Job summary
We have an exciting B7 0.8WTE (30hours) opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our specialist Infant Mental Health Team. This is a small team within our Child and Adolescent Mental Health team working with parents and their infants from pregnancy up to 2 years old who are vulnerable in terms of attachment issues and maternal mental health difficulties. This work is a chance to make a difference to a child's lifelong emotional wellbeing and developing mental health and the team are highly committed to their role and supportive to each other.
The team deliver a service, predominantly within family homes, across the county of Gloucestershire and work closely with a variety of multi agency professionals as well as with multi disciplinary teams within the wider Gloucestershire's CAMHS.
The post is 0.8 WTE and will require flexible working. It is a community-based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a range of specialist infant mental health assessment and treatment interventions for babies from 0-2years as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties around the parent-infant bond. Provision will be in accordance to the application of a range of profession specific models of clinical practice.
- Provide CAMHS specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work ensuring that all aspects of clinical caseload work adheres to current Trust safeguarding as well as risk assessment and management best practice procedures. This will include undertaking specialist Self Harm risk assessments of children and young people.
- Provide specialist CAMHS clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan. This job plan will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and may be adjusted to meet team or service led requirements.
About us
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.
Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.
Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
- Registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill, including Infant Mental Health/Parent-Infant Relationship Service
Desirable
- Profession specific additional qualifications (e.g. nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy, systemic practice, VIG)
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training/ Accreditation
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive experience and expertise regarding delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within or related services to CAMHS and parent-infant relationship team
- A number of years qualified experience in Adult Mental Health
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing infants, young people and their families with high clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within a mental health setting.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise in undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding CAMHS care coordination, including managing highly vulnerable families with complex, multi agency needs.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within a mental health setting.
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing clinical supervision
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive experience of multi-agency collaborative working and joint care planning
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive experience of identifying and effectively managing highly complex safeguarding issues and concerns
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive clinical experience of providing personalised care planning to meet the needs of the whole family unit
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive clinical experience of delivering profession-based interventions within a therapeutic setting (clinic or community)
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist training to other practitioners, including partner agencies, for example Health Visitors and Family Hubs.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
- Registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill, including Infant Mental Health/Parent-Infant Relationship Service
Desirable
- Profession specific additional qualifications (e.g. nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy, systemic practice, VIG)
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training/ Accreditation
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive experience and expertise regarding delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within or related services to CAMHS and parent-infant relationship team
- A number of years qualified experience in Adult Mental Health
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing infants, young people and their families with high clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within a mental health setting.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise in undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding CAMHS care coordination, including managing highly vulnerable families with complex, multi agency needs.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within a mental health setting.
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing clinical supervision
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive experience of multi-agency collaborative working and joint care planning
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive experience of identifying and effectively managing highly complex safeguarding issues and concerns
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive clinical experience of providing personalised care planning to meet the needs of the whole family unit
- Demonstrate expertise and extensive clinical experience of delivering profession-based interventions within a therapeutic setting (clinic or community)
- Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist training to other practitioners, including partner agencies, for example Health Visitors and Family Hubs.
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).
