CAMHS STaRT Mental Health Clinician

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Job Description

Purpose of the position: This post requires the holder, as a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Community Based Team, to maintain a caseload and to lead and undertake specialist evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions, for young people and their families/carers as part of the CAMHS Specialist Trauma and Relational Therapies Team in Portsmouth. You will be expected to undertake direct therapeutic work with individuals, families/caregivers and with groups, that demonstrates a high level of skill in supporting the child/young person and their carers/families where severe, complex and often longstanding difficulties relating to trauma are present. This role includes supporting the delivery of our training package, which includes the Trauma Informed Model of Care (TIMOC), Forming Good Attachments and Caring for the Traumatised Child Training, delivered to carers and the professional network. Our service aims to provide Portsmouth children who are cared for evidence-based trauma therapies, with the aim of reducing the intensity and duration of the symptoms of trauma, whilst strengthening attachment relationships, along with several other evidence based mental health treatments.

The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues from other services and agencies to promote joint working.

You will actively participate in service evaluation, audit and outcome measurement to ensure that the team delivers high quality evidence-based interventions and will be expected to participate in regular clinical as well as line management supervision.

Service Description: This is a Multi-Disciplinary Service providing a range of effective, evidence-based assessments, treatments and support for children and young people (0-25) from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds who experience early developmental trauma, behavioural, emotional and/or mental health difficulties. Types of disorders include Anxiety, Depression, Self-Harm, difficulties forming and maintaining relationships within the context of their trauma, challenging behaviours. There is a very strong focus on partnership working with the children and young people, their carers, partners in health, social care and education services. Service Aims are to improve quality of life for young people who have care experience, including unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, the edge of care, care leavers, under the youth offending service, who have experienced trauma, which is having a negative impact on their daily functioning.

Clinical and Professional:

Assess patients/clients, plan develop/implement/evaluate treatment programmes in partnership with the network around the child.

Work in partnership with clients and carers to enable them to make informed choices about care and treatment.

Ensures use of knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate health needs as well as actively promote health and wellbeing.

To be responsible for providing professional consultation to colleagues in social care, foster carers, other clinicians within CAMHS and other agencies/services in the city.

Evaluate clinical outcomes and report variance in accordance to clinical pathway, protocols, or best practice guidelines.

Contribute to effective discharge planning and/or referral processes to health care providers and support agencies to meet identified health needs.

Uses professional curiosity amongst colleagues to advance practice and patient/client care to ensure the provision of positive patient/client outcomes and person-centred care.

Accurately document assessments of patients/clients' health status, diagnosis and response to interventions and treatments on the Trust Clinical Records System.

Effectively manage the clinical care through the implementation of clearly defined policies and procedures

Educate and provides information to patients/clients/family to improve their knowledge in supporting the recovery of trauma.

To deliver and participate in training to the MDT and other agencies.

Identifies when a child may be at risk and knows how to refer to the local multi- agency safeguarding hub (MASH) when appropriate.

Identifies when a vulnerable adult may be at risk and knows how to refer to the local authority adult safeguarding service when appropriate.

Role models culturally safe practice and able to report poor practice when observed.

Practices in accordance with legal, ethical, culturally safe, and professional standards including the Code of practice.

To comply with all Solent NHS trust policies and procedures.

To participate in regular supervision, individually and team supervision, including DDP supervision.

To remain up to date in advances in research, practice, and development.

Communication:

Uses the DDP principles in communicating with the team and other professionals. Aiming to embed a PACE approach across the city.

Provides and receives complex, sensitive information to patients/relatives and colleagues and with empathy, persuasion, and reassurance, ensure information is clearly understood, where there maybe barriers to understanding.

Ensure effective collaboration and communication with multidisciplinary team, patients, carers, family and significant others, always seeking consent of the client in doing so.

Actively listens, drawing out information and checks understanding.

Empathises with others and considers their needs and feelings.

Expresses information effectively and accurately, both orally and in writing, adjusting language and style to recipients and considers their frame of reference.

Accurately records patient information, progress and status ensuring changes in patient/clients' condition are shared with the multi-disciplinary team in a timely manner.

Ensures patient confidentiality is always maintained.

Report complaints, incidents and or accidents in line with trust policy.

Knowledge, Education and Training:

To complete level 1 DDP and after at least a 6-month period of consolidating complete level 2 DDP training. Embedding the learning in practice and upskilling the team and wider network.

Pro-actively participates in own performance development and review to identify learning needs and take necessary steps in order to reach personal/professional objectives.

Attends educational opportunities relevant to role and scope of practice.

Provide clinical supervision to peers. And adhoc supervision when necessary to team members.

Participates in peer review/feedback and actively contributes to the provision of an effective learning environment.

Actively participate in the induction of new staff in accordance with Trust policy and when required act as a 'buddy', mentor or preceptor and resource person within your team

Be personally accountable for actions and omissions in your practice and has the ability to justify decisions taken.

Actively participates in student placements and staff training within service as appropriate.

Maintains and develops own clinical expertise and knowledge in speciality evidence-based practice and personal portfolio to demonstrate fitness to practice in line with expectations for professional registration.

Actively participate in clinical and management supervision.

Management and Leadership:

The post holder to ensure they work within professional boundaries

Staff are managed and standards of work are maintained and trust policies for the management of staff performance are adhered too.

Appraisals of staff directly managed are undertaken and that the appraisal process is maintained throughout the team.

Role model leadership in clinical practice and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice

Participate in recruitment of other healthcare professionals where appropriate

Staff receive appropriate health and safety and other mandatory training as prescribed and that relevant records are maintained

Appropriate risk and other assessment are completed and documented in a timely manner in accordance with trust policy

Health and Safety, Security and Equality:

Works in accordance with the relevant Health and Safety Trust policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Attends organisational mandatory training as required by the Trust and relevant to your role.

Actively participates in and enables others to carry out risk assessments within the working environment.

Ensures self and colleagues are trained and competent to use equipment safely.

Ensures incident reporting is expedited promptly and appropriate action plans completed.

Identifies potential health, safety and security issues and collaborates with others to promote and maintain an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures.

Supports and promotes a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of the Solent NHS Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.

Promotes a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors and staff in exercising their rights.

Ensures care within areas of practice and adheres to the 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (2005).

Recognises and reports behaviour which undermines equality and diversity in accordance with organisational policies and current legislation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered social worker, nurse or equivalent.
• Degree or equivalent level training relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification, e.g. ENB 998 or equivalent
• Practice assessor/supervisor
• Experience of early developmental trauma, mental health assessments and implementation of care and treatment plans.

Experience

Essential

• Experienced in assessing and developing patient care plans.
• Experienced in developing and delivering care and a range of therapeutic interventions to patients.
• Experience of MDT working.
• Evidence of recent CPD

Desirable

• Experience of early developmental trauma, mental health assessments and implementation of care and treatment plans.
• Experience of assessing and managing mental health issues in the context of trauma experiences.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision/assessing junior staff and students

Additional Criteria

Essential

• An interest in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma, and the carers and network of professionals around them.
• Experience of working as part of team

Desirable

• Experience in working in CAMHS

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Solent NHS Trust

Address

Falcon House

St James' Hospital, 22 Edenbridge Rd

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO4 8PF

Employer's website

https://www.solent.nhs.uk/join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)