Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7118595
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon CAMHS, Christopher Wren House
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of outer HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
The post holder will join the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team, a team of multi-disciplinary professionals who provide assessment, treatment, care coordination and planning for children and/or young people with moderate to severe mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties, under supervision of the team leader and relevant clinical supervisor.
1. To provide a service to children and/or young people and their families/carers in Croydon CAMHS including assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
2. To care co-ordinate and manage treatment delivered to each young person referred, including developing, reviewing and adapting interventions.
3. To communicate assessment and treatment information to young people their families and to other professionals.
4. To undertake proactive risk management and safety planning in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
5. To participate in the duty system for the service.
Main duties of the job
· To provide specialist assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team including mental health assessments.
· To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
· To act as a care co-ordinator, taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, CPA co-ordination and meetings.
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Essential Requirements · Relevant professional registration with appropriate body. All applicants will require a professional training with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), General Social care council (GSCC), Health and Care Professional's Council (HCPC), Social Work England ( SWE), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), BABCP or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) |
Desirable Requirements · Mentorship Training or other relevant qualification and regular updates. · Additional, recognised therapeutic qualification
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Experience |
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Essential Requirements · Experience of assessment, treatment and risk management of children, young people and families with a range of mental health and neuropsychiatric presentations · Experience working with children & young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties |
Desirable Requirements · Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
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Knowledge / Skills |
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Essential Requirements · Knowledge of the standardized assessments and evidence based treatments relevant to mental health and neuropsychiatric disorders. · Well-developed IT skills · Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with children and young people who engage in self-harming or aggressive behaviour |
Desirable Requirements · Knowledge of legislation in relation to child and adult protection, and equalities. · Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care · Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Relevant professional registration with appropriate body. All applicants will require a professional training with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), General Social care council (GSCC), Health and Care Professional's Council (HCPC), Social Work England ( SWE), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), BABCP or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
Desirable criteria
- • Mentorship Training or other relevant qualification and regular updates.
- • Additional, recognised therapeutic qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of assessment, treatment and risk management of children, young people and families with a range of mental health and neuropsychiatric presentations
- Experience working with children & young people with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
Desirable criteria
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the standardized assessments and evidence based treatments relevant to mental health and neuropsychiatric disorders.
- Well-developed IT skills
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with children and young people who engage in self-harming or aggressive behaviour
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Felicity Groves
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07521333978
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