Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
We are seeking an individual to support the next stages in the development of the newly established CAMHS transitions service. This role will be a pilot, and it will run for 12 months initially, but the hope is that this role will become permanent, so we can continue to support young people from our CAMHS inpatient settings to the next stage in their recovery.
As a team we adopt a holistic approach, not only focusing on mental health but also addressing the physical, social, educational, and motivational needs of the young people we work with. By employing the "social prescribing" model, we help young people engage with life through activities that promote community connections, sports, education, employment, housing, and more. Your role will empower young people to build confidence, improve wellbeing, and work towards their long-term health goals.
We work in both the inpatient and community settings. We work from Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital. We work with multiple services, and we will often have daily communications with community CAMHS, Children’s Services, education providers, third-party services, adult services.
Main duties of the job
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1. To contribute as a key member of the CAMHS Transitions Team, providing high-quality care to young people and developing, planning, and implementing individualised treatment programmes based on the specific needs of each young person.
2. To critically assess and evaluate the effectiveness of care programmes, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes.
3. To provide expert clinical knowledge and skills across both inpatient and community settings, delivering evidence-based interventions and direct care.
4. To manage caseloads autonomously, ensuring effective time management while delivering care and support to young people in inpatients and community.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
5. To contribute as a key member of the CAMHS Transitions Team, providing high-quality care to young people and developing, planning, and implementing individualised treatment programmes based on the specific needs of each young person.
6. To critically assess and evaluate the effectiveness of care programmes, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes.
7. To provide expert clinical knowledge and skills across both inpatient and community settings, delivering evidence-based interventions and direct care.
8. To manage caseloads autonomously, ensuring effective time management while delivering care and support to young people in inpatients and community.
9. To monitor and assess the impact of prescribed medication, providing timely updates to the line manager and ensuring the wider team is informed of any changes, fostering effective communication across teams.
10. To engage young people in a person-centred approach to goal setting and treatment planning, ensuring that their views and those of significant others are integral to the formulation of care plans.
11. To actively contribute to the development and improvement of the transition service, supporting the implementation of service changes and contributing to the development of new initiatives within the team.
12. To participate in professional meetings, including multi agency risk planning meeting reviews, contributing to multi-disciplinary discussions to ensure high-quality care is provided.
13. To maintain accurate and up-to-date records of care programmes and communications, ensuring compliance with the electronic patient record system (Rio).
14. To demonstrate sound knowledge of and adhere to the principles of the Mental Health Act 1983 in practice.
15. To collaborate with the wider professional network, contributing to care planning and ensuring integrated support for young people.
To prioritise safeguarding in all aspects of clinical practice, attend relevant safeguarding training, address concerns with safeguarding leads, and ensure that safeguarding issues are appropriately recorded on the electronic patient record system
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
16. Successful completion of a graduate training ( nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience
17. To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body ( HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
18. Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
19. Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
20. Experience of assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person
Knowledge
Essential criteria
21. Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
22. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
23. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
24. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
25. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.