Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Part Time CAMHS Professional Worker

This job is now closed

Job summary

The pioneering and award-winning Family Safeguarding Service in Hertfordshire are seeking 0.5 Band 8a CAMHS Professional (Clinical/Counselling Psychologist; Systemic Therapist; Social Worker; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist; Nurse) who is motivated to helpchange the lives of some of the most vulnerable families in Hertfordshire.

You will be a member of the multi-disciplinary Family Safeguarding Team and will provide a high standard of service to children, adolescents and their families/carers and to professionals from other organisations
You will be responsible for assessing and treating children, young people and their families/carers in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioral problems
You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and under the supervision of a more senior clinician of their relevant discipline
You will provide supervision to trainees of their relevant discipline on placement as well as offering supervision to trainees and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development as agreed with the Service Clinical Lead.
You will undertake research, audit and evaluation for service development

Main duties of the job

To formulate a range of treatment options within the context of the service, based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based
upon evidence e.g. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
To be responsible for a substantial caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work and to identify priorities of action in complex circumstances.
To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families and people with mental health difficulties

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Date posted

09 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

367-PLAN-7817

Job locations

Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. SG1 2ST

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be managed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and work alongside a team of psychologists, mental health practitioners, social workers and other professionals with parents and their children where there is high risk of severe parenting problems including maltreatment and neglect.
You will provide specialist assessments and evidence based interventions (individual and group interventions) with parents, children and their families and systems with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, consultation to the multi-disciplinary safeguarding service, compiling reports and contributing to the development and evaluation of this innovative service.
You will join a dedicated and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team committed to developing the highest standards of clinical assessment and treatment for the most vulnerable infants, children and parents.
You will have ample opportunity to apply a wide range of core therapeutic skills.

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be managed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and work alongside a team of psychologists, mental health practitioners, social workers and other professionals with parents and their children where there is high risk of severe parenting problems including maltreatment and neglect.
You will provide specialist assessments and evidence based interventions (individual and group interventions) with parents, children and their families and systems with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, consultation to the multi-disciplinary safeguarding service, compiling reports and contributing to the development and evaluation of this innovative service.
You will join a dedicated and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team committed to developing the highest standards of clinical assessment and treatment for the most vulnerable infants, children and parents.
You will have ample opportunity to apply a wide range of core therapeutic skills.

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Clinical supervision training

Desirable

Post qualification training in evidence based models

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification experience in CAMHS
Experience of project or portfolio leadership
Experience of supervision
Experience of cognitive assessments and interpretation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Clinical supervision training

Desirable

Post qualification training in evidence based models

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification experience in CAMHS
Experience of project or portfolio leadership
Experience of supervision
Experience of cognitive assessments and interpretation

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.

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

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

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. SG1 2ST

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. SG1 2ST

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2ST

Employer's website

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