Trainee Clinical Specialist Learning Disability and Autism

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a one-year fixed-term training post within CYP-IAPT, based from home with regional travel across the East Midlands and surrounding areas. The role combines clinical training with delivering interventions as part of National Deaf CAMHS, under supervision and university study at Manchester.

Applicants who are Deaf or fluent in BSL are encouraged to apply; banding is subject to confirmation.

Job description

This training role is within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holderwill work within National Deaf CAMHS, under a one year fixed-term contract, providing interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at the University of Manchester. You will work mainly in our East Midlands region, but may work across the wider region if client or training needs require, so This intensive one year training post aims to equip practitioners with the skills necessary to improve access and outcomes for Autistic children and young people and those with Learning Disabilities. Please see the link for more details:Learning Disability & Autism Pathway - Postgraduate Diploma | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT, The post- holder is expected to attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post. This involves:o attending university for a two week block in January, then two study days a week Jan to May, one day a week until July with 3 full days in July, two days in September. These study days will be a mixture of in person and online training. (80% attendance is mandatory)

• online reflective practice and group supervision with the course
• the rest of the week in practice with NDCAMHS - travel time to see clients is included in work time, with weekly supervision in the teamo Academic assignments including essays and reflective logs.

You will be based from home but will need to travel across the region to meet the needs of the service and your training.

This is funded at Band 6 as a 'Recruit to Train' post, with the course at Manchester University, however the job description and person specification are still subject to banding confirmation, which we expect to be completed by the interview date.

Applicants who are deaf and/ or fluent in BSL are encouraged to apply.

You will join our NDCAMHS Central England team, which is hosted by Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, but covers a third of England. We cover the West Midlands, East Midlands and South Central Regions.

National Deaf CAMHS

National Deaf CAMHSNational Deaf CAMHS is an innovative community and inpatient mental health service delivering a pathway of care for 0-18 year olds acrossEngland. The national service is delivered by four NHS Trusts, and our teams link closely together. You will work closely with our key partners where together we have an ambition to deliver an outstanding model of mental health care for the deaf children, young people and parents of England. NDCAMHS is a unique and truly individual service. We are continuously learning and evolving, as we work together to meet the mental health needs of children, young people and parents who are deaf.