Job overview
Luton – CAMHS CAS West Schools’ Team Band 7 (6 month secondment)
You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH Service, delivering a substantial, stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. This is a post within an established Mental Health Support Team in Luton. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes, with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues.
We offer an exciting and a dynamic environment, where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by a senior colleague, and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions and an annual performance appraisal. You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the team. East London Foundation NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing and there are a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record, within child and adolescent mental health, of providing good quality, evidence-based interventions and improving service quality. You will be a Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, CBT Therapist, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist, with the requisite professional registration. We also welcome applicants who have experience of working or living in Central Bedfordshire or Luton.
There is a national focus on increasing the reach of Schools’ Teams (also known as Mental Health Support Teams [MHSTs]/Community Access Support [CAS] Teams), with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. The recently published NHS 10 Year Plan has an ambition to increase MHSTs’ coverage to all schools by 2030. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and aiding and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools, including special educational provisions and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs). Working alongside community partners, the MHST will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Brendi Waks, Operational Lead,
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist & Registration, Counsellor
2. Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy
Desirable criteria
3. Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification
4. Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT
5. IAPT supervisors’ course
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Previous experience of working in CAMHS
7. Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
8. Experience of care planning
9. Knowledge and experience of working within a CBT framework to support trainee practitioners
Desirable criteria
10. Delivery of parenting programmes – Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR, etc. Previous experience working with schools in a mental health capacity
11. Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions
12. Experience of working in a culturally diverse, inner-city area
Skills
Essential criteria
13. Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
14. Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
15. Able to manage own time and caseload
16. Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
Knowledge
Essential criteria
17. A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
18. Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
19. Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS
20. In-depth knowledge of CAMHS’ issues, including assessment and interventions
21. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation
22. Knowledge of specific inner-city issues which impact on care delivery