Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; London Borough of Hackney; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is seeking a CAMHS Education Mental Health Practitioner to work across schools in the Hackney area. The role focuses on integrated support for children and young people, delivering evidence-based interventions, training, and service development within a multi-agency context.

You will supervise EMHPs/CWPs, provide risk assessments, and contribute to whole-school and whole-community mental health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Provides comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people with emotional/mental health difficulties in school settings.
• Supervises trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners and Child Well-being Practitioners.
• Collaborates with CAMHS, schools and partner services to deliver system-wide improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive specialist assessments including risk assessment for children and families.
• Offer consultation/training to professionals in contact with children and families.
• Recordkeeping and reporting in local databases; maintain confidentiality and data quality.
• Lead line management tasks for junior staff and ensure mandatory training is up to date.
• Develop and deliver interventions and psychoeducation for prevention and resilience building.
• Coordinate care plans and act as care co-ordinator for identified caseload.
• Participate in supervision and audit/research projects.

Skills

CBT training

BABCP Accreditation

Education

CAMHS professional

Job description

The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project 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 help and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings. You will develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health., The role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change. We aim to deliver whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health.The post holder will supervise trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) and Child Well-being Practitioners (CWPs). In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in special school settings, thepost-holder will clinically support EMHPs/CWPs who will work in a range of primary and secondary schools across the borough. We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. You will be either a Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Nurse, OT, or Psychotherapist who has completed CBT training and achieved BABCP Accreditation.The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of our multicultural context.We particularly welcome applications from men and individuals from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds. 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. Clinical

• To provide comprehensive specialist assessments, including risk assessment of children, young people and their families/carers referred with moderate, complex and severe mental health problems.
• To provide consultation / training to other professionals who come into contact with children, young people and their families/carers.
• To write confidential reports that may have wide-ranging implications for children, young people and their families. To convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to clients and other professionals and manage this as constructively as possible.
• To be a resource of specialist advice, specifically relating to the common emotional and behavioural problems and disorders of children and young people, to colleagues within the MHST's, school staff and other professionals.
• To provide consultation to professionals in creating management plans for children and young people referred to the MHST.
• To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with other members of the MHST, partner services and others within City & Hackney CAMHS.
• To offer and provide a liaison and consultation service to school staff, primary care clinicians and other key agencies working with children, young people and their families/carers referred with complex and severe mental health problems.
• To support the development of interventions, consultation and psychoeducation approaches regarding prevention and resilience building and health promotion.
• To act as care co-ordinator for an identified caseload and to be responsible for the coordination of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic packages of care provided by the MHST's.
• To provide packages of care and psycho-education for the young people and their families/ carers that takes account of the complexities of family systems and their significant social networks.
• To attend regular clinical supervision.

Administration

To maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with service standards and to record and maintain patient data in local database systems (RiO) and the trust wide electronic CPA database. To aid line-managed staff to achieve this commitment.

Management

To provide line management to junior staff, including sickness reporting, appraisals and reviews, and ensuring mandatory training is kept up to date.

Performance and Quality

• To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount, and be aware of and adhere to ACPC Guidelines relating to Child Protection.
• To support the development and implementation of project work with schools commensurate with the MHST's forward plan
• To help to develop standards underpinned by theory and research.
• To keep up to date with appropriate legislation in line with CAMHS.
• To be responsible for personal development and education in line with statutory, mandatory and professional requirements.
• To be involved in audit and research projects undertaken by the service.
• To work within professional and ethical frameworks established by national bodies such as the DOH, UKCCP, NMC, HPC and RCP.
• To ensure documentation and care plans are comprehensive and of the highest standard in line with Trust policy.
• Be responsible for monitoring and recording and reporting on clinical work and communicating complex clinical information to a variety of recipients e.g. service users, families and carers, other professionals orally and in writing
• To provide service related information to senior managers and staff to aid day-to-day service management and future planning.