Job summary
30 hours per week. An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a new post within the CAMHS Looked After
Children pathway. The new role is for an experienced Therapeutic
Practitioner; Child Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Therapist,
Occupational Therapist or any other therapeutic modality with a professional
registration with HCPC, NMC, APC or equivalent. You will
need to already have at least 3 years experience working within a CAMHS service.
The post
holder will work as part of a small dedicated multidisciplinary team of health
workers, providing a targeted mental health service within a multi-agency
setting to children and young people aged 0-19 who are in the care of Plymouth
Local Authority.
The young
people in this population are particularly vulnerable; are at increased risk of
developing complex mental health problems; can find it hard to form secure attachments
and have frequently experienced abuse, trauma and loss in their early years. In
addition there is a higher incidence of neuro-developmental disorders, speech
and language or specific learning difficulties.
You will provide a highly specialist mental health service to children, young people,
their families and foster carers where there are identified mental health
problems.
The CAMHS
Looked After Children pathway is co-located with our social work colleagues,
working in partnership with the Local Authority's Children's Services.
Multi-agency and disciplinary working is fundamental to the service we deliver.
Main duties of the job
You will assume
autonomous professional responsibility for the consultation, assessment, treatment, evaluation
& discharge of clients.
A large proportion of the role will be providing advice &consultation according to the needs of the child, their carers &the wider system. This can be on a 1-1 basis or attendance at LAC reviews, risk management meetings &any other meetings arranged by professionals working with a YP in care.
Participate & lead in joint complex assessments &interventions.
You will make a
clinical formulation based on a specialist assessment of need including the
assessment of risk. They will then design &implement care plans around clients mental health/psychological needs taking
care to monitor effectiveness &outcome.
Communicate complex &emotionally difficult information in a clear,
skilled &sensitive manner.
Engage and communicate with service
users across a wide range of social, language &cultural barriers. Engage &communicate with interpreters &advocates for service users about the
specific needs of users of specialist CAMHS services.
All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Role may not be eligible for sponsorship.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for a full description of the role.
Key tasks and Responsibilities
for the post:
Assume
autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, evaluation
and discharge of clients.
To provide
consultation within Plymouth CAMHS, Plymouth Childrens social care and other external
agencies.
Make a
clinical formulation based on a specialist assessment of needs including the
assessment of risk.
Design and
implement Care Plans around clients mental health/psychological needs taking
care to monitor effectiveness and outcome.
Undertake risk
assessments of clients devising, communicating and implementing risk management
strategies. Where appropriate, providing advice to others about risk management
of young people referred to the team.
To deliver
treatment approaches which are informed by reference to good practice
guidelines and NICE guidance and which fall within ones area of expertise and
competence.
Deliver
individual, group or family work and provide advice and consultation according
to the needs of children, their carers and the wider system.
Participate
and lead in joint complex assessments and intervention with colleagues from
other disciplines and agencies, as well as other colleagues within the wider
CAMHS department.
To work as an
independent practitioner and have regular clinical professional supervision on
their caseload in accordance with good practice guidelines.
Work as a
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Psychologist or equivalent
therapeutic modality within your professional guidelines & overall
framework of Service policies & procedures, in conjunction with a clinical
supervisor(s) and line manager.
Assess
safeguarding issues for own caseload and communicate concerns, referring and/or
joint working as appropriate. Access safeguarding supervision as and when
needed.
Offer safeguarding
supervision to other clinicians within the Looked after Child pathway and the
wider CAMHS service as and when needed. (Training will be provided)
Communicate
complex and emotionally difficult information in a clear, skilled and sensitive
manner.
Demonstrate
expertise, sensitivity and professionalism in attendance at multi-disciplinary
meetings or when offering consultation where there may be a conflict of opinion
or priority.
Work in
community settings as dictated by the clients need.
To work
alongside other agencies on the promotion of resilience and management of risk
particularly at times of transition for this client group.
To lead on
specific projects as agreed by the team.
Work with
other agencies with the aim of promoting children and young peoples
psychological well-being, education and social circumstances.
Maintain good
relationships and clear lines of communication (written and verbal) with other
professional agencies and department.
Be
responsible for adhering to the administrative procedures within Livewell
Southwest CAMHS, including keeping clear & up to date case notes.
Utilise
research skills for audit, policy & service development.
Assist
with teaching & training activities.
Clinical
responsibility:
Be responsible for high quality
evidence-based assessment and treatment to service users referred into the
Psychotherapy and other modalities within CAMHS.
To participate in a team approach to
working with highly complex emotional and behavioural difficulties. Manage
emotional situations with sensitivity, skill and have an understanding of
unconscious processes.
Work flexibly and cooperatively, with
colleagues within all the CAMHS Pathways.
Apply specialist knowledge and
experience of mental health assessment and treatment, to formulate a treatment
plan, consulting with relevant colleagues as appropriate.
Communicate with service users about
outcome of assessment, treatment recommendations and informed discussion of
options.
Assess and manage clinical risk within
appropriately defined frameworks. Recognise need for additional mental health
team input where appropriate. Undertake risk assessment and management with
service users in line with principles of child psychoanalytic psychotherapy/clinical
psychology/therapeutic modality and in conjunction with a clinical supervisor.
Engage and communicate with service
users and carers sensitively and clearly over sustained periods of time.
Understand, contain and manage severe difficulties with communication,
including unconscious factors, and high levels of emotional disturbance and
arousal.
Engage and communicate with service
users across a wide range of social, language and cultural barriers. Engage and
communicate with interpreters and advocates for service users about the
specific needs of users of specialist CAMHS services.
Receive and utilise regular clinical
supervision of work in accordance with good practice guidelines.
Maintain relevant and up-to-date
clinical records. Ensure that the outcome of assessment and treatment is
communicated appropriately to referring and other agencies. Execute such
responsibility with sensitivity to, and understanding of, issues concerning
confidentiality and risk assessment/management.
Be responsible for developing and
maintaining knowledge of local resources and developing effective working
relationships with relevant statutory and non-statutory services and
organisations.
Development and
Planning:
To encourage consultation by users,
Livewell Southwest staff, GP, Social Services, Education and others working
within local services.
Teaching,
Training and Supervision:
To
receive regular individual professional supervision and participate in regular
peer supervision within the CAMHS team in accordance with LWSW supervision
policy.
To
be responsible for providing clinical supervision to colleagues from a range of
backgrounds. To be job planned
To
act as a specialist child psychoanalytical psychotherapist/psychologist/therapeutic
modality resource through provision of consultation and training within
Plymouth CAMHS and to other health and social care agencies.
To
be support/undertake in-service training days and training of staff from other
agencies.
To
attend regular line management supervision.
To
maintain professional registration with the ACP/HCPC/NMC/BABCP or equivalent.
Research,
Evaluation and Audit:
As an experienced clinician, to use
professional skills in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the teams
operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in
research, service evaluation and audit. This will include the completion of
statistical information to ensure quality and quantity of services available or
highlight areas of deficit.
To regularly promote, conduct and
collaborate in such clinically relevant research projects as agreed and
appropriate.
To seek ways of involving children and
families in the design of user-friendly research methods and create
opportunities for feedback from service users and use this to enhance and
develop service delivery.
To propose and implement changes in the
development of policies, procedures and plans in order to enhance and develop pathways
as part of a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of
the evidence base in relation to Child & Adolescent mental health and to
use such knowledge to develop the Child & Adolescent Looked after Child Pathway,
inform the post-holders own clinical practice and consultation to colleagues
in other disciplines.
To attend and actively participate in
team meetings to share, promote and integrate psychoanalytic thinking and
practice in the work of the multidisciplinary team.
Information
Governance Responsibilities:
To contribute to and participate in Information Governance.
To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and to
adhere to organisation policies and procedures.
To provide comprehensive reports as required.
To attend all mandatory training as required by Livewell
Southwest
To maintain adequate clinical notes as well as reports for
internal use and external agencies, as well as maintaining good communication
with referrers and other professionals involved.
To have the ability and knowledge to use the organisations systems
and ensure all clinical notes are documented on this system.
To assess own professional training needs (CPD) on an annual
basis, and to take part in the Livewell Personal Development Review System.
To contribute to the development and maintenance of the
highest professional standards of practice through active participation in
internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and
local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental
health in general, including knowledge of Safeguarding Procedures and incident
reporting.
To maintain ACP/NMC Registration or equivalent
Livewell Southwest is committed to providing services to both
internal and external clients of the highest possible standards and each
employee is required to reflect this in all aspects of their work. The service
aims to be non-discriminatory on the grounds of race and gender, all staff are
expected to be aware of, and respond to, the different cultures of clients and
families using the service.
Safeguarding
Will be a trained Child protection supervisor who attends
regular supervision as required
To adhere to the safeguarding policies and write reports as
required and attend all relevant conferences and meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level or working towards (or equivalent experience, training and skills)
- Professional qualification relevant to CAMHS e.g. mental health nursing, social work, psychology, Psychotherapy, Occupational Therapist, Art Therapist. Registration with appropriate professional body for their qualification i.e HCPC, BABCP, NMC or equivalent.
- Post-graduate training in treatment approaches relevant to CAMHS
Desirable
- Post-graduate training in a specific treatment modality.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of at least 3-years working in CAMHS which includes all of the following -
- Clinical mental health assessment and formulation.
- Assessment and management of risk.
- A range of therapeutic interventions relating to mental health and behaviour.
- Culturally competent practice with people from a range of diverse backgrounds.
- Consultation to professionals and non-professionals.
- Working with individuals who have experienced trauma and abuse.
- Experience of working with clients across the whole age range in a wide variety of settings and circumstances
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing circumstances.
- Experience in working with families
- Expertise in the particular mental health needs of children who are in Care.
- Experience of providing training within multi-agency settings.
- Experience of working with Children's Social Services colleagues
- Experience of working with Foster Carers.
- Experience of providing training within multi-agency settings.
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience of delivering specialist Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or equivalent dependent on professional registration & therapeutic experience; (assessment, formulation and treatment) maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- A high level of competence in applying a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Psychology to complex difficulties and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
- Substantial experience in childrens mental health gained during and/or after child psychotherapy/clinical psychology/therapeutic modality post training.
- A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
- Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the service
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group.
- High level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy, as applied to the client group using this service.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or equivalent professional registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering group interventions
- Experience of conducting formal research, audit or service evaluation in a healthcare setting
- Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context.
- Experience of representing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy/Psychology/Therapeutic modality within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context
- Experience of the application of child psychotherapy/psychoanalytical, psychological in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Proven ability to establish, maintain and conclude therapeutic relationships with clients
- Good inter-personal and inter-professional skills and ability to work autonomously as a single discipline practitioner in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- A capacity to reflect upon the therapeutic process and upon ones own part in it.
- An ability to make effective use of clinical supervision and to utilise these skills in contributing to clinical consultation within the team and to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to work within a large geographical area effectively, managing travel arrangements and using creative working solutions.
- Ability to plan and manage a work load
- Ability to assist or take a lead in specific service development projects
- Physical skills:
- Ability to use a keyboard and VDU.
- Mental Effort:
- Ability to maintain sustained concentration over considerable time and to be able to manage a number of competing work demands such as clinical work, meetings and organisational targets
- Emotional Effort:
- Ability to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances and take care of own well-being on a very regular and frequent basis.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Working Conditions:
- Ability to manage exposure to upsetting, distressing or challenging behaviours (frequency depends on job setting)
- Ability to manage a working environment that includes flexible working across a range of venues and locations
- Approach/Values:
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the YP and those of the organisation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
- Commitment to empowering service users, their relatives and carers at all levels.
- Commitment to and enthusiasm for multidisciplinary team working.
- Ability to travel across sites.
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Demonstrate cultural competence in practice
- Demonstrate a good understanding about the policy and practice of safeguarding children and young people.
- Capacity to be reflective and adapt therapeutic practice accordingly.
- Competent and confident in managing distressing situations or the care of young people who are at risk of harm.
- Enthusiastic, empathic and curious.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills including being able to write clear, comprehensive reports.
- Excellent skills in delivering training / presentations.
- High level of knowledge in the mental health needs of children in Care
- Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Resilient and able to manage a degree of stress and uncertainty.
- Maintains continuous professional development.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage own time and work independently.
- An understanding of relevant policy and legislation.
- Ability to travel across Plymouth.
- Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Apply approaches using innovation or creativity.
- Skills in conflict resolution
- Car owner/driver
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Demonstrate cultural competence in practice
- Demonstrate a good understanding about the policy and practice of safeguarding children and young people.
- Capacity to be reflective and adapt therapeutic practice accordingly.
- Competent and confident in managing distressing situations or the care of young people who are at risk of harm.
- Enthusiastic, empathic and curious.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills including being able to write clear, comprehensive reports.
- Excellent skills in delivering training / presentations.
- High level of knowledge in the mental health needs of children in Care
- Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Resilient and able to manage a degree of stress and uncertainty.
- Maintains continuous professional development.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage own time and work independently.
- An understanding of relevant policy and legislation.
- Ability to travel across Plymouth.
- Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Apply approaches using innovation or creativity.
- Skills in conflict resolution
- Car owner/driver
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.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
200 Mount Gould Road
Plymouth
PL4 7PY