Job summary
As a University Partnership Trust, we offer excellent development opportunities supported with regular supervision. We are committed to providing excellent health and social care with the vision to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist eating disorders services in the country.
Key goals for the Trust include being the provider of choice; delivering high quality integrated health services in collaboration with local people, to improve overall health and well-being. To deliver this the Trust is committed to employing the best workforce, recruiting individuals with the ability to provide care at the cutting edge of innovative practice.
We have excellent development and training programmes which rank us in the top 20% of Trusts in the UK and a strongly embedded learning culture to support and facilitate staff to develop their potential and progress in their careers.
Information about the post:
The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a CAMHS multi-disciplinary team offering specialist assessment and treatment for young people and their families with mental health problems
You will be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and interest in the area and will have experience of working with this client group.
You will receive regular supervision and support andwill be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development and be involved in service development.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary clinic team and will provide a high standard of service to children, adolescents and theirfamilies/carers and to professionals from other organisations.
They will be autonomously responsible for assessing and delivering intervention to children, young people and their families/carers 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 core profession.The post-holder will contribute to research, audit and evaluation for service development.
About us
Working for your organisation
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?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be responsible for a caseload of assessment, treatment andconsultation work with children, adolescents and their families, withproblems of behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues,providing Core work (as defined by CAPA) and in addition contributing toSpecific/Specialist work (as defined by CAPA) as agreed with CommunityCAMHS Managers and Professional leads.
2. To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services for the quadrant, in line with theprinciples and practice of CYP-IAPT.
3. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs offamilies from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions toa variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples andtheir families, extended families and people with mental health difficulties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be responsible for a caseload of assessment, treatment andconsultation work with children, adolescents and their families, withproblems of behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues,providing Core work (as defined by CAPA) and in addition contributing toSpecific/Specialist work (as defined by CAPA) as agreed with CommunityCAMHS Managers and Professional leads.
2. To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services for the quadrant, in line with theprinciples and practice of CYP-IAPT.
3. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs offamilies from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions toa variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples andtheir families, extended families and people with mental health difficulties.
Person Specification
GENERAL
Essential
- Ability to comply with relevant professional standards and current developments
- Flexible and positive approach to changing circumstances
- Desire for self-development
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Relevant professional qualifications e.g. psychologist, social worker, counsellor, occupational therapist.
- Or equivalent training in related area such as child development to Masters level
- Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice. E.g. Family Therapy, Child Psychotherapy; CBT, Group Therapy; Counselling
- Evidence of CPD
- Knowledge of CAPA and/or CYIAPT
- Current registration with relevant professional body
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area and working with children and adolescents.
- Knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
- NICE guidelines, Mental Health Act, Children Act
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Procedures
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk assessment
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 multidisciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
- Positive problem solving approach
- Ability to assess and manage risk
- Effective time management
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Desirable
- Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning
DIVERSITY
Essential
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships and boundaries with young people
- Ability to provide a therapeutic environment which contributes to young people’s healthy development (including sexual)
PHYSICAL SKILLS
Essential
- IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Desirable
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
PHYSICAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to travel and work flexibly across different sites in the quadrant
MENTAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to think clearly and express self
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with others and confidence in dealing with the public and other professionals, including negotiating and influencing.
EMOTIONAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to recognise signs of stress and seek the appropriate support
- Ability to work with young people whose behaviour is personally challenging
Person Specification
GENERAL
Essential
- Ability to comply with relevant professional standards and current developments
- Flexible and positive approach to changing circumstances
- Desire for self-development
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Relevant professional qualifications e.g. psychologist, social worker, counsellor, occupational therapist.
- Or equivalent training in related area such as child development to Masters level
- Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice. E.g. Family Therapy, Child Psychotherapy; CBT, Group Therapy; Counselling
- Evidence of CPD
- Knowledge of CAPA and/or CYIAPT
- Current registration with relevant professional body
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area and working with children and adolescents.
- Knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
- NICE guidelines, Mental Health Act, Children Act
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Procedures
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk assessment
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 multidisciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
- Positive problem solving approach
- Ability to assess and manage risk
- Effective time management
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Desirable
- Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning
DIVERSITY
Essential
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships and boundaries with young people
- Ability to provide a therapeutic environment which contributes to young people’s healthy development (including sexual)
PHYSICAL SKILLS
Essential
- IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Desirable
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
PHYSICAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to travel and work flexibly across different sites in the quadrant
MENTAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to think clearly and express self
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with others and confidence in dealing with the public and other professionals, including negotiating and influencing.
EMOTIONAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to recognise signs of stress and seek the appropriate support
- Ability to work with young people whose behaviour is personally challenging
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
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).
