Job summary
Job overview
The post holder will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties. Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at risk assessment and management. They will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team Lead.
They will participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.
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Main duties of the job
- Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), and care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans for CYP with mental health needs.
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance.
- Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
- To encourage and support service user and carer involvement and
- Attend and contribute to CAMHS Multi-disciplinary team, business and development forums
- Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process. Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
About us
Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.
We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.
We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.
We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
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Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), and care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans for CYP with mental health needs.
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance.
- Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
- To encourage and support service user and carer involvement and participation.
- Attend and contribute to CAMHS Multi-disciplinary team, business and development forums.
- Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process. Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
- The post holder will be required to work within their Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
- Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.
- Participate in the current Duty rota.
- Attend and contribute to the Multi-disciplinary team, business and development forums.
- To display effective networking skills, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with multi-professionals- within and external to Health departments.
Research and Service Development:
- Identify and highlight to the Service Manager /Team Lead relevant issues in relation to the needs for people and their carers; assessed using best practice evidence, in order that these are reflected in service planning, development and future provision.
- Develop efficient and relevant health promotion activities to promote health education and ensure that preventative approaches and interventions are used to maintain independence.
- Actively engage in the organisations clinical governance initiatives, for example to participate and lead in audit, clinical supervision and bringing critically evaluated evidence and research into practice.
- Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
Human Resources and Training:
- As required, supervise junior staff; provide clinical advice/supervision support, leadership and professional supervision, in line with Trust Policies.
- Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and service users.
- To participate, when required, in the recruitment, selection and induction of junior/support staff.
- Provide a learning environment to support students (multidisciplinary) undergoing training and assist new and junior members of staff, peers and other disciplines to develop professional competence.
Systems and equipment:
- Maintain timely data collection and regular inputting of information through the use of data collection systems e.g. daily diaries/RIO, Safeguard, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with legislation and Trust policy.
- To work in partnership with other service providers to access and provide equipment and opportunities for service users to maximise functioning where possible.
- Responsible for ensuring actions are carried out where safety alerts are issued regarding equipment.
Decisions and judgements:
- Facilitate the discharge or transition of the patient to other services where appropriate.
- Ensure that practice is evidence-based in line with the Trusts guidelines, policies, protocols and pathways.
- Be available for individual supervision with agreed clinical supervisor in line with Trust policies.
- Implement, review and maintain Trust Policies and Procedures and propose changes to working practices within the ward area.
Communication and relationships:
- Communicate sensitive diagnosis and treatment related information with patients, utilising highly developed communication skills to overcome barriers to understanding.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with service users, and implement evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with professional code of conduct.
- Ensure that all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving current care plans, progress.
- Liaise with and advise service users and carers, local authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies.
- Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.
- Use a range of communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.
General:
- Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
- Responsible for participation in the Trust appraisal process, identifying own/others mandatory professional, supervisory, personal development and training needs and in supporting the provision of induction, mentorship, appraisal and clinical supervision to colleagues as appropriate.
- Responsible for the effective utilisation of clinical/financial resources to ensure adequate clinical care is provided with a requirement that all incidents, which may compromise care, are reported immediately to a senior manager, and clinicians involved in their care as appropriate.
- Responsible for accessing and participating in clinical, managerial and caseload supervision.
- Responsible for understanding and meeting own professional responsibilities under Child Protection legislation and Adult Safeguarding policies.
Physical demands of the job:
- There is a frequent requirement for sitting in a restricted position for a substantial proportion of working time either with a child on the floor, in meetings, at a computer desk or while driving.
- Frequent use of road transportation to attend meetings in a range of settings.
- There will be a requirement for light physical effort to lift and transport resources or equipment to support service interventions or the delivery of resource packages dependent upon use of laptop, projectors, manuals etc.
- There will be movement between environments and settings requiring combination of sitting, standing, walking, and driving.
Most challenging/difficult parts of the job:
- The nature of the client group is such that the post holder will be required to concentrate when assessing / implementing programmes of care and will need to be able to address interruptions from other patients / staff as necessary.
- The post holder will be frequently exposed to emotional or distressing circumstances.
- The post holder will be exposed to potential incidents of physical and non- physical assault.
- To work with individuals and carers who may find it difficult to engage with the service or aspects of the service resulting in uncooperative or challenging behaviour that has to be managed.
- Needing to be flexible and responsive to patient requirement, necessitating frequent reorganisation of working schedule at short notice on a daily basis.
- To be aware of possible safety implications of lone working for self and others.
- Post holder will be expected to manage crisis information and clinical situations via the telephone, virtually and face to face as part of their daily role
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), and care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans for CYP with mental health needs.
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance.
- Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
- To encourage and support service user and carer involvement and participation.
- Attend and contribute to CAMHS Multi-disciplinary team, business and development forums.
- Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process. Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
- The post holder will be required to work within their Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
- Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.
- Participate in the current Duty rota.
- Attend and contribute to the Multi-disciplinary team, business and development forums.
- To display effective networking skills, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with multi-professionals- within and external to Health departments.
Research and Service Development:
- Identify and highlight to the Service Manager /Team Lead relevant issues in relation to the needs for people and their carers; assessed using best practice evidence, in order that these are reflected in service planning, development and future provision.
- Develop efficient and relevant health promotion activities to promote health education and ensure that preventative approaches and interventions are used to maintain independence.
- Actively engage in the organisations clinical governance initiatives, for example to participate and lead in audit, clinical supervision and bringing critically evaluated evidence and research into practice.
- Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
Human Resources and Training:
- As required, supervise junior staff; provide clinical advice/supervision support, leadership and professional supervision, in line with Trust Policies.
- Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and service users.
- To participate, when required, in the recruitment, selection and induction of junior/support staff.
- Provide a learning environment to support students (multidisciplinary) undergoing training and assist new and junior members of staff, peers and other disciplines to develop professional competence.
Systems and equipment:
- Maintain timely data collection and regular inputting of information through the use of data collection systems e.g. daily diaries/RIO, Safeguard, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with legislation and Trust policy.
- To work in partnership with other service providers to access and provide equipment and opportunities for service users to maximise functioning where possible.
- Responsible for ensuring actions are carried out where safety alerts are issued regarding equipment.
Decisions and judgements:
- Facilitate the discharge or transition of the patient to other services where appropriate.
- Ensure that practice is evidence-based in line with the Trusts guidelines, policies, protocols and pathways.
- Be available for individual supervision with agreed clinical supervisor in line with Trust policies.
- Implement, review and maintain Trust Policies and Procedures and propose changes to working practices within the ward area.
Communication and relationships:
- Communicate sensitive diagnosis and treatment related information with patients, utilising highly developed communication skills to overcome barriers to understanding.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with service users, and implement evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with professional code of conduct.
- Ensure that all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving current care plans, progress.
- Liaise with and advise service users and carers, local authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies.
- Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.
- Use a range of communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.
General:
- Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
- Responsible for participation in the Trust appraisal process, identifying own/others mandatory professional, supervisory, personal development and training needs and in supporting the provision of induction, mentorship, appraisal and clinical supervision to colleagues as appropriate.
- Responsible for the effective utilisation of clinical/financial resources to ensure adequate clinical care is provided with a requirement that all incidents, which may compromise care, are reported immediately to a senior manager, and clinicians involved in their care as appropriate.
- Responsible for accessing and participating in clinical, managerial and caseload supervision.
- Responsible for understanding and meeting own professional responsibilities under Child Protection legislation and Adult Safeguarding policies.
Physical demands of the job:
- There is a frequent requirement for sitting in a restricted position for a substantial proportion of working time either with a child on the floor, in meetings, at a computer desk or while driving.
- Frequent use of road transportation to attend meetings in a range of settings.
- There will be a requirement for light physical effort to lift and transport resources or equipment to support service interventions or the delivery of resource packages dependent upon use of laptop, projectors, manuals etc.
- There will be movement between environments and settings requiring combination of sitting, standing, walking, and driving.
Most challenging/difficult parts of the job:
- The nature of the client group is such that the post holder will be required to concentrate when assessing / implementing programmes of care and will need to be able to address interruptions from other patients / staff as necessary.
- The post holder will be frequently exposed to emotional or distressing circumstances.
- The post holder will be exposed to potential incidents of physical and non- physical assault.
- To work with individuals and carers who may find it difficult to engage with the service or aspects of the service resulting in uncooperative or challenging behaviour that has to be managed.
- Needing to be flexible and responsive to patient requirement, necessitating frequent reorganisation of working schedule at short notice on a daily basis.
- To be aware of possible safety implications of lone working for self and others.
- Post holder will be expected to manage crisis information and clinical situations via the telephone, virtually and face to face as part of their daily role
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Core profession qualification relevant to children's mental health / social care: First level professional Registered Nurse, Social worker, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, Art Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Family Therapist, CYP Trained CBT Therapist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
- oProfessional registration with HCPC, NMC or equivalent (as per Job Description)
Desirable
- oPsychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT
- oRegistered practice assessor/supervisor
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with CYP who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
- oExperience of assessing, planning, co- ordinating and managing CYP with mental health problems in a community setting
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a CAMHS, crisis or community setting
- oExperience of working with clients at risk of admission
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Core profession qualification relevant to children's mental health / social care: First level professional Registered Nurse, Social worker, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, Art Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Family Therapist, CYP Trained CBT Therapist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
- oProfessional registration with HCPC, NMC or equivalent (as per Job Description)
Desirable
- oPsychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT
- oRegistered practice assessor/supervisor
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with CYP who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
- oExperience of assessing, planning, co- ordinating and managing CYP with mental health problems in a community setting
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a CAMHS, crisis or community setting
- oExperience of working with clients at risk of admission
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
