Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Do you have an interest and passion for understanding and working with children who require assessment/treatment for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? Do you want to work alongside a well-established and compassionate team in helping to assess and support these families? Then we have the right role for you. York's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Clinician to work within our ADHD Pathway.
Please note this post requires candidates to have a professional registration as a Child Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will become an integral part of the ADHD multi-disciplinary team, which will include observations, specialist assessments, report writing, and involvement in QB testing in order to deliver a clinically compliant assessment pathway for those children and young people up to the age of 18 years. There will also be opportunities to deliver post-diagnostic support and offer brief interventions, both group and individual, for those families throughout their journey with us.
If you enjoy working within an experienced and inclusive team who are passionate about supporting children and young people and their families/carers, and enjoy a challenge while having a flexible approach, then we would like to hear from you. You will need to be confident in your own clinical decision-making skills and work with a range of professionals from various agencies including social care, acute care, and a range of community and voluntary sector partners.
Job responsibilities
The role can be demanding but also highly rewarding, so you will need to be someone who is motivated, resilient, and passionate about working with this client group. This is an experienced CAMHS clinician role that requires managing your own caseload, with an emphasis on brief therapy as well as longer-term specialist interventions.
Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of the appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current professional registration with the appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Depending on the work area, recognized sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within an agreed timescale.
* Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
* Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale).
* 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of the appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
* Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
* CAMHS Degree.
* Recognized qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g., family therapy, CBT, etc.
* Recognized training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.
Experience
* Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
* Providing clinical supervision.
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Quality improvement activities.
* Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting.
* Leadership or management experience.
* Mentoring students on practice placement experience.
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field.
* Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g., Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
* Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
* Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
* Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
* Research and development methodologies.
* Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
* The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS).
Skills
* Provide leadership and monitor, coordinate, and prioritize the activities of a team.
* Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional/care coordinator responsibilities.
* Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training, and assessing in clinical practice.
* Write reports.
* Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
* Use approved breakaway techniques.
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.
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