CAMHS Practitioner

NHS; Watford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children, adolescents and their families/carers and caring networks for those with problems of behavioural, emotional, attachment and trauma, emotional, psychological or mental health issues. To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT. 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, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the client's care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/ professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions. All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Main duties of the job

1. To have good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
2. To maintain close working relationships with colleagues from the same professional group across the county.
3. To promote and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the service and develop and maintain effective working relationships with other agencies and service areas.
4. To promote and maintain good working relationships with clients, their families and carers.
5. To enhance public relations, taking active steps to project a positive image of service users, the service and the Trust.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibility

1. To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children, adolescents and their families/carers and caring networks for those with problems of behavioural, emotional, attachment and trauma, emotional, psychological or mental health issues.
2. To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.
3. 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, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties.
4. To act as a role model in the delivery of care and uphold public confidence.
5. To assess, plan and implement programmes of care for individual children and young people, carers and families with complex behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for all children and adolescents, including the protective and risk factors in the network of significant relationships.
7. To be responsible for a defined caseload selecting and using appropriate interventions to meet care plan objectives and goals privileging core skills as appropriate.
8. To develop, implement and manage specialised interventions within the child/young persons context, employing evidence based practice.
9. To evaluate and adjust practices based on feedback.
10. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the clients care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/ professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions.
11. To carry out assessments and interventions.
12. To work jointly with co-workers from the multi-disciplinary teams as appropriate.
13. To contribute and develop skills in Clinical Governance.
14. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
15. To maintain a personal and professional profile in accordance with Post Registration Educational Practice (PREP).
16. All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Key Relationships

1. To have good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
2. To maintain close working relationships with colleagues from the same professional group across the county.
3. To promote and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the service and develop and maintain effective working relationships with other agencies and service areas.
4. To promote and maintain good working relationships with clients, their families and carers.
5. To enhance public relations, taking active steps to project a positive image of service users, the service and the Trust.

This job description is an outline, which reflects the present requirements of the post and is not intended to be an inflexible or finite list of duties and responsibilities. As these duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Qualification in one of the following and current full professional registration as relevant to the specific profession: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Postgraduate doctorate in clinical psychology or its equivalent prior to 1996, as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist with valid HCPC registration).
• OR Systemic or Family Therapist (Masters/Doctoral level qualification with post-graduate qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession).
• OR RMN, RGN or RSCN.
• OR Art therapist with appropriate HCPC registration AND further qualification in another therapeutic intervention.
• OR Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (Post-graduate clinical doctorate or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 - including 2 year preclinical masters/diploma level training - in psychoanalytic psychotherapy accredited by the ACP).
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice Evidence of CPD.
• Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration.
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches especially in relation to trauma and attachment.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision, appraisal, preceptorship/practice education and staff support methods and teaching and training.
• Knowledge in current developments in mental health or learning disabilities care.
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
• Knowledge of child protection procedures.
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

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.

Address

Peace Children's Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Reference number

367-SS-9079-C

Job locations

Peace Children's Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW