Job summary

The Islington Integrated Gangs Team is a multi-agency team providing psychological and practical support to young people affected by gangs and youth violence.

As the embedded mental health clinician - you would be responsible for providing assessments and direct interventions to young people and their families as well as consultation and training to colleagues across the service.

In recognition of the fact that mainstream mental health offers have not met the needs of this cohort of young people - you will be offering a community based, young person led intervention which combines psychological interventions alongside practical support and advocacy - in line with the principals of the Integrate Approach, championed by MAC-UK. This post, whilst challenging, will give you the opportunity to work in a highly creative and flexible way - in which the young person's needs and wishes are prioritised for their wellbeing.

This post sits within the newly developed Islington Young People's Service, which also includes the Young People's Service in the Core Team and the Elevate Project (One of the strands of Islington Council's pioneering Young Black Men's Mental Health Programme). You will have regular individual and group clinical supervision from highly experienced clinicians, alongside opportunities for further training.

Main duties of the job

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical:

• To provide community based assessments and direct interventions with young people, aged 17-24 years old, who have been affected by gangs and serious youth violence.
• To work in a young person led way - which meets them where they feel secure - in terms of location, timings, language and objectives.
• Where appropriate, to work with families to ensure safeguarding and improve family support for the young person.
• To offer individual psychological case consultations with caseworkers in the IGT
• To offer group clinical supervision to teams around the young person.
• To attend IGT team meetings and facilitate group formulations.
• To attend the Clinical Specialist Panel - where complex cases are discussed across the service.
• To be a constructive partner in interagency working - as well as an advocate for the young person.
• To work according to principals of the Integrate and Ambit models.
• To operate as a full member of the Trust's Young People Service and Transitions Team, attending the fortnightly meetings with YPS colleagues as required.

About us

Working for your organisation

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital.

We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver the majority of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse and primary care mental health services to people living in Kingston.

Our Trust is also a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world's leading academic health science partnerships.

In addition we have specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for:

• Veterans living in London
• Young people caught in the cycle of gang culture
• Perinatal mental health conditions

We are proud that our organisation is recognised internationally for the quality of its research and innovation. Over 40% of our consultants hold joint academic posts and are engaged in research across a wide range of mental health arenas. This research, often conducted with the help of our patients, ensures we are leaders in evidence based treatment and services, meaning we can provide some of the world's most up to date therapies to aid service user recovery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication

• To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner.
• Communicate both verbally and in written format regarding complex and sensitive information, including sharing psychological knowledge with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Communication with the MDT regarding clinical model, care and treatment planning.
• Communication regarding supervision and consultation with other staff.
• Communication with colleagues regarding the provision of psychological assessment and intervention.
• Communication regarding risk in high concern cases, in a way that ensures that a complex understanding of the risk of harm is understood and an appropriate action plan developed.

Client Care

• To work directly, and support team members in working with young people to meet their well-being needs
• To provide clinical supervision to staff members drawing on evidence based psychological practice

People (HR) Management

• To delivering training, clinical supervision and line management to team members as required.

Information Management

• To oversee the clinical database for the team and produce reports as required
• To oversee information and documents shared with internal and external stakeholders
• To keep good quality clinical records that comply with data protection legislation and Trust policies and protocols
• To competently use IT including email, Word, database packages and patient information systems.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / REGISTRATIONS

Essential

• oDoctorate in clinical/counselling psychology oRegistration with HCPC

Desirable

• oRelevant additional specialist training / postgraduate qualification related to Clinical/Counselling Psychology

SKILLS/ ABILITIES

Essential

• Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative mental health care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital. We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver the majority of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse services in Westminster, and a substance misuse and psychological therapies service to people living in Kingston. Our trust is also a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world's leading academic health science partnerships. In addition we have specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for: veterans living in London, young people caught in the cycle of gang culture, older people living with dementia and other age related mental health conditions. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.candi.nhs.uk/

Desirable

• oKnowledge of the theory and supervised practice of a specialist psychological therapy with gang involved young people in a community setting oDirect experience of working in a youth-led way with young people who offend oAbility to work with and manage risk oExperience of working in the voluntary sector oExperience of managing a multi-disciplinary staff team oAdvanced IT skills oThe ability to originate, introduce and be open to, new practices, concepts, ideas and change and to creatively solve problems oAbility to draw from mentalisation and trauma informed approaches

EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• oExperience of working as a qualified professional in an area relevant to this post, preferably CAMHS, YOT or a community-based adolescent team oUnderstanding of impact of social/environment/discrimination on mental health oEvidence of a high level of competent and autonomous clinical practice. oExperience of working within the different psychological models that are evidence based or are building an evidence base oUnderstanding of monitoring outcomes and reporting back to funders

Desirable

• oExperience of work with young people in criminal justice system and will diverse communities oHigh level of expertise in and competence with Attachment/Mentalisation based approaches, Narrative Therapy or Community Psychology oExperience of working in YOIs and/or prisons oExperience of managing projects and leading teams oExperience of setting up systems for outcome monitoring and user involvement in contributing to service development oExperience of working within a multiagency framework oFamiliarity with Integrate and community approaches

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

• oAbility to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a diverse team oAbility to work flexibility and in the community oExcellent advocacy skills oExcellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills oDemonstrable resourcefulness oAbility to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour oAbility to work with complex and seemingly contradictory clinical material and help others manage this oPositive attitude to change oAbility to carry out travel around the designated area of work and to work flexible and sometimes antisocial hours oA genuine commitment to the vision, mission, values and beliefs of Project Future oA genuine commitment to Project Futures ethos of partnership working across sectors and agencies oAbility to work in both a flexible and disciplined way

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