CAMHS / Youth Justice Service (YJS) Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the child / young person and others in line with Pennine Care and CAMHS and YJS procedures and protocols.
• Undertake liaison and joint work with other agencies.
• To give advice and support to the manager of the Youth Offending Service in terms of the development of services to meet the mental health needs of young offenders.
• To provide consultation and training on a wide range of children / young peoples emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Early Help and Primary Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Social Care and Education Services.
• To routinely monitor effectiveness of clinical work by the use of Routine Outcome Measures (ROM) and where outcomes are not improving for children, young people and families to engage in clinical review via peer review meetings and supervision.
• To be based within the Youth Justice Service and being available to Youth Justice Colleagues for consultation and advice.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualifications relevant to work in child and adolescent mental health e.g. nursing, social work clinical psychology to masters level or equivalent experience. o Specialist post qualification training in psychological therapy with children and families to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma level o Accreditation with the appropriate accrediting bodies governing the specific modality

Desirable

• Additional post graduate qualifications relevant to child mental health, Additional accredited training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children, young people who have been involved with the youth justice system. o Experience of working with children, young people and their families presenting with mental health concerns / problems o Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) setting o Managing a caseload o Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapy to children and young people and their families o Experience of providing clinical supervision and line management to team members Experience of using ROM Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups Experience in developing formulations Significant experience working in a multi-agency context

Desirable

• Working in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical approach and understanding child and young people's mental health and development Knowledge of relevant legislation and government policy relating to children and young people's mental health Child protection knowledge and practice Specific theoretical knowledge related to therapeutic specialty Understanding of principles and methods of clinical audit research and service evaluation Understanding of current multi-agency landscape including public sector reform

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work in partnership with child, young peoples, parent's / carers, colleagues and other agencies Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing complex and sensitive information to children, young people and families/carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Clarence Arcade

Stamford Street

Ashton under Lyne

OL6 7PT

Employer's website

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)