About this role
Job summary
This post is attached to the Early Intervention Team (Greenwich CAMHS). The team offers a range of evidence based psychological therapies from within the community and much of the work is school based with, as well as children's centres in delivering and supporting effective early intervention such as parenting programme for a pregnant mother and there partners and a focus on consultation within the schools.
In addition to provide a qualified Psychotherapist service to CAMHS clients across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
The aim of the post is to effectively assess presenting difficulties of children and families accessing CAMHS, make recommendations for treatment where needed and provide evidence-based interventions within a multi-disciplinary context.
Main duties of the job
- 1. To provide specialist consultation, advice, guidance and training to professionals at all levels working with families in Education, partner agencies and within the service. This will include liaison and working with professional networks involved with highly complex, emotive and often conflictual issues such as those involving child protection, deliberate self-harm, violence, trauma, suicide risk, criminal offending behaviour, sexualised behaviour, and mental health problems of parents.
- 2. To provide a specialist assessment of referrals of a significant and complex nature in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of a child's or adolescent's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence. To use routine outcome measures as laid down by the Trust.
- 3. To assess children, adolescents and their families as part of a risk assessment.
- 4. To consult to parents/carers (including foster parents) as part of a treatment plan.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.
We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is attached to the Early Intervention Team (Greenwich CAMHS). The team offers a range of evidence based psychological therapies from within the community and much of the work is school based with, as well as childrens centres in delivering and supporting effective early intervention such as parenting programme for a pregnant mother and there partners and a focus on consultation within the schools.
In addition to provide a qualified Psychotherapist service to CAMHS clients across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To provide the CAMHS team with a high quality, evidence based, service to, their families, carers and professional networks.
To provide specialist consultation and advice regarding diagnoses and treatment to Schools, CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required
To provide specialist assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents who are referred to CAMHS.
To contribute to the development, implementation and audit of services for families with children presenting to the Service.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people in NHS settings
- Experience of consulting to other professionals and agencies
Desirable
- Experience of delivering teaching/training
- Experience of supervising
Knowledge & skills
Essential
- Appropriate skills and knowledge of risk assessment/management in the client group
- Consultation in school
Training & Qualification
Essential
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Training in specialist areas relevant to post
- Other relevant qualification (eg MSc, Post Grad diploma)
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Greenwich CAMHS Highpoint House
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)