Youth Justice CAMHS Clinician & Care Co-ordinator

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Supervision from CAMHS and Youth Quest

Established team

Job summary

KC CAMHS and the Youth Justice Service are recruiting a practitioner to coordinate care for children and young people in the youth justice system. The role involves holding a caseload, delivering direct clinical interventions, and working across CAMHS and youth justice settings with 80% time in either service and some out-of-hours work.

Applicants should have a postgraduate health or social care qualification, a clinical supervisor qualification, and post-qualification CYPS/CAMHS training, plus

Qualifications

• Postgraduate-level professional health or social care qualification.
• Clinical supervisor qualification.
• Formal postgraduate learning in a CYPS or CAMHS setting.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate care and manage cases for children and young people in the youth justice system.
• Co-work with Youth Justice Service staff and co-hold risks to young people known to the service.
• Deliver direct clinical interventions to young people and their families.
• Provide assessment, early intervention and referral to primary and secondary health services.
• Link CAMHS and the youth justice service, keeping both CAMHS and youth offending perspectives.
• Develop systems so that young people entering the youth justice system have their mental health needs addressed.
• Build assessment and health planning systems for a whole-systems approach to healthcare for this client group.
• Ensure access to mental and physical health services for youth in the justice system.

Skills

Case coordination

Clinical interventions

Youth justice

Education

Postgraduate health or social care qualification

Clinical supervisor qualification

CYPS/CAMHS postgraduate training

Job description

KC CAMHS and the Youth Justice Service are recruiting a practitioner to coordinate care for children and young people in the youth justice system. The role involves holding a caseload, delivering direct clinical interventions, and working across CAMHS and youth justice settings with 80% time in either service and some out-of-hours work.

Applicants should have a postgraduate health or social care qualification, a clinical supervisor qualification, and post-qualification CYPS/CAMHS training, plus