Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL

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

To provide direct therapeutic 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 participate directly in the teams duty rotas in line with the grading of the post.

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

To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in cooperation 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.

Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.

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

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Core professional qualification in: Registered nursing, Social work, Occupational therapy
• Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained)

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• Experience of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
• Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively, 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 wide variety of patient groups including adegree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experienced in and the ability to undertake case management.
• Knowledge and skills in a range of approaches within the field as required to meet the needs of different patients and settings.
• Level of knowledge of the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Have experience in providing risk assessments
• 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 highly 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.
• Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate care plan / risk management plan Knowledge of legislation and strategic frameworks and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the full range of client groups.

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

Skills

Essential

• Ability to convey and to model an understanding of the ethical guidelines in all areas of professional conduct.
• Physical stamina to support clinical caseload.
• A commitment to the continuous improvement of services using feedback from individual clients, families, user surveys and clinical research.
• Emotional stamina, and resilience to respond constructively in stressful situations
• Ability to use clinical and case management supervision positively and effectively
• Ability to organise and co-ordinate areas of work.

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

Birch Unit, Peasley Cross

Marshalls Cross Road

St Helens

WA9 3DA