Job summary
You will join the Camden CAMHS Wellbeing Team, which is an early intervention service that provides evidence based group and individual interventions with children, young people and families with mildto moderate mental health difficulties. Your role will include consultation, assessment, therapy, supervision as well as service development, evaluation and training. The Wellbeing Team is part of the Camden CAMHS Service which delivers high quality care to the local population of 0-18 years old.
All Wellbeing clinician/supervisors have the opportunity to carry their own caseload and be involved in or lead on service development projects such as groups, workshops and service user participation.Your career professional development will be taken seriously with robust supervisory support and training available.
Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified mental health practitioner with an EMHP, CWP or CYP IAPT CBT post graduate qualification. You will join our expanding Wellbeing Team providing an emotional wellbeing pathway within community CAMHS. The role will involve:
- Assessment of mild to moderate CWP cases for children, young people and families
- Providing individual and group CWP interventions with mild to moderate mental health and behavioural difficulties.
- Care Coordination and Multi-agency working
- Supporting the CWP Service Lead in service developments in our newly established emotional wellbeing pathway
- Clinical intake work including screening, information gathering and advice and signposting
- Mentoring and supporting less experienced staff and trainees
About us
The CWP Team provides guided self-help interventions to children, young people and families with mild to moderate mental health and behavioural difficulties within Camden CAMHS. Both Community CAMHS teams support Camden's young people (0-18) emotional wellbeing needs with evidence-based therapeutic interventions, from assessment to treatment. These multi-disciplinary teams are staffed by experienced CAMHS Clinicians including: psychologists, child psychotherapists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, nurses and family therapists.
There may be future opportunities for extension of this contract.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information on the role duties and requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information on the role duties and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus some specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate diploma level
- Post graduate CYP IAPT qualifications in CBT including CWP, EMHP, CYP IAPT CBT and significant post qualification experience.
Experience
Essential
- Some clinical experience of assessing mental health and wellbeing needs of clients
- Experience of delivering CBT interventions to CYP.
- Some background understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Some knowledge of legislation national and local policies relevant to Service and client group
- Participate in clinical supervision and contribute to practical training of other service staff
Desirable
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
- Experience of supervising or mentoring practitioners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus some specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate diploma level
- Post graduate CYP IAPT qualifications in CBT including CWP, EMHP, CYP IAPT CBT and significant post qualification experience.
Experience
Essential
- Some clinical experience of assessing mental health and wellbeing needs of clients
- Experience of delivering CBT interventions to CYP.
- Some background understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Some knowledge of legislation national and local policies relevant to Service and client group
- Participate in clinical supervision and contribute to practical training of other service staff
Desirable
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
- Experience of supervising or mentoring practitioners
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
