Job summary
The post holder will be a member of the CAMHS Early Intervention Service (EIS) within Camden EIS. The role of the post holder would be to provide CAMHS input to the EIS, contributing to the overall development and running of the service. Clinically they will be responsible for working with young people (aged 14 - 21) who are Camden clients. The person will be accountable for a defined caseload of clients (up to 24), supported by the EIS multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision from the Lead EIS CAMHS Nurse and Team Lead (where appropriate). They will be expected to work jointly with other members of the team offering specialist CAMHS advice, consultation and training as required. The post holder may supervise junior members of staff, take part in the general duty rota for Camden EIS (CAMHS and Adult) and be accountable for their work.
The post holder would maintain strong links with Camden CAMHS through attending workshops held by the Tavistock Clinic and the Camden CAMHS professional discipline meetings. The post holder will work alongside existing and developing networks within Camden CAMHS, particularly those related to outreach/community work and contribute to the development of these.
Main duties of the job
1. Undertake generic multi-disciplinary assessments of the mental health and wellbeing needs of service users within a therapeutic framework.
2. Participate in the care planning process under supervision within the context of multidisciplinary team including case reviews.
3. Develop service user participation and engagement.
4. Develop and maintain close links with service users and enable understanding of the availability of services to clients
5. Ensure service users receive suitable information regarding their diagnosis, treatment options, prognosis and ongoing care needs.
6. Communicate in a competent and sensitive manner, complex informationconcerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care where clients may be volatile and aggressive and/or resistant to treatment.
7. Participate in case conferences, review and planning meetings including with external agencies as appropriate.
8. Keep up-to-date and accurate client records of all written and electronically stored personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
9. Establish and sustain effective links with other mental health workers, both in the community and hospital-based services.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
About us
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus some specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate diploma level
- Registration with HCPC or relevant professional body as either a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker
Experience
Essential
- Some clinical experience of assessing complex mental health and wellbeing needs of young people and/or experience of working with young people with psychosis
- Some background understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Experience of supporting young people with complex mental health needs and their families/carers over time.
- Experience of working across networks to support young people and their families/carers
- Participation in clinical supervision
Desirable
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
- Experience of working with service users and the Mental Health Act
- Contribution to practical training of other service staff
Skills
Essential
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
- Basic keyboard skills for updating client records
- Ability to manage own clinical case load under supervision
Desirable
- Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning
Knowledge
Essential
- Skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
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
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Early Intervention Service for Camden & Islington
Greenland Road
London
NW1 0AS