Bank Band 7/8a CPN/SW/OT/AHP, Borehamwood - SW1513

Bank Band 7/8a CPN/SW/OT/AHP, Borehamwood - SW1513

Band 7/8a

Main area Community Mental Health Grade Band 7/8a Contract Bank - VISA Sponsorship not supported on the Bank Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Bank - Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00) Job ref 367-Bank-Vacancy18-Band7-8

Site Civic Offices, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 1WA Town Borehamwood Salary £47,810 - £55,690 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on your online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

We are currently seeking an experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Clinician, at Band 7/8a to work via a Bank Contract, based in Borehamwood for our CAMHS Services. You will be joining our Temporary Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will 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.

You will also operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT)

HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children’s and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting. HPFT has a range of healthcare settings across the County and therefore access to a car would be beneficial unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving

All applicants need to hold a valid Professional Registration and can evidence this.

Main duties of the job

• 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 a role model in the delivery of care and uphold public confidence.
• 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.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for all children andadolescents, including the protective and risk factors in the network of significant relationships.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as anOutstandingprovider of mental health and learning disability services. Feedback from our staff about working for the Trust is very positive and, in the NHS national staff survey, we regularly see a high percentage of staff saying their role makes a difference to our service users and that they would recommend the Trust as a place to work. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Be responsible for a defined caseload selecting and using appropriate interventions to meet care plan objectives and goals privileging core skills as appropriate.
• Develop, implement and manage specialised interventions within the child/young person’s context, employing evidence-based practice.
• Evaluate and adjust practices based on feedback.
• 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.
• Carry out assessments and interventions.
• Work jointly with co-workers from the multi-disciplinary teams as appropriate.
• Contribute and develop skills in Clinical Governance.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health

Please see JD attached for further information and responsibilities required

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Professional registration as relevant to the specific profession
• 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 relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children and adolescents.
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY

• Effective Time management
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts and to provide a therapeutic environment which contributes to young people’s healthy development (including sexual)
• Hold a current driving licence. Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving

"Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK .

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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