Job summary
The post holder will work within Salford Youth Justice Service as a CAMHS clinician. One working day will be spent based within Salford CAMHS service. Successful candidate is required to manage a caseload and provide a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, providing consultation to colleague's within Youth Justice and to wider networks such as social care and, Greater Manchester Police and courts. The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge to deliver care in a multi-agency team setting and receive clinical supervision from the CAMHS youth justice clinical lead, management supervision from local CAMHS service, and peer supervision with the CAMHS and youth justice teams. Experience of assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions will be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Duties:
- To work autonomously undertaking assessment of referrals from Salford Youth Justice Service. Gathering of appropriate information from the child, their family and from other relevant agencies.
- Following assessment, to develop a formulation and plan for intervention, negotiating this with the patient and parents and communicating this to the referrer and other relevant professionals.
- To implement and manage further assessment and intervention utilising the skills and expertise of the multi disciplinary team, and other agencies where appropriate.
- To manage your own case load within the YJ team, effectively managing your own capacity.
- To actively participate in clinical supervision.
- To attend and contribute to multi disciplinary team meetings and multi agency meetings.
- To provide consultation and liaison with other professionals working in other Children's Social care and Health service
- To work from a multi agency perspective in liaison with other professionals
- To attend and contribute to professional meetings within YJ and Core CAMHS as required
- To keep accurate, timely and thorough records of care provided to all patients, including the compilation of appropriate statistics.
- To provide written reports as required and within timescale
- To be responsible for the management of agreed tasks in relation to specific services/resources within the Department to ensure the efficient and safe running of that aspect of the service.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
Desirable
- Qualifications/training in post graduate Psychological Therapies
- Leadership Qualification
- ADOS training
- Supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
- Evidence of project management experience
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Able to multitask and mentally adapt to different, unpredictable situations
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Audit and research
- Delivering training.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
Desirable
- Qualifications/training in post graduate Psychological Therapies
- Leadership Qualification
- ADOS training
- Supervision training
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
- Evidence of project management experience
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Able to multitask and mentally adapt to different, unpredictable situations
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Audit and research
- Delivering training.
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).
