Job summary
37.5 hours per week
My name is James Hussain, I am the Team Manager for Secure
CAMHS.
I am seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join
our secure CAMH team at Aldine House Secure Childrens home. There will be an
opportunity to build therapeutic relationships with young people, in order to
assess risk and mental health needs. Liaison, communication and consultation
with other professional groups and partner agencies within the home will be
necessary to ensure that robust and holistic care plans are established around
young people. There will be opportunities to develop and run therapeutic groups
and chances to offer 1:1 interventions, depending on the identified needs of
young people. You will be working within an experienced multi disciplinary team
and under a supportive operational and clinical leadership team.
Secure CAMHS operates Monday- Friday-8am-5pm (9-hour
period). Weekend crisis service will be part of this role provided by clinicians
within the secure estate (this could be telephone, video or face to face as
clinically indicated).
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
For full job description, please see attached supporting
documents.
Main duties of the job
Aldine house is a 10-bedded
secure childrens home, home to young people aged 10-18, remanded or sentenced
by the criminal courts, or accommodated for their own welfare.
This role is a unique
opportunity to drive change across a setting that provides care for the most
disenfranchised young people in the UK. The role requires a values-led
practitioner, who is truly curious and motivated to work across systemic
barriers through inter-agency working.
Part of your role will be to
offer screening assessments for young people who are newly arrived at the home,
and you will attend meetings held by the home, for example to review young
peoples risk to self or others.
You will provide
person-centred assessment of their mental health needs and risk, in addition to
screening for neurodevelopmental needs. You will be part of a supportive
multidisciplinary team within which you can seek support to establish a plan of
care and intervention for young people.
At
the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward
to receiving your application.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children
and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within
the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of
children and young people.
To
provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a
wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to
specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from
a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall
framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To support the
ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
To provide
assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most
severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who
are severely mentally ill or at
suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous
practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings
to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
To apply a sound
knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
To be committed
to a quality approach for patient care.
The
post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide
sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
To
manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual
need.
To operate within the clinical and case management
supervision framework.
To provide training, consultation and supervision to
other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as
required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and
families.
To participate in the development, audit and
review of this extension to existing service provision.
To work as part of the CAMHS on call rota when
required and to work in a flexible manner (24/7).
To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow
specialist CAMHS practitioners.
To work collaboratively with all services to provide
coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young
people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and
relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and
targeted groups.
To use a range of Information Technology systems
(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept
securely and confidentially
To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme
for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical
incidents are reported.
To comply with both clinical and corporate governance
frameworks.
To
support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development
and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service
improvement and redesign.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants
are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application
forms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is
strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children
and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within
the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of
children and young people.
To
provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a
wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to
specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from
a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall
framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To support the
ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
To provide
assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most
severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who
are severely mentally ill or at
suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous
practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings
to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
To apply a sound
knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
To be committed
to a quality approach for patient care.
The
post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide
sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
To
manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual
need.
To operate within the clinical and case management
supervision framework.
To provide training, consultation and supervision to
other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as
required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and
families.
To participate in the development, audit and
review of this extension to existing service provision.
To work as part of the CAMHS on call rota when
required and to work in a flexible manner (24/7).
To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow
specialist CAMHS practitioners.
To work collaboratively with all services to provide
coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young
people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and
relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and
targeted groups.
To use a range of Information Technology systems
(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept
securely and confidentially
To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme
for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical
incidents are reported.
To comply with both clinical and corporate governance
frameworks.
To
support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development
and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service
improvement and redesign.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants
are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application
forms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is
strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
- Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
- Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Training
Desirable
- Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Clarity of decision making.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
- Ability to travel across the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Have training or undertake training to participate in the CAMH Service 24/7 on call rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
- Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
- Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Training
Desirable
- Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Clarity of decision making.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
- Ability to travel across the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Have training or undertake training to participate in the CAMH Service 24/7 on call rota.
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
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).
