About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed professional to join the Brent CAMHS team as a CAMHS Practitioner for Children Looked After and the Enhanced Treatment team. We are looking for a nurse or professional who has experience of working with children, young people and families within the community, and a sound knowledge of the needs of children looked after. The successful candidate will support the local authority children looked after team, be able to work autonomously, undertake high quality assessments
The post is graded at a band 7, 30 hours per week, based 2 days at Monks Park Health Clinic and 1 or 2 days at Brent Civic Centre. If you are a highly motivated individual who is passionate about improving the outcomes of children looked after, we would like to hear from you.
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Wherever you wish to work and whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an integral part of a the Brent Looked After Children's service to provide a seamless pathway for the holistic care of Children Looked After. The post holder will improve mental health outcomes for Brent Children Looked After and children placed within the London Borough of Brent. The CAMHS Practitioner for Children Looked After (Brent) will provide a direct clinical service to Children Looked After, undertaking mental health assessment and improving mental health outcomes. The postholder will provide expert advice to carers, health professionals and partners in social services and other agencies. The post holder will support the local authority to ensure that the team meets responsibilities towards Children Looked After.
About us
You will join a small friendly team providing services to Brent children looked after and also be part of the Enhanced Treatment Team, holding a caseload for case management. There will be opportunities for professional development, coaching and supervision from the local LAC team, as well as withing CNWL.
The successful applicant will have contact with children and young people and their families.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached detailed Job description and person specification for this exciting opportunity.
Person Specification
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES Essential
Commitment to extend specialist CAMHS related clinical skills as required through reflective practice, CPD opportunities and other initiatives Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting Demonstrate effective clinical leadership skills and commitment and take an active role within CAMHS continuous improvement cycles and implementing learning across the service. This includes active involvement within service developments and other innovative ways of working Excellent standard of verbal, written communication and report writing skills Ability to operate within an unpredictable work pattern
Training and Qualifications Essential
Professional Health or Social Care qualification at postgraduate level Hold current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation eg HCP, NMC Evidence of formal post-graduate learning within a relevant CYPS/CAMHS setting
Desirable
CYP IAPT Training Clinical supervisor qualification
Experience Essential
Level of expected specialist clinical skills, competency and knowledge base will be directly related to post qualification clinical experience. Demonstrate extensive, post-qualification experience of providing highly specialist and profession based as well as evidence-based interventions within a clinical/therapeutic setting. Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise in delivering the above related to working with children and young people with needs and in relation to placements Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise and be able to take a lead role on the provision of a high-quality specialist service (including consultation, assessment and therapeutic intervention) Demonstrate extensive experience and high levels of competency regarding CAMHS care coordination, including managing highly vulnerable children and young people with complex, multi-agency needs Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise regarding assessing and managing children and young people with high clinical risk needs, including undertaking risk assessments and safety planning Demonstrate experience and specialist professional and clinical practice. Contribute to service development initiatives Demonstrate experience and specialist professional consultancy and training to partner agencies Demonstrate experience and expertise regarding delivering CAMHS clinical supervision and consultation to a range of staff
Desirable
Experience of contributing to service development initiatives
PROFESSION AL / MANAGERIA L / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE Essential
Level of expected specialist clinical skills, competency and knowledge base will be directly related to post qualification clinical experience. Demonstrate specialist knowledge and reasoning regarding a range of evidenced-based professional interventions, including current best practice related to a CAMHS setting. Demonstrate experience and clinical expertise regarding multi-agency therapeutic working, including safeguarding. This will include providing multi-agency consultation, training and joint care planning Demonstrate detailed and expert knowledge of relevant legislation and national policies/guidance in relation to mental health issues, looked after children & learning disability needs with children and young people Demonstrate knowledge of issues related to equality, diversity and anti discriminatory practice Demonstrate specialist knowledge and experience of working with parental mental health or learning disability issues and the impact when working with children and young people Demonstrate specialist knowledge of using routine outcome measurements including evaluating service experience against expected outcomes.
Desirable
Robust clinical knowledge of adult mental health problems Gained theoretic al and practical knowled ge (specific to the relevant area of work) that is significa ntly beyond expected professio nal core levels
Other Essential
Ability to work flexible hours/out of hours as requested by CAMHS management to meet needs of service Able to attend and participate in all mandatory and statutory training events
Desirable
This is a community-based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is desirable.
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 Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Monks Park Health Centre
Monks Park Wembley London
Wembley - Brent
HA9 6JE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)