the Hive Team

Teaching, training, and supervision

• Participate in an agreed programme of post-qualification training and professional development towards developing advanced knowledge and practice.
• Deliver training in The Hive way to other health and social care staff where appropriate, and internally to the staff team
• Deliver training and updates to Hive staff on working with looked after children, care leavers and refugees

Research, audit and service evaluation

• Utilise evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in the Hub.
• Carry out clinical audit and service evaluation within the service
• Carry out surveys and audits and produce concise, relevant and informative reports when required.
• Write case studies that might be useful for others to learn from
• Participate in young people engagement to build a young person led service.
• Receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior professional colleague.
• Participate in an agreed programme of training and continuing professional development and maintain an active engagement with current developments in areas related to the post.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and service user group.
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities, appropriate to the grade of the post, as may be agreed with the clinical manager from Camden and Islington Trust.
• The post holder must be aware of, and work in line with, the Trusts and Catch 22s Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures
• All staff are required to be appraised by their line managers at least once a year at a personal development review meeting where progress made over the last year is discussed and agreed. Focus on the following years departmental and personal objectives will be identified, discussed and agreed. Where necessary, help and support will be provided and development opportunities agreed in line with service provision and knowledge and skills competency framework.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / REGISTRATIONS

Essential

• Appropriate qualification and registration to work as a mental health professional (social work, nursing, clinical psychology, psychotherapies (e.g. systemic, art, psychodynamic)

Desirable

• AMBIT training Mentalization-based training DBT training

SKILLS/ ABILITIES

Essential

• Ability to form good working relationships with others. Ability to demonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups and awareness of the significance of ethnic and cultural issues in the delivery of mental health services. To be able to work in a flexible way to make the service accessible to all young people, (some of whom may mistrust statutory services or adults). Ability to understand the scope and limits of one's knowledge and practice and work effectively within a team and under supervision. Excellent communication skills. Ability to relate to young people's workers and support them in their professional development and clinical practice. Ability to develop and deliver bespoke training for different audiences.

EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Evidence of post qualification experience of clinical practice. Flexible but boundaried approach towards working with young people. Knowledge and experience of working with people who have experienced trauma. Understanding of the scope and limits of one’s practice and competence. Use of supervision and reflective practice to support safe and effective practice. Formulation and treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties. Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and co-working assessments and treatment. Experience of providing culturally sensitive interventions. Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings and co-working assessments and treatment. Enthusiasm to work and to understand the benefits of working in groups. Experience of working with other agencies outside of the NHS and the wider network including voluntary sector and social services.

Desirable

• Experience in working with looked after children, care leavers and/or unaccompanied asylum-seeking children or refugees

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

• Enthusiasm for working with young people. Enjoy working creatively with young people and thinking of new ways to engage young people who may not have engaged with statutory services before. Emotionally resilient working with young people whose life stories are emotionally challenging.

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 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, the employer details will be provided during the recruitment process.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Hive

19 Harben Parade, South Hampstead

London

NW3 6JP

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