Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Luton is seeking an experienced CAMHS professional to join its Emotional and Behavioural pathway. In this role, you will provide a range of therapeutic interventions and work closely with multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in community settings, experience in working with culturally diverse populations, and qualifications in child and adolescent mental health. Competitive compensation and support for commuting are offered.

Benefits

Attractive recruitment packages

Generous contributions towards Annual Rail Travel Cards

Qualifications

• Experience of working with a multi-agency network.
• Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
• Understanding of NHS/Social Care policies.
• Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group therapeutic interventions.
• Consult with professional networks and conduct training.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams on mental health support.

Skills

Experience in community settings with children and families

Culturally diverse area experience

Self-harm assessment skills

CBT informed interventions

Education

Recognised child and adolescent mental health professional qualification

Continued professional development evidence

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions and improving service quality to join our Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) pathway within Luton Specialist CAMHS.

The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.

Our clinic is readily accessible from North London (Luton and Dunstable) or Milton Keynes and Northampton (Mid Beds and Bedford). ELFT offers attractive recruitment packages and in Beds and Luton we are committed to offering our staff the opportunity to develop their skills. The Trust supports commuting into Luton and offers generous contributions towards Annual Rail Travel Cards.

For further details, please contact: Dr Helen Barker, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Team Lead ([e-mail]) or Miguel Massa, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Team Lead ([e-mail]). We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming number of applications. We therefore encourage applicants to apply early if you wish to be considered for this post.

Main duties of the job

The clinical work is rewarding and multi-faceted, tapping your skills at multiple levels using strong theory practice links. The Team is part of a comprehensive CAMHS service in Luton, following the I Thrive model, with our first step access services offering Giving Advise and Getting Help services to schools, GP practices and Early Help services, and Getting More Help and Risk Management Services to those who require medium to long-term support from our multi-disciplinary teams.

E&B offers interventions within Getting More Help and Risk Support quadrants of the Thrive Model. This includes short to medium-term, and longer-term therapeutic work with children, young people and their parents. The interventions will range from individual and group therapeutic intervention, work with parents and families, consultations to professional network, training and other interventions within the CAMHS wider system.

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.

Job responsibilities

For further details, please contact: Dr Helen Barker, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Team Lead ([e-mail]) or Miguel Massa, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Team Lead ([e-mail])

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in community setting with children, adolescents and families and working with a multi-agency network.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Experience of working in a culturally diverse area.
• Experience of self-harm assessment and intervention with both individuals and their families. Experience of risk assessment and risk management.
• Experience of working with vulnerable young people who present with high risk behaviours, and their families.
• Experience of delivering CBT informed interventions for mental health difficulties.

Education/qualification/Training

• Recognised child and adolescent mental health professional qualification/registration (e.g. Doctorate in Clinical, Counseling, or Health Psychology; BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist; Masters/Diploma level qualification (or its equivalent) in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, accredited with UKCP).
• Evidence of continued professional development and relevant professional registration (eg. HCPC; BPS; AFT; UKCP).
• Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and understands the Child Protection Policy.
• Training in CBT.
• Training in DBT.

Knowledge

• Well‑developed assessment skills in child and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to provide tailored psychosocial/ cognitive behavioural/systemic therapeutic intervention to children, adolescents and families.
• Strong ability to function within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work and liaise effectively with other child agencies, e.g. Criminal justice team, social services department and education.

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.