Lambeth CAMHS are looking to recruit into a new post, a Learning Disability Nurse to our community CAMHS service to support our Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
Experienced and motivated RLDN RMN or RCN with experience of working with children and young people with Neuro diverse presentations including ASD, LD & ADHD.
The Post holder will be a care coordinator and provide therapeutic support for children, young people and their families of the Lambeth CAMHS Neuro-developmental Pathway, which is part of the River team (Tier 3 service)
The main team base is located at Mary Sheridan centre Wooden Spoon House SE11 4TH
To provide care coordination & therapeutic support for CYP & families in Lambeth CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
Clinical assessment, treatment, risk assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes for neuro-diverse children and young people across the tiers of intervention in CAMHS
Deliver groups to support the wellbeing of CYP and families referred to the service.
Opportunity to provide, support, training, consultation and advice for junior team members and/or other clinicians on issues of neurodiversity across the service.
To work in close contact with other clinicians in the NDP to further develop and enhance the clinical offer for CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions across Lambeth.
The post holder will sit in the Lambeth CAMHS Community Team (River Team tier 3).
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA Lambeth's population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth's residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.