Job summary
The Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) is a service transformation programme delivered by Health Education England and partners that aims to improve existing children and young people's Mental Health Services (CYP MHS) working in the community. CYP Wellbeing Practitioner training will benefit from being integrated fully within CYP MHS and linked to the CYP IAPT Collaborative, which brings a valuable organisational infrastructure.
We are looking to recruit a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Specialist working as part of the Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) service (1.0WTE) who will have experience and a keen interest in emotional regulation and working closely with other professionals to develop and work with young people in our GP Youth Clinic Lewisham.
The CWP GP Youth Clinic Pilot Programme consists of Child Wellbeing Practitioners, and Supervisor providing a range of time-limited evidence based interventions in the form of low intensity support and guided self-help to young people who demonstrate mild/moderate:
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in CYPIAPT principles and practice for the supervision of Child Well Being Practitioners.
- To provide a specialist CAMHS service to the children and young people referred to the GP Youth Clinic and CWP team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/HCPC/other appropriate professional association guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
- To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best
- May have Professional leadership role for one of the following: nursing, OT, art or drama therapy.
Flexible Working
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9-5 giving you the very best of good work life balance.
About us
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has the most comprehensive range of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the United Kingdom with a budget of approximately £47 million. Our services are renowned nationally and internationally, with clinical practice that thrives on our close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and the Medical Research Council Child Psychiatry Unit.
We are also proud to be part of the South London Partnership (SLP); a collaboration between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George's NHS Foundation Trust set up to improve quality and access to mental health services across the whole of south London.
In addition to providing a range of services to local children, SLAM CAMHS provide specialist tertiary services to children and adolescents throughout the country. We have adolescent units at the Maudsley Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, plus a children's unit and a PICU at the Bethlem Royal Hospital which provide supra-regional, tertiary in-patient treatment and assessment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Specialist responsibilities to the Team
- With senior colleagues, evaluate and review the therapeutic strategic outcomes for the teams and set aims and objectives and the monitor practice to assure quality standards of care.
- Share day to day responsibility for the quality of delivery of clinical care with the Team Manager, consultant staff and other colleagues. Supervise case work across the team and contribute on the clinical performance of team members at appraisal.
- Establish and maintain evidence-based practice including systemic and other evidence based treatments.
- Support the service lead in recommending the allocation of clinical work and operating an agreed system of caseload management. Provide clinical supervision to members of the team, which would include assisting them in planning their workload and in revising their care plans for individual patients.
- Manage day to day clinical risks and clinically advise team members on courses of action. Ensure that team members follow systems of safe practice and that operational policies are adhered to.
- Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact is accurate, up to date and of good quality and within CAMHS, SLAM & professional requirement standards of record keeping. Ensure that data and clinical information individual on clinical activity is collected and entered onto ePJS by all team members.
- Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through chairing/leading relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the clinical service as appropriate and negotiated with the service lead.
- Take a clear role in the induction new team members. Ensure that conditions of service and HR procedures are followed within the Team. Carry out line management supervision and minimum of annual appraisals in place for all team members as requested.
- Ensure that the staff and service take account of service user views in their day to day practice and are respectful of diversity.
- Implement new service protocols or service interventions based on experience, audit and development and advise the wider service on these.
- Assure prompt recruitment to vacancies and the induction of new staff to all posts within the team, according to relevant procedures.
- Ensure that conditions of service and HR procedures are followed within the
Team, including monitoring of annual leave, staff activity, and take prompt action regarding concerns in staff performance in conjunction with the Section manager. Provide clinical supervision and or appraisal to junior members of the team, which would include assisting others in planning their workload. Undertake staff appraisals.
- Monitor and improve the standard of service delivery of the team via through the implementation of clinical governance procedures such as audit and the development of protocols. Introducing new clinical practices based on research evidence and other evaluation work with the agreement of the Service lead, Clinical Colleagues, Lead Clinician and Service manager.
- Ensure that the team is a good quality learning environment for CAMHS trainees.
- Oversee trainee placements and offering supervision and mentorship as appropriate
- Attend and represent CAMHS at meetings relating to the work of child and adolescent mental health services as appropriate within and outside the service.
- Ensure that any legislation and statutory requirements are complied with and implemented throughout the team/section.
- Deputise for the Service Lead or other Clinical Specialists/Consultants in case supervision, assessment and review clinics during periods of Annual leave or sickness and regularly deputise on extra agreed duties within your team/section.
Clinical - Individual
- Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families who are determined to be at low, medium or high risk.
- Provide primary CAMH assessments, other specialist assessments and risk assessments to identify and diagnose the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in children and young people.
- Formulate care plans, based on the primary CAMHS assessment. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers.
- Carry out the care plan using evidence-based models of psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions .
- Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required, including 'witness of fact' court reports where appropriate.
- Assess safeguarding issues for each case and refer concerns to Child Protection teams.
- Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Professional Conduct, Teaching, Training and Research
- Undertake all duties in line with the applicable Code of Professional Conduct, policies and guidelines.
- Work in accordance and within the principles/guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance.
- Make effective use of colleagues in sharing and participating in casework supervision and be able to seek clinical supervision when required.
- Remain up to date with changing practices and wherever possible make full
use of all training and educational facilities. Identify development and training needs with manager in accordance with Trust/Directorate
- Maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of clients. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professionals, agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
- Join colleagues in specialist teaching, consultation /support to other professionals and
- Undertake and promote research-based practices and use that knowledge in your everyday practice, sharing it with others in the team. Participate in the monitoring, evaluation and the audit of the service.
- Participate in and support larger research projects being undertaken in the Directorates by senior researchers. Contribute to the development of outcome measures by accurately recording and ensuring that others accurately record pre and post treatment measures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Specialist responsibilities to the Team
- With senior colleagues, evaluate and review the therapeutic strategic outcomes for the teams and set aims and objectives and the monitor practice to assure quality standards of care.
- Share day to day responsibility for the quality of delivery of clinical care with the Team Manager, consultant staff and other colleagues. Supervise case work across the team and contribute on the clinical performance of team members at appraisal.
- Establish and maintain evidence-based practice including systemic and other evidence based treatments.
- Support the service lead in recommending the allocation of clinical work and operating an agreed system of caseload management. Provide clinical supervision to members of the team, which would include assisting them in planning their workload and in revising their care plans for individual patients.
- Manage day to day clinical risks and clinically advise team members on courses of action. Ensure that team members follow systems of safe practice and that operational policies are adhered to.
- Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact is accurate, up to date and of good quality and within CAMHS, SLAM & professional requirement standards of record keeping. Ensure that data and clinical information individual on clinical activity is collected and entered onto ePJS by all team members.
- Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through chairing/leading relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the clinical service as appropriate and negotiated with the service lead.
- Take a clear role in the induction new team members. Ensure that conditions of service and HR procedures are followed within the Team. Carry out line management supervision and minimum of annual appraisals in place for all team members as requested.
- Ensure that the staff and service take account of service user views in their day to day practice and are respectful of diversity.
- Implement new service protocols or service interventions based on experience, audit and development and advise the wider service on these.
- Assure prompt recruitment to vacancies and the induction of new staff to all posts within the team, according to relevant procedures.
- Ensure that conditions of service and HR procedures are followed within the
Team, including monitoring of annual leave, staff activity, and take prompt action regarding concerns in staff performance in conjunction with the Section manager. Provide clinical supervision and or appraisal to junior members of the team, which would include assisting others in planning their workload. Undertake staff appraisals.
- Monitor and improve the standard of service delivery of the team via through the implementation of clinical governance procedures such as audit and the development of protocols. Introducing new clinical practices based on research evidence and other evaluation work with the agreement of the Service lead, Clinical Colleagues, Lead Clinician and Service manager.
- Ensure that the team is a good quality learning environment for CAMHS trainees.
- Oversee trainee placements and offering supervision and mentorship as appropriate
- Attend and represent CAMHS at meetings relating to the work of child and adolescent mental health services as appropriate within and outside the service.
- Ensure that any legislation and statutory requirements are complied with and implemented throughout the team/section.
- Deputise for the Service Lead or other Clinical Specialists/Consultants in case supervision, assessment and review clinics during periods of Annual leave or sickness and regularly deputise on extra agreed duties within your team/section.
Clinical - Individual
- Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families who are determined to be at low, medium or high risk.
- Provide primary CAMH assessments, other specialist assessments and risk assessments to identify and diagnose the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in children and young people.
- Formulate care plans, based on the primary CAMHS assessment. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers.
- Carry out the care plan using evidence-based models of psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions .
- Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required, including 'witness of fact' court reports where appropriate.
- Assess safeguarding issues for each case and refer concerns to Child Protection teams.
- Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Professional Conduct, Teaching, Training and Research
- Undertake all duties in line with the applicable Code of Professional Conduct, policies and guidelines.
- Work in accordance and within the principles/guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance.
- Make effective use of colleagues in sharing and participating in casework supervision and be able to seek clinical supervision when required.
- Remain up to date with changing practices and wherever possible make full
use of all training and educational facilities. Identify development and training needs with manager in accordance with Trust/Directorate
- Maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of clients. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professionals, agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
- Join colleagues in specialist teaching, consultation /support to other professionals and
- Undertake and promote research-based practices and use that knowledge in your everyday practice, sharing it with others in the team. Participate in the monitoring, evaluation and the audit of the service.
- Participate in and support larger research projects being undertaken in the Directorates by senior researchers. Contribute to the development of outcome measures by accurately recording and ensuring that others accurately record pre and post treatment measures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) .
- Training in clinical supervision such as ENB 998 or mentorship and or equivalent experience and training.
Desirable
- Doctorate or MSc level qualification associated with child and adolescent mental health /strong CPD portfolio
Experience
Essential
- Experience and ability to function as a specialist practitioner in CAMHS.
- Experience of working as a case manager in CAMHS sing evidence-based practice.
- Evidence of good practice in CAMHS assessments including assessing risk, behaviour, performance and family functioning.
- Evidence of providing culturally adapted CAMHS interventions.
- Evidence of experience of clinical governance, Outcome Measures and audits.
- Evidence of experience in the provision of clinical supervision and appraisals.
Desirable
- Working with families in a diverse environment
- Experience of highly specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment
- Experience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental health disorders in children and adolescents across all ages
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the general evidence base for treatment in child and adolescent mental health
- Assessment of risk and management of risk factors
Desirable
- Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMH disorders
- The Mental Health Act 1983, Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- The principles of clinical governance and CAMHS practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) .
- Training in clinical supervision such as ENB 998 or mentorship and or equivalent experience and training.
Desirable
- Doctorate or MSc level qualification associated with child and adolescent mental health /strong CPD portfolio
Experience
Essential
- Experience and ability to function as a specialist practitioner in CAMHS.
- Experience of working as a case manager in CAMHS sing evidence-based practice.
- Evidence of good practice in CAMHS assessments including assessing risk, behaviour, performance and family functioning.
- Evidence of providing culturally adapted CAMHS interventions.
- Evidence of experience of clinical governance, Outcome Measures and audits.
- Evidence of experience in the provision of clinical supervision and appraisals.
Desirable
- Working with families in a diverse environment
- Experience of highly specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment
- Experience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental health disorders in children and adolescents across all ages
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the general evidence base for treatment in child and adolescent mental health
- Assessment of risk and management of risk factors
Desirable
- Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMH disorders
- The Mental Health Act 1983, Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- The principles of clinical governance and CAMHS practice
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).
