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
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional ( nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will have substantial CAMHS clinical experience, and where appropriate will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body ( HCPC, NMC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
The post holder will support their peers and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will line manage and clinically supervise CYPMHS Mental Health Workers. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.
The post holder will be expected to work shifts long days and nights.
Main duties of the job
To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
·The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional ( nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will have substantial CAMHS clinical experience, and where appropriate will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body ( HCPC, NMC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
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:
1. We are kind.
2. We are respectful.
3. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place great 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 undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including 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 focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex, but may change in the future to another site which could be in either Kent, Essex or London
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
4. Have enthusiasm and drive to be part of a team responsible for nurturing and developing the service at this exciting time and contribute to the development of the service moving forward ensuring safety and care delivery to the patients we assess.
5. Work in conjunction with the senior clinicians and managers to support the delivery of timely and effective evidence-based therapeutic interventions to young people and families who require more intensive therapeutic support and intervention.
6. Provide specialist assessments where appropriate, which will be used to inform interventions with children, young people and their families as well as the networks supporting them.
7. Offering a short intervention to help the young person manage the crisis and support with transition to the local community team, signposting, and/or discharge.
8. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
9. Where appropriate to supervise clinicians in the team and oversee allocation of cases and tasks.
10. To lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
11. To undertake a range of clinical work, assessment work and parenting support.
12. To contribute to audit and research.
13. To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT.
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.
Primary speciality:
(managers should now input at authorisation stage)
Community Nursing Mental Health services
CAMHS
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Documents
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
15. Qualified RMN, Social worker, other allied profession
16. evidence of further cpd
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Commitment to working as part of a multi - disciplinary team
18. Ability to support and supervise staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
19. An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
20. Knowledge of services provided by other agencies
21. Knowledge of Key issues in service area
Skills
Essential criteria
22. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
23. Good interpersonal and organisation skills
24. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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:
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.