CAMHS Practitioner - Southwark CAMHS referrals team

CAMHS Practitioner - Southwark CAMHS referrals team NHS AfC: Band 6 Main area: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (M-F 09:00-17:00hrs)
Job ref: 334-NUR FR

Site: Mapother House
Town: Southwark
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/02/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview Do you want to play your part in helping improve the lives of children, young people, and their families? We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) practitioners interested in working with children and adolescents who present with a range of complex mental health difficulties. We have vacancies for 1.5 full-time equivalent clinicians.

The Southwark CAMHS referrals team is a specialist multi-disciplinary mental health team. The role involves processing referrals on behalf of the assessment in treatment teams in the Southwark CAMHS and redirecting those who do not meet the thresholds for specialist CAMHS to appropriate services. The post-holder will undertake initial psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, and contingent planning for children and young people referred to the Southwark CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

1. Processing new referrals on behalf of the assessment and treatment teams in Southwark CAMHS.
2. Making meaningful clinical contacts with children, young people, and their families. These contacts may include brief initial psychosocial assessments, listing referrals for fuller assessments and treatment, brief psychoeducational sessions, and, in some cases, redirecting the referrals to appropriate services outside of CAMHS.
3. Liaising with referrers (GPs, schools, social workers, A&Es, etc).
4. Working with the referrals team MDT to identify the right care pathways for the children and young people referred.
5. Participating in clinical decision meetings, business and other relevant meetings.
6. Participating in their own supervision and supervising junior staff.
7. Liaising with other agencies as appropriate.

Working for our organisation We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated, which is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave: We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work-life balance: Flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease: Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation: Our staff benefit from keyworker housing available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts: Discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
• Other benefits include:
  • Counselling services
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Staff restaurants

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Conducting initial psychosocial assessments, risk assessments and agreeing contingent plans with children and young people and their families.
2. Working in collaboration with own line management supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care.
3. Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.
4. A good working knowledge of mental health disorders in children and adolescents.
5. Difficulties common to Looked After Children e.g. attachment difficulties.
6. Key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting: The Children Act 1989, 2004.

All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health Professional's Council (HPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Person specification Qualifications

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV with related CAMHS OR First level qualification in Occupational Therapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience.
• Qualification as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) with relevant CAMHS experience.
• First level qualification in art, play, drama, music therapy or psychotherapy (leading to a registered qualification with one of the above statutory bodies) with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs.
• Post registration clinical professional development. CYP-IAPT post graduate training.

Experience

• Sufficient post-graduation experience in working within a mental health setting.
• Assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems.
• Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care.
• Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.
• Experience of working as a case manager in the child and adolescent mental health sector.
• Evidence of good practice in child and adolescent mental health assessments, assessments of behaviour and performance, family functioning.
• Working with families in a multi-racial urban environment.

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to be 'reflective' in therapeutic practice and adapt practice from this reflection.
• Demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good written and verbal presentation skills.
• Skill in using a specific therapy in practice.

Knowledge

• A good working knowledge of mental health disorders in children and adolescents.
• A good working knowledge of key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting.
• Assessment of risk and management of risk factors.
• The principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing.
• The principles of clinical governance and practice.
• Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMH disorders.
• Research informed and evidence based methods of assessment, treatment and case management.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity.

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