CAMHS Specialist Practitioner

Main area: Mental Health Practitioner Grade Band 7

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (potential to be extended further)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

Job ref: 334-CLI C

Site: 78 Lewisham Park, Town Lewisham, London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 28/02/: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, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high-quality specialist care to our service users and are recognized 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 have 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 recognizes 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 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 An exciting opportunity to join the GP-led Youth Clinic in Lewisham, an innovative service which is an integrated primary care and mental health service for young people aged 13-25.

We have a vacancy for a Band 7, based in our community clinics in Lewisham and CAMHS CWP Team.

The overall aim of the GP-led Youth Clinic is to increase access to high-quality primary care and mental health services for young people in their community.

The second part of the role is to function as a specialist in CYP-IAPT principles and practice for the recruitment to train Child Well Being Practitioners (CWPs) initiative.

Main duties of the job You will be responsible for the provision of assessments, formulation, and evidence-based intervention for young people aged 13-18. Aiming to intervene early through evidence-based interventions and cooperation with community organizations.

You would work with mild to moderate mental health difficulties by providing emotional and practical support through a variety of approaches including evidence-based therapeutic work, psychoeducation, play and/or art, and psychoeducation for families. Liaising with our GPs, schools, other statutory services, and the voluntary sector within the community.

You will manage your caseload and provide specialist intervention to young people and families who do not meet the mainstream CAMHS threshold. You play one of the crucial roles in bridging some gap between mainstream CAMHS and CWP teams as well as clinical and community settings.

You will be taking part in triage meetings and screening referrals made by GPs, as well as supporting the allocation of cases within the GP-led Clinic team. At the Lewisham CWP team as a CAMHS Specialist Practitioner, you are responsible for leading and supervising a small team of Children Wellbeing Practitioner team and trainees as well as supporting the team in triaging cases and offering support as a duty clinician.

You will clinically work within the community on a defined caseload in conjunction with SLaM CAMHS providing psychological assessment.

Working for our organisation As one of the few Trusts in London, we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. We are open to discussing flexible working hours, but please note that the core clinical hours (Mondays to Thursdays, 3 PM to 7 PM) are non-negotiable.

The service operates from:

• Mulberry Hub: 15 Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LE
• 124 Hub: Castillon Road, London SE6 1QD

The team is based at Lewisham CAMHS, 78 Lewisham Park, London, SE13 6QJ

Detailed job description and main responsibilities As the CAMHS Specialist Practitioner, you will work four days per week at the GP youth clinic sites, leading and supporting the development of the GP Youth clinic, bridging positive partnership and communication. The post-holder needs to work flexibly to meet the need for clinic time. Working with referred young people and seeing young people on a drop-in basis in the GP youth clinic.

At the CWP team, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a small team of Children Wellbeing Practitioner team and trainees as well as playing an important role in managing the delivery of the three functions of the CWP:

• Sharing triage duty and screening incoming referrals for clinical suitability for the Children Wellbeing Practitioner team.
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in supporting trainees and qualified CWPs' clinical work, ensuring the quality of care and safeguarding risks.
• Alliance with other internal and external colleagues from other services, working in a multidisciplinary team in a diverse community.

Person specification Qualifications

• Doctorate or MSc qualification in Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, or Family Therapy/Systemic Psychotherapy with extensive experience in using CBT as a treatment modality. First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RNLD with formal Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma/MSc level qualification in CYP CBT.
• All applicants - Healthcare Professional (HCP) professional registration NMC, HPC/HCPC, ACP, BPS, or UKCP.
• Min 2 years CAMHS experience - NHS, private, or 3rd sector service.
• Doctorate or MSc level qualification associated with child and adolescent mental health/strong CPD portfolio.
• Formal DBT training and/or training in parenting intervention provision.
• Experience in design and delivery of Workshops, groups, and interventions to patient target audience.
• Formal training in clinical supervision, Pg Cert IAPT Supervision (CWP) or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience and ability to function as a specialist practitioner in CAMHS.
• Experience of working as a case manager in CAMHS using evidence-based practice.
• Evidence of good practice in CAMHS assessments including assessing risk, behavior, performance, and family functioning.
• Evidence of providing culturally adapted CAMHS interventions.
• Evidence of experience of clinical governance, Outcome Measures, and audits.
• Working with families in a diverse environment.
• Experience of highly specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment.
• Experience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology.

Knowledge / Skills

• A good working knowledge of the following: Typical Mental Health disorders in CYPs.
• Ability to assess and manage risk utilizing appropriate safeguards with minimal supervision.
• Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychosocial theories of mental health and the evidence bases for the relevant treatment.
• The information governance and new rules around GDPR as it relates to clinical confidentiality, information sharing, and academia.
• Evidence of competency in clinical judgment.
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and CAMHS practice.
• Evidence of organizational skills to deliver targets and meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to work flexibly within a changing environment.
• Good IT skills and able to manage digital resources.

The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we 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.

Please note:

• All applications for this post will need to be made online.
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