CAMHS YJS Liaison and Diversion Practitioner
Do you have the ambition and drive to join the team taking CAMHS Youth Justice Service forward in Haringey and Enfield, providing effective clinical interventions that produce positive outcomes for young people, families and communities?
We are seeking a qualified CAMHS Clinician to join our multidisciplinary Team. They will be based in Wood Green Custody Suite providing 12 months of secondment cover.
A recognized clinical qualification and registration, and relevant experience working with vulnerable adolescents, children and their families in a justice setting is essential.
As part of a small, supportive, dedicated YJS CAMHS team you will receive peer support, clinical supervision and connect to the wider generic CAMHS team. The team collaborate closely with the service and clinical leads to lead developments and improvement to the YJS mental health offer.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be a resilient and experienced clinician who places children and young people and their welfare at the heart of your practice. You'll oversee a small case load of complex cases, planning intervention and support in a timely manner and, always, making sure that children and young people's voices are heard, positively influence your practice, and recorded consistently. You will also provide clinical consultation for cases open to the service.
Your work will contribute to the provision of the multi-disciplinary youth justice services in Enfield and Haringey in order secure the best outcomes for young people in their care.
To enable partnership working you will be based in custody, but will need to travel to Enfield's and Haringey's YJS sites and provide some care to young people in the community where indicated.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
* We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
* With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
* We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
* We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
* We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
* NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
* Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job responsibilities
Job Context:
1. The post holder reports to the Team Manager in both CAMHS an the Youth Justice Service
2. Work directly with children presenting in custody, both within the custody setting and later in the community where appropriate
3. Assume clinical responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families.
4. To provide specialist assessments of clients referred to the team, and brief intervention where appropriate
5. Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention offer.
6. To work autonomously and participate in the delivery and development of patient centred, evidence-based care as appropriate.
7. Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams.
8. Provide consultation to partners such as police, project Engage team, YJS team on young peoples' mental health and support them in deepening their understanding of trauma-informed practice.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/ REGISTRATION
* At least one of the following professional registrations & qualifications: Nursing: oRegistered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3 or Part 13 of NMC register); or Allied Health Professional: oRegistered AHP with recognised national registered body; or Social Work: oRegistered Social Worker with HCPC/Social Work England; or Practitioner Psychologist: oRegistration with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist; or Psychologist: oDoctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS; or Family and Systemic Psychotherapy: oMSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy and professional registration with the UKCP; or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: oProfessional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or equivalent accredited training leading to Full Membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists. Membership of the Professional Standards Association, with registration as a practitioner Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
* Evidence of ongoing education / courses relevant to Forensic and Liaison Psychiatry.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
* Confident in working with adolescents and their families.
* Skills in the use of complex methods of bio-psycho- social assessment
* Well-developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals.
* Ability to undertake risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures
* Ability to positively engage and offer intervention to young people and their families in community settings.
* Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff, including those in partner agencies
* Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing situations, seeking support when required
* Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
* Ability to manage own caseload and time
* The ability to communicate complex information in simple ways to children and young people in highly stressful environments
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
* Experience of providing evidence-based interventions for CYP mental health
* Experience of work in multidisciplinary team and multi-agency working
* Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting
* Experience of working with children and young people in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
* Understanding and experience of using evidence-based practice
* Experience in enabling service user participation
* Experience of teaching training, supervision
* Experience of the application of Trauma Informed Care.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
* Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision
* Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
* Ability to work autonomously in a pressured environment, be pro-active and resilient to offer timely support and intervention to young people under Youth Justice System
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.
Wood Green Custody primary work site: Main Office at St Ann's hospital
St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Hospital Road,
£66,274 to £73,496 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
455-NLFT-0752-A
Job locations
Wood Green Custody primary work site: Main Office at St Ann's hospital
St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Hospital Road,
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