Job summary
- Main area
- mental health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SSLB5930194
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charter House
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Practitioner – Luton School’s Liaison Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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 overview
In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and well-being support for children and young people, an exciting opportunity for a CAMHS Practitioner has arose to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in Luton.
This provides an opportunity to embed your skill set in the schools and early intervention setting. We expect to attract applicants from diverse professional backgrounds that can deliver evidence-based intervention for pupils aged 5-19, their parents, carers and families. Applicants will also support schools' staff to look after their own well-being, increase their knowledge and skills around mental health and contribute to the development of a whole school's approach.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for developing and disseminating packages of care. The care may include a variety of evidenced based interventions and work with parents and teaching staff on an individual and in a group setting. The post holder works collaboratively with young people and their families incorporating the use of outcome measures within their work. They offer specialist support, consultation and training to staff within the service and other agencies where appropriate. The post holder provides assessment and therapeutic interventions at Tier 2 level.
The Luton Schools Liaison Team sit at the getting advice/getting help aspect of the Thrive model and are supported by specialist CAMHS. The post holder is responsible for supporting the development of the teams and embedding its services within educational settings. The post holder will hold a caseload and undertakes the role of lead professional for children/young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings. They work as an autonomous and accountable practitioner. This involves the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care for the child or young person.
Candidates will play a key role as members of the Luton CAMHS Schools Liaison Team (CSLT)), who will have the responsibility for delivering schools overarching approach to providing mental health and well-being support for children and young people.
Working for our organisation
Our clinics are readily accessible from North London or Milton Keynes and Northampton (Bedford). ELFT offers attractive recruitment packages and we are committed to offering our staff the opportunity to develop their skills.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full information from the Job Description and Personal Specification please refer to the attached document.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- • Qualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Child Psychotherapies Counselling, Art Psychotherapy, Social Work, Family Therapy (two years with diploma), Occupational Therapy, or Experienced EMHP/CWPs
- • Registration with relevant UK governing body.
Desirable criteria
- • Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems
- • Experience of care planning
- • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- • Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner city area
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of well-developed clinical skills relevant to CAMHS
- • Specialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities
- • Able to manage own time and caseload
- • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- • Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- • Keyboard/computer skills
Desirable criteria
- • Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- • Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- • Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- • Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS
- • A knowledge of CAMHS issues including assessment and interventions
- • Knowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation
- • Knowledge of specific inner city issues which impact of care delivery
- • Knowledge of the Children’s Act and other appropriate legislation
- • A working knowledge of safe guarding Guidelines
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership Interview
Other
Essential criteria
- • To offer supervision to junior staff
- • Commitment to equal opportunities
- • Self-motivated, assertive and flexible
- • Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families’/carer networks.
- • Car driver essential
- • Freedom to act:
Desirable criteria
- • Physical effort: Confined sitting position(therapy); travelling within community; keyboard skills
- • Mental effort: writing reports; planning training; concentrating for therapy sessions /clinical supervision;
- • Emotional effort: Dealing with families in breakdown; experiencing trauma and abuse; occasional patient complaints;
- • Working conditions: Occasional abusive behaviour; unpredictable clinical scenarios
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
- Claire Scott
- Job title
- Operational lead of the CAMHS School Liaison Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07836762066
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