CAMHS Practitioner - EBT

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions and improving service quality to join our Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) pathway within Luton Specialist CAMHS. You will be either a Community Mental Health Nurse, Social worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist, Accredited Counsellor, Accredited IPTUK Therapist or Associate Psychologist with the requisite professional registration. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.

Main duties of the job include delivering evidence based treatments to Luton children and young people and the system around them. The role will encompass clinical, professional and developmental aspects, requiring the post holder to work in close collaboration with multi-disciplinary colleagues. The successful post holder will provide assessment, formulation and evidence based therapeutic intervention to children, young people and families accessing the service. We are looking for practitioners with strong core clinical skills in child and adolescent mental health and additional training and experience in providing evidence based therapeutic interventions such as CBT, DBT or IPT-A.

The successful post holder will provide input into the E&B pathway, a specialist child and adolescent mental health service for young people and their families who have complex mental health needs. This will include professional and practice development, ensuring high quality, client-centered and evidence based care is delivered. The post holder will maintain high standards of care and practice and take on a range of clinical tasks to improve client care through quality improvement processes. They will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.

As part of the East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), there are a significant number of positions in the trust for clinicians up to band 8D, opening up paths for promotion for ambitious members of staff. ELFT also prioritizes staff wellbeing and we have introduced a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this. Our clinic is readily accessible from North London (Luton and Dunstable) or Milton Keynes and Northampton (Mid Beds and Bedford). ELFT offers attractive recruitment packages and in Beds and Luton we are committed to offering our staff the opportunity to develop their skills. The Trust supports commuting into Luton and offers generous contributions towards Annual Rail Travel Cards.

Qualifications required include a qualification in an appropriate mental health profession such as Community Mental Health Nursing, Child Psychotherapies, Counselling, Art Psychotherapy, Social Work, Family Therapy, Clinical Associate Psychologist, Occupational Therapy (two years with diploma), and registration with relevant UK governing body. Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. PG Diploma, BSc, Masters. Post Grad training or experience to support the needs of children, young people and their families. Additional therapeutic training in evidence based therapy, such as CBT, DBT, IPT-A.

Experience should include working with children and young people across the full age-range, working with parents and carers, and working with a wide range of mental health problems. Experience of risk formulation, monitoring, and management of moderate self-harm is also necessary. A parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification is preferred.

Skills required include a high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback. Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS is essential, along with specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS including assessment and interventions. Knowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation is important. Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments, teaching skills in both clinical settings and education centres is also beneficial.

ELFT is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.