We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 CAMHS Clinician to join the Neuro-hub of our Wandsworth Single Point of Access (SPA) CAMHS service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, and dedicated CAMHS clinician (Psychologist, Clinical Nurse Specialist) with a particular interest in working with children and young people presenting with Neurodiversity/ Neurodevelopmental difficulties (ASD/ADHD).

You will be an experienced CAMHS Clinician/practitioner who is registered with a professional body and has relevant experience in working with children and young people who present with mental health / Neurodevelopmental challenges in a CAMHS setting.

The advert is open to HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologists, and to Registered mental health nurses.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and welcome staff from diverse backgrounds, such as candidates from minoritised backgrounds and from the LGBTQ+ community.

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience.

Main duties of the job

At the Wandsworth Access, we process and manage all new referrals for children and adolescents in the Wandsworth borough where there are concerns about emotional/mental health and developmental difficulties.

The CAMHS SPA provide triage and assessment for children, adolescents and their families experiencing a range of mental health, neurodevelopmental and emotional health difficulties. The SPA then directs the referrals to the appropriate CAMHS Team or signpost to alternative routes of support.

The successful candidate would be a key clinician within the CAMHS SPA, triaging referrals, offering mental health assessments, and liaising with multi-agency colleagues as described above.

There will also be opportunity for agile working, including options for home working.

Successful candidates must have:

• experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings
• experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency professionals
• the ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community.
• the ability to adapt to the fast-paced nature of SPA work, with good organisational, IT and computer recording skills to navigate between the various IT systems within CAMHS and the local authority.
• knowledge and skills in risk assessment, management, and safeguarding.
• Experience of supervision is desirable.
• be able to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our �150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To provide specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology.

To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans

To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers

To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care.

To monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with CYP IAPT minimum dataset standards.

To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements.

To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.

Teaching, Training, and Supervision

To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist / psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other senior colleagues.

To gain additional experience and skills relevant to the profession and/or the service (as agreed with the responsible professional and team manager) in accordance with the CAMHS Directorates common expectations for P& P staff.

To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate.

If required, to provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings.

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and services (as directed), through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.

To contribute to a culture that is therapeutic, productive, accessible, inclusive and flexible to meet the needs of the local population.

Research and Service Evaluation

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

Other

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional and service manager(s).

To contribute to and commit to undertaking an annual professional development review (PADR).

To undertake personal and professional development as identified in the Personal development Plan (PDP) as required by the service and set out in the job plan.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health. For this post these specifically include:

• Current Mental Health Legislation
• The Childrens Act (1989)
• Trust, London Borough of and panLondon child protection procedures.
• Local and national developments in SWLStG CAMHS
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Clinical Governance
• Local and national developments in line with Every Child Matters
• Joint working practices between voluntary and statutory sector

Training and Development

To undertake mandatory and statutory training, supervision and annual appraisal as required by Trust policy.

To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Development Review/appraisal.

To undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).

Person Specification

Training & Qualification

Essential

• oRegistered mental health nurse, or
• oQualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist, or
• oQualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist having successfully completed a training course recognised/accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or equivalent, and registered with ACP, or
• oQualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy

Desirable

• oTraining as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach

Experience

Essential

• oDemonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
• oExperience of multi-disciplinary team working
• oExperience of inter-agency working
• oExperience of safeguarding and Child Protection

Desirable

• oExperience of leading case reviews
• oExperience of working in the NHS
• oExperience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups

Employer details

Employer name

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield Hospital

Tooting

SW17 7DJ

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