Job summary
Lambeth CAMHS is looking to recruit an experienced and motivated CAMHS Practitioner for our developing Lighthouse Team. This is an exciting time to join the team, which is currently expanding its offer to children, young people and their families as they enter CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
You will be one of five Lighthouse Clinicians responsible for the CAMHS duty system, which involves: screening and managing all new referrals; offering telephone 'triage' follow-up to children and young people who have attended A&E; responding to telephone queries.
You will also be required to offer face-to-face and video appointments to children and young people, and manage a caseload as the service develops.
You will share responsibility for ensuring positive clinical outcomes for children, young people and their families are achieved, and that these are evidenced by performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures. You will also share responsibility for ensuring that all team members participate in audit, evaluation and research.
About us
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth's population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% OtherBlack), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth's residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old
Job description
Job responsibilities
1 You will be one of five Lighthouse Clinicians responsible for the daily CAMHS duty system, which involves: screening, contacting and managing all new referrals within target time frames; offering telephone triage follow-up to children and young people who have attended A&E; responding to telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary. This will form the bulk of the work.
2 In addition, you may be required to offer face-to-face, video appointments or group work to children, young people and their families, and manage a caseload as the service needs.
3 In the absence of the named care coordinator, you may be required to provide cover, including dealing with any urgent telephone queries in their absence. For example meetings, e.g., CPAs; discharge planning; Child Protection Conferences etc. 4 You will share responsibility for ensuring that CAMHS staff within the teams achieve positive clinical outcomes for children, young people and their families and that these are evidenced by performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures. You will also share responsibility for ensuring that all team members participate in audit, evaluation and research. 5 You will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are coordinated efficiently and effectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1 You will be one of five Lighthouse Clinicians responsible for the daily CAMHS duty system, which involves: screening, contacting and managing all new referrals within target time frames; offering telephone triage follow-up to children and young people who have attended A&E; responding to telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary. This will form the bulk of the work.
2 In addition, you may be required to offer face-to-face, video appointments or group work to children, young people and their families, and manage a caseload as the service needs.
3 In the absence of the named care coordinator, you may be required to provide cover, including dealing with any urgent telephone queries in their absence. For example meetings, e.g., CPAs; discharge planning; Child Protection Conferences etc. 4 You will share responsibility for ensuring that CAMHS staff within the teams achieve positive clinical outcomes for children, young people and their families and that these are evidenced by performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures. You will also share responsibility for ensuring that all team members participate in audit, evaluation and research. 5 You will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are coordinated efficiently and effectively.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs or clear evidence of transferable skills.
- Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care
- A good understanding and some experience of the following: Group, individual and family work, multi-disciplinary work, clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision in CAMHS
Desirable
- Experience in carrying out specialist child and adolescent mental health assessments and treatments
- Research informed and evidence based methods of assessment, treatment and case management
- Skill in using a specific therapy in practice
- A good working knowledge of the following: Experience in risk assessment/safety planning
- Understanding of safeguarding legislation in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV with related CA of MHS experience or any as below: o First level qualification in Occupational therapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience. o Qualification as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) with relevant CAMHS experience. o First level qualification in art, play, drama, music therapy or psychotherapy (leading to a registered qualification with one the above statutory bodies) with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs
- 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 and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP),The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Social Work England
- Assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs or clear evidence of transferable skills
Desirable
- Additional therapeutic training
- Training in clinical supervision
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs or clear evidence of transferable skills.
- Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care
- A good understanding and some experience of the following: Group, individual and family work, multi-disciplinary work, clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision in CAMHS
Desirable
- Experience in carrying out specialist child and adolescent mental health assessments and treatments
- Research informed and evidence based methods of assessment, treatment and case management
- Skill in using a specific therapy in practice
- A good working knowledge of the following: Experience in risk assessment/safety planning
- Understanding of safeguarding legislation in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV with related CA of MHS experience or any as below: o First level qualification in Occupational therapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience. o Qualification as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) with relevant CAMHS experience. o First level qualification in art, play, drama, music therapy or psychotherapy (leading to a registered qualification with one the above statutory bodies) with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs
- 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 and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP),The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Social Work England
- Assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs or clear evidence of transferable skills
Desirable
- Additional therapeutic training
- Training in clinical supervision
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).
