To provide a qualified specialist service to children and young people with mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers.

The post holder will provide a core element of the service for children and adolescents by completing initial assessments within the Neurodevelopmental team, providing case management and run ADHD medication clinics with the support of a consultant psychiatrist. The post holder will play an active role in multi-disciplinary discussions and assessments.

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Main duties of the job

Main Duties

• Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the Neurodevelopmental
• Run ADHD clinics with support from Consultant Psychiatrists.
• The post holder will provide case management to those young people undergoing treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting
• Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk
• Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of
• Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor
• To participate on the local Emergency Duty Rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required.
• Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments.
• Close liaison with schools and other agencies
• To provide reports as appropriate to external agencies, ensuring that issues around confidentiality are managed

About us

Working for your organisation

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in a community settings or in the patients own home. Patientsare at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruitoutstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our young persons, colleagues, teams and the Trust.With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, emotional disorder,Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Enhancement Treatment, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide a qualified specialist service to children and young people with mental health problems across all sectors of care as part of a multidisciplinaryCAMHS team. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the servicespolicies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within thearea served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers.The post holder will provide a core element of the service for children and adolescents by completing initial assessments and providing casemanagement to young people awaiting treatment. The post holder will play an active role in multi-disciplinary discussions and assessments. Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team Provide screening/triage CAMHS appointments of children and young people referred to the The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plansfor the care of children and young people with a range of presenting Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young persons problems, based upon an appropriate conceptualframework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professionson risk assessment and risk Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people,their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of childrenand young people under their care and to monitor To participate on the local Emergency Duty Rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also includeworking as part of an evening Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in Close liaison with schools and other agencies To provide reports as appropriate to external agencies, ensuring that issues around confidentiality are managed To develop and carry out other nursing roles as required

Person Specification Registered Mental Health Nurse Essential

• Professional Registration

Desirable

• Training in one or more additional areas of practice especially relevant to CAMHS. In particular: oNeurodevelopmental disorders oCYP-IAPT Therapy Training oCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT

Experience of working in various mental health settings Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client group presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary Specialist CAMHS team and of proving specialist CAMHS assessment and intervention.

Assessment and Interventions skills Essential

• Knowledge and skills in assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

Desirable

• Knowledge of CAMHS of legislation

Ability to communicate effectively Essential

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

Desirable

• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviour.

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