Job summary
Specialist CAMHS Practitioner -Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) Learning Disabilities Pathway
The post holder will provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people with learning disabilities and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the Learning Disabilities Pathway in Brent CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments within a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework. The main aim of which will be to enhance the quality of life of the children and their families, and reduce challenging behaviour.
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team and will be required to deliver assessments and interventions in Brent.
The post holder will provide specialist behavioural assessments and interventions to children and young people. This will involve undertaking direct assessment and intervention with the client and indirect assessment, monitoring and intervention with staff and/or carers. Intervention will include working across a variety of settings, including home, school and short break services and will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work autonomously alongside clients, families, support workers and professionals to enable others to better understand and respond to behaviours that are challenging.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through supervision, appraisal and audit.
- To provide comprehensive specialist assessments, including risk assessment of children, young people and their families/carers referred with moderate, complex and severe mental health problems/ behaviours that challenge others using the PBS framework.
- To use a range of assessment techniques including observations, standard measures and questionnaires, direct work and interviews with parents and professionals in order to collate information required to complete a functional analysis assessment.
- To formulate and to be responsible for implementing in partnership with other agencies working with the child/young person a positive behaviour plan/ intervention.
- To communicate in a sensitive manner assessment outcomes/ PBS formulations and positive behaviour support plans.
- To co-ordinate and run psycho-educational and therapeutic groups using the PBS framework with support from the assistant psychologist/team lead.
- To evaluate the implementation and impact of the intervention.
- To write confidential behavioural support plans, reports for case conferences, and education that may have wide ranging implications for children, young people and their families.
About us
Improving Working Lives
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the principles of Improving Working Lives and all managers are encouraged to follow Improving Working Lives practices. Consideration will be given to all requests for flexible working in line with Trust policy.
Staff Involvement
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to involve staff at all levels in the development of the organisation.
Managers should ensure that staff are encouraged and involved in organisational and service developments including business planning and they are able to influence discussions, which affect them and their working conditions.
All managers should engender a culture of openness and inclusion so that staff feel free to contribute and voice concerns. They should develop and implement communication systems that ensure staff are well informed and have an opportunity to feedback their views
Vaccination
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of deployment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users and we will therefore be seeking proof of vaccination or medical exemption during the recruitment process. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be available to carry out urgent assessments. Assessments and interventions will be conducted in school settings, clinic settings, patients home and the community.
- To undertake other psychological and/or diagnostic assessments (i.e. Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2, or cognitive assessments) and interventions if required and appropriate.
- To provide consultation and appropriate training to other professionals working with the children referred to the service in order to ensure implementation of behavioural support plans and PBS skills.
- To attend PBS training and to deliver relevant training to families and other agencies in order to support and ensure the implementation of PBS.
- To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with other members of the Learning Disabilities Pathway in Brent CAMHS Learning Disabilities team.
- To act as care coordinator for an identified caseload and to be responsible for the coordination of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic packages of care provided by the multidisciplinary team.
- To act as care coordinator in accordance with CPA guidelines within the CAMHS community setting.
- To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount and be aware of and adhere to NICE Guidelines relating to Child Protection.
- To ensure acceptable levels of safety (regarding potential verbal and physical aggression from disturbed clients) for self and to advise other colleagues when necessary. To adhere to the lone worker policy and update training in breakaway techniques when necessary.
- To maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with service standards and to record and maintain patient data in local database systems (System 1) and the trust wide electronic database.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be available to carry out urgent assessments. Assessments and interventions will be conducted in school settings, clinic settings, patients home and the community.
- To undertake other psychological and/or diagnostic assessments (i.e. Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2, or cognitive assessments) and interventions if required and appropriate.
- To provide consultation and appropriate training to other professionals working with the children referred to the service in order to ensure implementation of behavioural support plans and PBS skills.
- To attend PBS training and to deliver relevant training to families and other agencies in order to support and ensure the implementation of PBS.
- To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with other members of the Learning Disabilities Pathway in Brent CAMHS Learning Disabilities team.
- To act as care coordinator for an identified caseload and to be responsible for the coordination of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic packages of care provided by the multidisciplinary team.
- To act as care coordinator in accordance with CPA guidelines within the CAMHS community setting.
- To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount and be aware of and adhere to NICE Guidelines relating to Child Protection.
- To ensure acceptable levels of safety (regarding potential verbal and physical aggression from disturbed clients) for self and to advise other colleagues when necessary. To adhere to the lone worker policy and update training in breakaway techniques when necessary.
- To maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with service standards and to record and maintain patient data in local database systems (System 1) and the trust wide electronic database.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Nursing
- Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/ HCPC
- ENB 998 or equivalent mentoring training
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
- Other relevant professional registration / qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS Or experience in Adult Services for Autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferrable skills
- Experience of group-work
- Experience of working with a wide range of learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner-city area
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
- Experience in crisis work
Desirable
- Specific experience in LD and ASD assessment and treatment protocols
- Experience in assessment and interventions using the PBS framework/ Applied Behavioural Analysis
- Training in diagnostic assessments (i.e. ADOS-2 and/or 3DI)
- Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD/ ASD and behaviours that challenge
- Experience in delivering interventions in patients' homes
- Experience of supervising others.
Skills
Essential
- Computer skills, including Excel
- Ability to work virtually using trust approved virtual meeting platforms.
- Evidence of well developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Specialist clinical skills for the assessment and treatment of Mental health in Learning Disabilities and ASD
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
Desirable
- Specific trainings in LD and ASD assessment and treatment protocols
Knowledge
Essential
- A developed knowledge of LD and ASD as well as issues related to assessment and interventions for this population
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- Knowledge of legislation and its implication for clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge of specific inner-city issues which impact of care delivery
- An awareness of different research methods
- A working knowledge of Child Protection Guidelines
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Nursing
- Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/ HCPC
- ENB 998 or equivalent mentoring training
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
- Other relevant professional registration / qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS Or experience in Adult Services for Autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferrable skills
- Experience of group-work
- Experience of working with a wide range of learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner-city area
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
- Experience in crisis work
Desirable
- Specific experience in LD and ASD assessment and treatment protocols
- Experience in assessment and interventions using the PBS framework/ Applied Behavioural Analysis
- Training in diagnostic assessments (i.e. ADOS-2 and/or 3DI)
- Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD/ ASD and behaviours that challenge
- Experience in delivering interventions in patients' homes
- Experience of supervising others.
Skills
Essential
- Computer skills, including Excel
- Ability to work virtually using trust approved virtual meeting platforms.
- Evidence of well developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Specialist clinical skills for the assessment and treatment of Mental health in Learning Disabilities and ASD
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
Desirable
- Specific trainings in LD and ASD assessment and treatment protocols
Knowledge
Essential
- A developed knowledge of LD and ASD as well as issues related to assessment and interventions for this population
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- Knowledge of legislation and its implication for clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge of specific inner-city issues which impact of care delivery
- An awareness of different research methods
- A working knowledge of Child Protection Guidelines
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).
