Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Interventions Lead

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 February 2025

Job summary

This in an exciting opportunity to join Salford CAMHS, working as the Neurodevelopmental & Behavioural Interventions Lead

If you are Clinical Psychologist or experienced Mental Health Practitioner who is looking to share and your knowledge and skills working with children and families, have excellent mental assessment and formulation skills and can work therapeutically we would love to hear from you.

A skilled practitioner with mental health knowledge who can work in a busy team, manage risk and is passionate about offering intervention for children and families will thrive in this role.

Working with children and families presenting with a range of mental health challenges, you will have opportunity to develop core clinical skills in assessment, formulation, therapy, consultation and supervision of others. We offer a robust supervision and development structure in terms of psychological therapies training within the Trust and across Greater Manchester to access specialist training in line with your own and the team's needs.

Salford CAMHS delivers services in line with the Thrive framework and sees service user feedback and participation as key components of service delivery and development.

MFT CAMHS was rated Outstanding by the CQC

Main duties of the job

To ensure the development, systematic provision, coordination and evaluation of a high-quality specialist evidence based assessment and intervention to young people referred to the team. Responsibilities may include:

  • To provide a high quality, evidence-based specialist service to children and young people presenting with neurodevelopmental difficulties and complex behavioural needs.
  • To take continuing responsibility for the management of an identified, highly complex clinical caseload.
  • To provide clinical supervision around neurodevelopmental conditions and complex behavioural interventions within the team.
  • To contribute to the teaching, training and consultation on issues related to neurodevelopmental conditions and complex behavioural interventions to other professionals who work with young people.
  • Assessment and intervention with children, teenagers, young adults, and families
  • Work with schools, colleges and other community-based professionals working with children, teenagers, and young adults.
  • Consultation, support, and provision of advice
  • Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research
  • Staff training
  • Liaison and effective teamwork will be required with staff from wider health, community, and education as appropriate
  • Support the development of an evidence base for relevant conditions and outcomes affecting patients treated with our services.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 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.

Date posted

10 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

349-MCH-6851723*

Job locations

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX


Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you will need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you are even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you will 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 you will 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. We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you will need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you are even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you will 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 you will 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. We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Qualifications
  • Previous Experience in CAMHS
  • Enhanced skills in assessment and intervention with children and young people with intellectual disabilities/Autism and co-morbid mental health difficulties
  • Post qualifying development
  • Specialist knowledge of Intellectual disability and Autism

Desirable

  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in delivering training
Person Specification

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Qualifications
  • Previous Experience in CAMHS
  • Enhanced skills in assessment and intervention with children and young people with intellectual disabilities/Autism and co-morbid mental health difficulties
  • Post qualifying development
  • Specialist knowledge of Intellectual disability and Autism

Desirable

  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Christian Loney

christian.loney@mft.nhs.uk

01615185400

Date posted

10 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

349-MCH-6851723*

Job locations

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX


Supporting documents

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