Job summary
Salford CAMHS for Cared For Children (STARLAC) is a long-established specialist multi-agency and multidisciplinary service, providing support for Looked After Children and Young People supported by Salford City Council Children's Services. There is extensive liaison, consultation and work with foster carers and professionals from Children's Services and all associated networks. This is an experienced trauma-informed team and consequently there are plenty of opportunities for Continuing Professional Development and learning as well as joint working opportunities. The post holder will work 0.5 WTE with STARLAC, offering assessment and intervention, specialist consultation and staff training as part of this team.
Within the other 0.5WTE of the post, the post holder will sit within Salford locality CAMHS, within a Duty and Assessment team with a designated role to support Greater Manchester (GM) Looked After Children placed within the Salford locality, providing them with a targeted case management and therapeutic offer as required, in addition to contributing to duty assessments within this team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will offer assessment and intervention, specialist consultation and staff training. They will provide a range of high-quality interventions appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation, evidence based interventions. The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge base to deliver clinical aspects of the role in a multi-disciplinary team setting and will be competent to do this work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practice guidelines.
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.
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
Registration/ Accreditation
Essential
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body (e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP)
Qualifications
Essential
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- ADOS trained
- Certificate in supervision skills
- Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with Looked After Children and multi-agency working
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
- Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- Proven experience of working effectively with children and young people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of ROMS.
- Experience of hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation
- Advanced knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- The ability to select, use and interpret assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate therapeutic interventions with children across the age range and their parents/carers
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., social workers, education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner.
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context and pressurised situations.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of audit and research.
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Advanced IT skills.
- Experience of supervising junior staff
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A commitment to undertake further relevant training and selfdirected study
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
- A commitment to the inclusion of young people's, parent/carer views in service delivery, development and design
- Willingness to contribute to team functioning, performance and the ongoing development of the service
Work Related Circumstance
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
Person Specification
Registration/ Accreditation
Essential
- You must be registered/accredited with a professional body (e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP)
Qualifications
Essential
- You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- ADOS trained
- Certificate in supervision skills
- Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with Looked After Children and multi-agency working
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
- Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- Proven experience of working effectively with children and young people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of ROMS.
- Experience of hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation
- Advanced knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- The ability to select, use and interpret assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate therapeutic interventions with children across the age range and their parents/carers
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., social workers, education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner.
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context and pressurised situations.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of audit and research.
- Delivery of group work and workshops.
- Advanced IT skills.
- Experience of supervising junior staff
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A commitment to undertake further relevant training and selfdirected study
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
- A commitment to the inclusion of young people's, parent/carer views in service delivery, development and design
- Willingness to contribute to team functioning, performance and the ongoing development of the service
Work Related Circumstance
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
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).
