CAMHS Practitioner CYP-PT Therapy Trainee (CBT) in Croydon

A recruit to Train: CBT and an IPT-A Modality working in a community CAMHS post for a 12 month fixed term.

Minimum second-class Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc); Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Ability to work in a collaborative and respectful manner with children, young people and their families; 2 or more years of experience working within children and young people in a mental health setting; Experience of multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal and external agencies.

Motivated to learn and be challenged; Capacity to work well in teams. Previous training in a mental-health related profession (e.g. psychology, nursing, health visiting, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling, CWP, EMHP and low intensity therapies); Proven record of previous academic attainment; Knowledge and understanding of CBT IPT-A theory and its application. Previous experience of working within a therapy framework and/or using informed interventions.

Main duties of the job:

• A training post with KCL training in CBT/IPT-A based in the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team and offering therapy.

Working for our organisation:

SLaM is committed to ensuring staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. SLaM wants you to feel like you are part of a close knit team. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that’s why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer. Highlights include:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave.
• Work-life balance.
• Career development.
• Car lease.
• Accommodation.
• NHS discounts.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services.
• Long service awards.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Staff restaurants.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The post holder will coordinate care, assess and treat children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the MDT. They will also be involved in supporting and advising parents and carers of young people referred to the service as well as offering consultation and advice to their professional networks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate as an MDT member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.
• Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up-to-date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping, and to collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
• Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment, and work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
• Maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people, and their families.
• Link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS teams in terms of referrals and joint work, maintaining good relationships and clear lines of communication, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
• Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.

Service and team responsibilities:

• Carry out mental health and risk assessments on young people in your care routinely and work under the supervision of the team manager and senior clinicians to manage these situations effectively.
• Work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines, serving as a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children are coordinated efficiently across agencies.
• Provide rapid response and intervention for patients who are referred to CAMHS where this is required.
• Work across interfaces to provide an integrated service model intended to reduce response time of referral.

Communication responsibilities:

• Well-developed communication skills are required to communicate with staff of all levels and from a variety of disciplines within SLaM and partner agencies.
• An ability to promote partnership working between primary and secondary care, local authority, voluntary and statutory agencies, and the independent sector.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with patients, relatives and carers, where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Capable of dealing effectively with patient or carer concerns, complaints and anxieties as they arise.
• Ensure due regard to given customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients, carers and their relatives.
• Maintain a high standard of verbal and written communication to provide continuity of care.

Individual responsibilities:

• Assume responsibility for case management of young people and families who are at low/medium/high risk.
• Make clinical formulation from CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, to recommend a treatment intervention.
• Design, write and share copies of care plans with children, young people and their carers.
• Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection Teams.
• Deliver interventions for young people who have self-harmed/are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; interventions based on NICE guidelines and evidence-based practice.
• Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and employ a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.
• Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.

Professional Conduct, Teaching, Training and Research:

• Undertake all duties in line with professional Codes of Professional Conduct and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession.
• Work in accordance and within the principles, policies, procedures and guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance.
• Attend monthly supervision and annual appraisal meetings, making effective use of colleagues in sharing and participating in casework supervision and other forms of supervision when required according to local practice, including attending peer supervision meetings.
• Identify development and training needs with manager in accordance with Trust/Directorate guidelines, remain up-to-date with changing practices and where possible use full training and educational facilities.
• Join with colleagues in specialist teaching, consultation/support to other professionals and agencies, participate in the provision of a good quality learning environment for trainees, overseeing placements and supervising trainees.
• Participate in the monitoring, evaluation and audit of the service.
• Work with others to undertake and promote research-based practice and use that knowledge in everyday practice, sharing it with others in the team.
• Work autonomously and participate in the delivery and development of patient-centred, evidence-based care as appropriate, using a range of advanced skills and knowledge for patients with both diagnosed and undiagnosed conditions.
• Offer advice and support or refer/signpost to other agencies for specialist advice/support/service where appropriate.

Please see attached job specification for further details.

Person specification:

Qualifications, knowledge/skills and experience:

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN
• Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent
• First level qualification in Art, Drama or Music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs, developmental/learning disability problems.
• All applicants will require a professional training and relevant Clinical experience, including CAMHS (or clear evidence of transferable skills) in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), social work England or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
• Specialist knowledge and training in therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS such as CBT, DBT, Family Therapy etc.

Experience:

• Experience of working in a Community or specialist CAMHS multidisciplinary team
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Working knowledge of MHA, MCA and safeguarding children legislation
• Experience working in a CAMHS duty system

Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge and skills in core CAMHS treatment skills, range of interventions and more in-depth knowledge in at least one treatment model.
• Excellent risk assessment and documentation skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to information sharing and confidentiality.
• Understanding and ability to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.