The Camden CAMHS Children Looked After and Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers Team is a multi-disciplinary specialist team which is co-located with social workers from the Local Authority Children Looked After and Permanency Teams. The team provides mental health support to young people, their carers and works closely with their professional networks. The service supports the needs of Children Looked After by Camden both within and outside of the borough.

The CAMHS team extends its offer to Care Experienced Young People up to the age of 24 years in recognition that this is a group which often falls between the gaps in services and continue to have complex presentations which need support. This is one of two posts dedicated to support this population, the other is a band 7 whose role will be to support the band 6 post holder.

The Children Looked after and Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers Team is a hard working, lively and supportive team dedicated to supporting their patients. It is a creative team which welcomes new ideas and thinking.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that assesses mental health needs advises on appropriate mental health provisions, risk management care planning and provides interventions and therapeutic support to children, young people and their carers. The team has a community approach and will provide a range of interventions in an attempt to engage and support this group of young people todevelop relationships with professionals.

They will be expected to work with the young people's networks, offering advice, consultation and if needed provide training with the band 7 clinician. The post holder will be accountable for a caseload of clients, supported by the CAMHS multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision from a higher banded clinician within the team. They will be expected to work jointly with other members of the team offering specialist CAMHS advice, consultation and training as required.

About us

The Community & Integrated ServiceOur community and Integrated service line is home to all our services that work in the community or are integrated into community teams such as with the local authority or primary care. The service line is home to our core Community Camden CAMHS as well as adult primary care service in Hackney. The service line is fully multidisciplinary withteams that are staffed with Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Nursing and Family Therapy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level as a minimum plus some specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate diploma level
• Registration with HCPC or relevant professional body as either a nurse, occupational therapist, drama or art therapist or social worker

Experience

Essential

• Some clinical experience of assessing complex mental health and wellbeing needs of young people and/or experience of working with Children Looked After or Care Experienced young people
• Some background understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
• Some knowledge of legislation national and local policies relevant to Service and client group
• Participate in clinical supervision and contribute to practical training of other service staff

Desirable

• Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement

Skills

Essential

• Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
• Basic keyboard skills for updating client records
• Ability to manage own clinical case load under supervision

Desirable

• Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning

Knowledge

Essential

• Skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
• Skills for assessing and communicating client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
• Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure

OTHER

Essential

• Ability to travel
• Keyboard / IMT skills

Employer details

Employer name

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Camden Local Authority Offices

5 Pancras Square

London

N1C 4AG

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