Job summary
PCAS - North Beds CAMHS
1.00WTE Substantive Band 7 post available for North Bedfordshire Primary Care Access Service (PCAS)
One full-time equivalent CAMHS Practitioner posts, Band 7. CAMH Primary Care Access Service (PCAS): Clinical (or Family of) Psychology, Systemic Family Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy, Community Mental Health Nurse, other core CAMHS profession
We have an exciting opportunity for you at Bedfordshire CAMHS within our new Primary Care Access Service (PCAS). This is a part of our wider CAMHS Access Services (CAS) delivering care to their most accessible points in the community and integrated with other partner agencies.You will provide triage, mental health assessments, effective brief therapeutic support, group work and workshops to prevent moderate to severe mental health problems developing, using the iThrive model.
Main duties of the job
You will also help develop and deliver mental health training, continuing support and consultation for primary care settings across North Bedfordshire, mainly being GP Practices. Bedfordshire has a diverse and vibrant community, which will require candidates to show an awareness of, and interest in, supporting these communities, and to deliver evidence based and innovative care to suit the needs of the local communities.
You will work closely with GP Practices and other appropriate settings to encourage and help them develop a whole family approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health. You will work within a community hub locality, and will contribute to an exciting wider children's services transformation programme integrating care across children's services, which includes Early Help, Children's Health, other Local Authority sectors, and Voluntary services.
Benefits for you in the role
- Regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions
- Access to a variety of CPD sessions
- Annual performance appraisal
- Weekly MDT
- A team leader who is committed to staff development
- Regular opportunities for staff to apply for appropriate training courses and to get involved in quality improvement initiatives, research, and new developments in the service.
About us
This post is based in Bedford Town Centre, Bedfordshire, close to the M1 and easily reached by car / train from London, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire to the South and Northamptonshire to the North. All clinicians are supported by very dedicated and efficient administrative staff. Most of the work will be community based in GP practices, although there will also be some office based and home working.
Staff benefits
- Family Friendly Policies & Flexible Working
- Childcare Voucher Scheme
- Subsidised Holiday Play-schemes
- Maternity and Paternity & Welcome Back Packs
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Car Lease Scheme
- Home Technology Scheme
- London Capital Credit Union
- Wellbeing Activities
- Employee & Team of the Month Awards
- Reward for Exceptional Leave
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are bi-lingual, and candidates from BME communities, including the South Asian community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key points relevant for the role
- Ability to be flexible
- Have access to a car to be able to travel across Bedfordshire
- A relevant professional registration
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Experience in working with children and families, preferably in a primary care setting
- Ability to operate confidently in an environment where IT is the main method of record keeping
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key points relevant for the role
- Ability to be flexible
- Have access to a car to be able to travel across Bedfordshire
- A relevant professional registration
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Experience in working with children and families, preferably in a primary care setting
- Ability to operate confidently in an environment where IT is the main method of record keeping
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Recognized professional qualification/registration (eg Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or Family of Psychology equivalent) with registration, Registered Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Child Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist professionally registered with BACP or BABCP, degree/ Diploma or equivalent in Social Work, RMHN, BACP or BABCP accredited,
- Training in IAPT principles
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in child and adolescent mental health and/or working in primary care, schools or other children's services settings
- Experience of assessing and working with children with emotional / behavioural issues
- Experience and skills in utilizing Routine Outcome Measures
Desirable
- Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, ie ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive child mental health and assessment and formulation skills
- Effective assessment of mental health risk
- Ability to provide tailored psychological therapy intervention to children, adolescents and families.
- Awareness of the underlying principles of CYP IAPT.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work collaboratively and liaise effectively with other child agencies, e.g. GP practices, schools, paediatrics, and social services department
- Working knowledge of child safeguarding procedures and an ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
- To have the ability to deliver training and evidence based practice to primary care, educational staff and other partner agencies, to inform and psycho-educate, children, young people and their families across diverse communities about mental health in an acceptable, and non-stigmatising way, flexible to their needs
- Knowledge of relevant national and local policies / legislation.
- Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to tailor the message to a variety of audiences
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Recognized professional qualification/registration (eg Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or Family of Psychology equivalent) with registration, Registered Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Child Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist professionally registered with BACP or BABCP, degree/ Diploma or equivalent in Social Work, RMHN, BACP or BABCP accredited,
- Training in IAPT principles
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in child and adolescent mental health and/or working in primary care, schools or other children's services settings
- Experience of assessing and working with children with emotional / behavioural issues
- Experience and skills in utilizing Routine Outcome Measures
Desirable
- Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, ie ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive child mental health and assessment and formulation skills
- Effective assessment of mental health risk
- Ability to provide tailored psychological therapy intervention to children, adolescents and families.
- Awareness of the underlying principles of CYP IAPT.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work collaboratively and liaise effectively with other child agencies, e.g. GP practices, schools, paediatrics, and social services department
- Working knowledge of child safeguarding procedures and an ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
- To have the ability to deliver training and evidence based practice to primary care, educational staff and other partner agencies, to inform and psycho-educate, children, young people and their families across diverse communities about mental health in an acceptable, and non-stigmatising way, flexible to their needs
- Knowledge of relevant national and local policies / legislation.
- Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to tailor the message to a variety of audiences
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).
