Job description

Job responsibilities

To hold a caseload of assessments, treatment upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.

To provide high volume low intensity psychological interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service.

Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework

To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people and families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.

To exercise responsibility within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients

To deliver co-ordinated care, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care.

To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers

To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of work.

To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families. To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines.

Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Childrens Board and Trust safeguarding policies

Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards.

To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records

Adhere to agreed activity expectations relating to the overall number of clients contacts offered, throughput and outcomes to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible, efficient and effective.

To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trusts service user participation agenda.

Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
• Evidence of competent delivery of low intensity CBT for common mental health disorders in children and young people
• Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, clinical sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Experience of working with a variety of patient groups including a degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Able to provide evidence of competently managing own caseload

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
• Experience of delivering teaching, training
• Experience in consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYPWP) qualification

Desirable

• Educated to degree standard
• Evidence of further study/ qualification in the field of children and young people's mental health

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of anxiety and depression in children & young people.
• Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
• Thorough understanding of theoretical basis of low intensity CBT
• Able to describe rationale and content of range of low intensity interventions.
• Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately
• Ability to work within a culturally diversive community in a wide variety of contexts including specialist skills for working in settings outside the clinic.
• Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment, both as a care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary team
• Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to convey clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages and to a wide range of lay and professional persons, within and outside of the NHS.
• Able to demonstrate understanding of ways to assess risk to self and others within the context of mental health assessment.
• Broad knowledge of legal frameworks in relation to children and young people
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical and case management supervision positively and effectively
• Ability to organise and co-ordinate areas of work.
• Ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to carers exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
• Ability to identify and employ as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.

Desirable

• Skills in Information technology and using word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software.
• Level of knowledge and/or training in other psychological therapies
• Knowledge and skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of research design and methodology consistent with practice to at least degree level or equivalent.
• Ability to demonstrate skills in multi-disciplinary work.

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Alders

Birch Avenue

Warrington

WA2 9TN

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