Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic CAMHS Practitioner or psychologist, psychotherapist, mental health nurse, social worker, or systemic psychotherapist with the appropriate professional qualification and experience to work in this well established and supportive multi-disciplinary Specialist CAMHS team based in Stevenage, North Herts.
We are open to receiving applications from candidates who are currently completing their final year of training with relevant experience. In some instances this will mean that the post will be offered as a development post at band 6 with a view to progressing to a band 7 within one year subject to certain evidence of competencies.The post holder will undertake a range of roles providing therapeutic interventions to children and young people and their families who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The post holder will provide a high standard of evidence based care to children, young people and their families/carers. The team work within the context of CAPA and CYP-IAPT and work closely with a range of colleagues in social care, schools and other partners.The post holder will be supported to develop professionally in their role. A range of supervision is available including professional, clinical, peer and management. We also provide regular CPD and opportunities for reflection.The clinic is conveniently located in Stevenage Old Town which is a 5 minute walk from the train station with fast links into London.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be autonomously responsible for assessing and delivering intervention to children, young people and families in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems within the context of CAPA (The Choice and Partnership Approach) and CYP-IAPT.
The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under theclinical/professional supervision of senior clinicians of own and other professions.
The post-holder will provide clinical/professional supervision to trainees on placement, more junior staff of the same discipline and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development.
The post holder will contribute to research, audit and evaluation for service development.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children, adolescents and their families/carers and caring networks for those with problems of behavioural, emotional, attachment and trauma, emotional,psychological or mental health issues.
- To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.
- To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties.
- To act as a role model in the delivery of care and uphold public confidence.
- To assess, plan and implement programmes of care for individual children and young people, carers and families with complex behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children, adolescents and their families/carers and caring networks for those with problems of behavioural, emotional, attachment and trauma, emotional,psychological or mental health issues.
- To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.
- To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties.
- To act as a role model in the delivery of care and uphold public confidence.
- To assess, plan and implement programmes of care for individual children and young people, carers and families with complex behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Training/Experience
Essential
- Relevant professional registration as per person spec
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years’ experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration and some knowledge of social care services and legislation
- Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
- Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
- Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
- Positive problem solving approach
Physical Skills
Essential
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
- IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Person Specification
Knowledge/Training/Experience
Essential
- Relevant professional registration as per person spec
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years’ experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration and some knowledge of social care services and legislation
- Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
- Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
- Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
- Positive problem solving approach
Physical Skills
Essential
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
- IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
