About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Barnet Neurodevelopmental (ND) Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) as a CYPMHS Nurse Practitioner/Care Coordinator. This role is ideally suited to an individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and improving outcomes for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and learning disabilities and their families.
The post holder will provide care coordination, clinical oversight, and ongoing support to children and young people with learning disabilities, as well as those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment within the Neurodevelopmental Service pathway. This includes maintaining regular contact with children, young people, and families, monitoring wellbeing and risk, coordinating multi-agency support and ensuring timely access to appropriate care and support whilst awaiting assessment and intervention.
The role involves undertaking holistic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and providing consultation, advice, and support to children, young people, their families, and the wider professional network. The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and alongside education, social care, primary care, paediatric, and voluntary sector partners to ensure holistic, person-centred, and needs-led care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as a Care Coordinator for children and young people on the Barnet Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS) pathway, providing ongoing support and clinical oversight to those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment, as well as children and young people with learning disabilities. The post holder will undertake neurodevelopmental assessments, monitor wellbeing and risk, coordinate multi-agency care, and ensure that children, young people, and their families receive appropriate support and intervention throughout their care journey. Clinical supervision and support will be provided by the Team Manager and senior clinicians to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.
The successful candidate will work closely with CYPMHS practitioners from a range of professional disciplines within a multidisciplinary team. They will establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including education, social care, paediatric services, primary care, and voluntary sector partners, to ensure coordinated and integrated care planning for children, young people, and families.
This is a predominantly clinical role, and the post holder will be expected to manage their time effectively to ensure that the majority of their working hours are spent delivering direct clinical care, including assessment, care coordination, therapeutic intervention, consultation, and family support.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1.We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home
2.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3.We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
4.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
We Are Kind
We Are Respectful
We Work Together
We Keep Things Simple
We Empower
We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical To undertake comprehensive mental health, neurodevelopmental, and risk assessments for children and young people referred to the service, integrating information from multiple sources including clinical interviews, developmental histories, self-report measures, rating scales, educational reports, direct observations, and information provided by families and partner agencies.
To undertake ADHD and ASD assessments within agreed service pathways and under appropriate clinical supervision, contributing to diagnostic formulation and multidisciplinary decision-making.
To develop, implement, and review evidence-based care plans and interventions tailored to the needs of children, young people, and their families, ensuring care is person-centred, strengths-based, and informed by evidence and best practice.
To provide direct therapeutic interventions, psychoeducation, behavioural support, care coordination, and brief evidence-based interventions to children, young people, and families in accordance with service pathways and professional standards.
To evaluate clinical outcomes and make decisions regarding ongoing care, treatment, referral, discharge, or escalation based on clinical need, risk, and multidisciplinary discussion.
To provide specialist advice, consultation, and support to colleagues, schools, GPs, social care, paediatric services, and other partner agencies regarding the mental health and neurodevelopmental needs of children and young people.
To contribute to the delivery of a psychologically informed and neurodevelopmentally informed framework of care across Barnet ND CYPMHS, promoting effective assessment, intervention, and support for children and young people with ADHD, ASD, learning disabilities, and associated mental health difficulties.
To undertake and document risk assessments, develop risk management plans, and contribute to safeguarding processes, providing specialist advice to colleagues and partner agencies on matters relating to risk and safety.
To act as Care Coordinator for children and young people on the Barnet Neurodevelopmental Service waiting list, taking responsibility for coordinating care, monitoring wellbeing and risk, providing regular wellbeing reviews, maintaining contact with families, and ensuring timely access to appropriate support whilst awaiting assessment and intervention.
To undertake regular wellbeing calls with children, young people, parents, carers, and other stakeholders, providing reassurance, monitoring changes in presentation, identifying emerging risks, offering advice and signposting, and responding to concerns relating to waiting times and progression through the neurodevelopmental pathway.
To maintain regular contact with children, young people, and families awaiting neurodevelopmental assessment, providing wellbeing monitoring, care coordination, risk management, and signposting to appropriate services and support where required.
To communicate complex and sensitive information regarding assessment findings, formulations, care plans, diagnoses, and interventions in a clear, compassionate, and professional manner to children, young people, families, and professionals.
To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, electronic documentation, report writing, and information governance in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards, and relevant legislation.
To participate in duty, urgent response, and emergency assessment rotas as required by the service.
Leadership, Supervision and Service Development To contribute to the supervision, training, and development of students, apprentices, newly qualified staff, and other junior colleagues as appropriate.
To actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case discussions, service development initiatives, and quality improvement projects.
To contribute to clinical audit, service evaluation, outcome monitoring, and quality improvement activities to support the ongoing development of safe, effective, and evidence-based services.
To utilise research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement methodologies to inform clinical practice and contribute to the continued development of innovative neurodevelopmental and mental health pathways across Barnet ND CYPMHS.
To support service redesign and transformation initiatives aimed at improving access, reducing waiting times, enhancing patient experience, and delivering high-quality outcomes for children, young people, and families.
To maintain professional registration, competency, and continuing professional development in accordance with professional body requirements and Trust expectations.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations Essential
Qualification in a core mental health profession: oNursing (RMN, RGN or RSCN) with additional therapeutic qualifications oClinical or Counselling Psychology (eligible for chartered status) oSystemic Family Psychotherapy oChild & Adolescent Psychotherapy (eligible for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists) oSocial Worker with additional therapeutic qualifications e.g. systemic family therapy or CYP IAPT trainings oFirst level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with additional short course certificate level in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs e.g. CBT, family therapy or equivalent with related CAMHS experience. Current professional registration as applicable: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), or BABCP
Desirable
Training in one of the main therapeutic modalities. Relevant training on safeguarding and child protection.
Skills/ Abilities Essential
Evidence of well-developed clinical skills. Ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialised therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed adolescents and their families/care networks. Capacity to deal with working conditions that may occasionally involve verbal abuse and frequent exposure to highly emotive material such as child abuse and family breakdown.Ability to manage the multiple demands complex clinical environment Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS. Understanding of NICE Guidelines for mental health disorders Knowledge of CYP-IAPT and rationale for ROMs Knowledge of legislation including the Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to children and adolescents including safeguarding children and young people, child protection procedures and policies. Good computer skills and knowledge of patient management systems. Accurate record keeping. Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
Experience in family therapy processes. Knowledge of development in inter- agency partnership. Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non- professional groups. Teaching skills in clinical settings.
Experience/ Knowledge Essential
Previous experience of working with young people in a mental health setting. Experience of clinical and risk assessment and treatment of young people and adolescents across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of case load management. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrate further specialist training / experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 2 years.full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of case load management. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of well-developed clinical skills. Working knowledge and competence in at least one model of therapeutic work (e.g. Systemic, CBT, SFT, Psychodynamic). Ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialised therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed adolescents and their families/care networks. Capacity to deal with working conditions that may occasionally involve verbal abuse and frequent exposure to highly emotive material such as child abuse and family breakdown. Ability to manage the multiple demands complex clinical environment. Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS. Understanding of NICE Guidelines for mental health disorders Knowledge of CYP-IAPT and rationale for ROMs Knowledge of legislation including the Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to children and adolescents including safeguarding children and young people, child protection procedures and policies. Good computer skills and knowledge of patient management systems. Accurate record keeping. Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of supervision of junior staff with independent caseloads. Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience in setting up and facilitating groups. Experience in family therapy processes. Knowledge of development in inter- agency partnership. Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non- professional groups. Teaching skills in clinical settings
Personal Qualities Essential
A positive approach to working with children, adolescents and families. Ability to work as part of a team and independently. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Ability to travel between bases and within the community as required for the post. Commitment to equal opportunities. Self-motivated, assertive and flexible.
Desirable
Ability to independently manage own caseload and support the team ADOS trained ADI Trained
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.
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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 North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Barnet CAMHS, Holly Oak
Edgware Commuity Hospital
Barnet
HA8 0AD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)