Job summary
Monday to Friday 9 - 5
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Practitioner within Young
Minds Matter (CAMHS) children in care team. We are looking for a compassionate
and enthusiastic individual with experience working with children and young
people in foster care and residential settings. Expertise in partnership
working as part of a multi-agency approach, and experience in delivering
specialist attachment interventions is desirable.
The
role is suitable for an experienced Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Child
Psychotherapist, Applied Psychologist, or Systemic Psychotherapist.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve
providing specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions for children and
young people in foster care or residential children's homes.
The postholder will be
required to develop psychologically informed formulations to support
appropriate placement recommendations as part of a multi-agency approach.
The post involves the
provision of consultation, supervision, and training for other professionals.
About us
Hello!
We
are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and
well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health
services to the NHS and beyond.
The
whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our
own family to use.
We
offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community
facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults
inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an
outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked
as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies
top 100 large company list.
As
a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also
developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide
training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden
Centre.
Working
at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we
really mean it.
We
like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Come
and Join us !
Please
note: Whilst we value all applications, if we believe an application to be AI
generated, we will use a checking tool and may reject any application that has
been automatically generated.
Should
you require any assistance in completing this application due to a disability
or other needs please contact navigo.recruitment@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide
specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions for young people who are
looked after by the local authority, and to care leavers, including children
and young people living in residential childrens homes and foster placements.
To
contribute to complex decision making around the childs emotional wellbeing
and mental health needs within their placement.
To provide
regular consultations to the team of professionals around the child to ensure
the childs psychological needs are well understood and to support others in
meeting the childs needs.
To provide
psychological support to children and families who are experiencing (or have
experienced) serious emotional trauma, bereavement, relationship difficulties
or placement disruption, and also to provide support to parents, carers and
staff working with such clients.
To work
autonomously and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team around the
child, providing consultation, advice, guidance, support and teaching to other
agencies/ professionals such as local authority social workers.
To
facilitate multi-agency consultations and contribute to systemic thinking
within complex networks supporting looked after children and care leavers.
To provide
written summaries and reports to the multidisciplinary team around the child
following assessment and consultation.
To provide
ad-hoc support and advice to local authority staff and carers.
Be
responsible for ensuring clinical outcome data is routinely entered and
appropriately collated.
To
contribute to service development work.
To provide
clinical and managerial supervision to less experienced staff.
To assess
and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To provide
general advice to other professionals on risk assessment and management.
To
communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the
assessment, formulation and treatment plans, and to monitor and evaluate
progress during the course of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide
specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions for young people who are
looked after by the local authority, and to care leavers, including children
and young people living in residential childrens homes and foster placements.
To
contribute to complex decision making around the childs emotional wellbeing
and mental health needs within their placement.
To provide
regular consultations to the team of professionals around the child to ensure
the childs psychological needs are well understood and to support others in
meeting the childs needs.
To provide
psychological support to children and families who are experiencing (or have
experienced) serious emotional trauma, bereavement, relationship difficulties
or placement disruption, and also to provide support to parents, carers and
staff working with such clients.
To work
autonomously and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team around the
child, providing consultation, advice, guidance, support and teaching to other
agencies/ professionals such as local authority social workers.
To
facilitate multi-agency consultations and contribute to systemic thinking
within complex networks supporting looked after children and care leavers.
To provide
written summaries and reports to the multidisciplinary team around the child
following assessment and consultation.
To provide
ad-hoc support and advice to local authority staff and carers.
Be
responsible for ensuring clinical outcome data is routinely entered and
appropriately collated.
To
contribute to service development work.
To provide
clinical and managerial supervision to less experienced staff.
To assess
and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To provide
general advice to other professionals on risk assessment and management.
To
communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the
assessment, formulation and treatment plans, and to monitor and evaluate
progress during the course of care.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate multiple accounts of traumatic histories and manage the emotional impact appropriately.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in working with highly vulnerable and traumatised children and young people.
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area i.e. (NICE Guidelines on Attachment Disorder, Looked After Children).
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification and registered with appropriate clinical professional body/ organisation (e.g. Social Work, Nursing, or Psychology (Educational, Counselling, Clinical or Forensic) and be registered with the relevant statutory body (e.g. NMC, HCPC, ACP, BABCP, UKCP, SWE, or BACP).
- Educated to degree level or equivalent as required for registration with professional body.
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill.
Desirable
- Additional therapy qualifications (e.g., DDP, EMDR, family therapy or systemic practice).
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive post-registration experience and expertise delivering evidence based / best practice clinical interventions.
- Experience of working with looked after children and the systems that support Children & Young People.
- Experience of providing specialist consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies.
- Expertise in applying a trauma informed approach to working with children in care.
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate multiple accounts of traumatic histories and manage the emotional impact appropriately.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in working with highly vulnerable and traumatised children and young people.
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area i.e. (NICE Guidelines on Attachment Disorder, Looked After Children).
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification and registered with appropriate clinical professional body/ organisation (e.g. Social Work, Nursing, or Psychology (Educational, Counselling, Clinical or Forensic) and be registered with the relevant statutory body (e.g. NMC, HCPC, ACP, BABCP, UKCP, SWE, or BACP).
- Educated to degree level or equivalent as required for registration with professional body.
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill.
Desirable
- Additional therapy qualifications (e.g., DDP, EMDR, family therapy or systemic practice).
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive post-registration experience and expertise delivering evidence based / best practice clinical interventions.
- Experience of working with looked after children and the systems that support Children & Young People.
- Experience of providing specialist consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies.
- Expertise in applying a trauma informed approach to working with children in care.
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
