About this role
Job summary
8CCAMHS Clinical Team Lead Countywide Bedfordshire and Luton Children LookedAfterTeam-12 monthMaternity cover
We are looking for a Senior Clinician to support the Countywide Children Looked after Team whilst the Clinical Team Lead is onmaternity leave. This is a fixed term12 monthpost to cover thismaternity leave.
This post will form part of the CAMHS senior leadership team in Bedfordshire andLutonand willbe responsible forthe delivery of the highest standards of care and services for children and young people.
The post holder will be a senior clinician from a core CAMHS non-medical discipline and will be accountable for the clinical leadership and management of the Countywide Bedfordshire andLutonLooked after Children's Team. The post is open to all disciplines including psychology, Psychotherapy, family therapy, nursing, social work, Arts therapies.
Main duties of the job
This is a community-based post across the county, leading on the delivery of a flexible, trauma-informedand evidence-based episodes of care,assessmentsand treatments, including group-work to children who are in care and their caring systems, across the county. The post holder will also lead on the delivery of interventions such as consultation, triage, training, and other forms of support to the professional networks working with children in care, supporting and informing on the trauma-based care for the children and young people, and their caring networks, helping to develop a systems of care and trauma-informed approach with partner agencies.The post holder would need to ensure the county-wide team has robust training, consultative and highly specialist evidence-informed assessment to treatment packages in place, and a readiness to assess mental illness,riskand resiliency in young people, using a contextualized formulation approach. The role would include working on an individual,familyor group basis and providing consultations to social workers and fostercarers, training and contributing to group programs and supervision within the team.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description Job responsibilities
Working in partnership with the Associate Clinical Director, General Manager and Psychological Therapies Lead, and other Clinical Team Leads, the post holder will form part of the senior clinical leadership for the service.They will provide inspirational leadership of the county wide multidisciplinary team to ensure effective, and evidence informed assessment, formulation and treatment, accessible care pathways with all essential partners, and a culture of continuous quality improvement in the service.
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Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training Essential
Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC Relevant specialist training or qualifications - with substantive psychological therapy training relevant to CAMHS Leadership / management training Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT etc. Specific training in multiagency consultation Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.
Experience Essential
Experience of providing senior clinical leadership Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups Experience of partnership working with other agencies Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
Desirable
Experience of service user involvement
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS and children in care Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS and children in care In depth knowledge of specialist CAMHS issues including assessment and interventions of children in care Ability to provide senior clinical leadership and management across disciplines Skills in project management A high level of clinical skill Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings. Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and support other staff in the same Financial management and analysis skills Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
Desirable
Knowledge of quality improvement techniques Knowledge of routine outcome monitoring (ROM
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 East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address North Beds CAMHS
9 Rush Court
Bedford
MK40 3JT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)