Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic CAMHS Practitioner to join our innovative multi-disciplinary Emotional & Behavioural Team (EBT2) in Bedford CAMHS.
EB2 offers a wide range of therapeutic interventions to young people aged 5-18 and their families. We have close links to schools and community services. The role involves completing assessments and completing individual and group interventions.
We are a team that prides itself on creative, innovative and evidenced based approaches to our work with service users and carers and value a supportive and reflective culture in the work environment. The team is part of Bedfordshire CAMHS which is a large, dynamic and successful CAMHs service comprising of 2 emotional and behavioural teams, a LAC team, a CAMHs schools team, a parent-infant psychotherapy team, a paediatric team, a GP team, an adolescent mental health team, a crisis team and an eating disorders service and Neurodevelopment Team. We also have embedded workers in Early Help, CDC and social care.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide a specialist service within CAMHS to children, young people and their families in the North of Bedfordshire and will be based in our CAMHS hub in Bedford offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments, including group-work. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
The successful post-holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the EBT in North Bedfordshire CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments, including group-work. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. The post-holder will produce reports on developments for North Bedfordshire CAMHS managers and multi-agency partners.
Key relationships:
1. Children, young people and their families
2. Clinical Team Leader-EBT
3. General Manager CAMHS
4. Management Team of CAMHS
5. Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
6. Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, health, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector
7. Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T etc.
please see attached JD & PS for more details
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
8. A qualification in one of the following: Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing, Counselling Psychology, Social Work or other equivalent profession. Non registered applicants will not be short-listed.
9. Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) Registration with HPC or relevant organisation
10. Family Therapy Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling
11. Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent. UKCP Registered
12. Nursing Registered Mental Health/Learning Disabilities Nurse Relevant post-graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Substance mis-use or equivalent ( ENB 603)
13. Child Psychotherapy Honours degree. Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Psychoanalytical Observational Studies or recognised equivalent. Masters in Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. Registered member of ACP
14. Counselling Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or its equivalent. Registration with HPC
15. Social Work Recognized Social Work qualification such as Diploma in Social Work with an MA in Social Studies, or Degree level Social Work qualification or CQSW.
16. or other relevant discipline and relevant basic qualifications
Experience
Essential
17. Previous experience of working in CAMHS
18. Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for a wide range of presentations
19. Experience of group-work
20. Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems
21. Experience of care planning
22. Experience of working in a culturally diverse Inner city area
23. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
24. Experience in crisis work
25. Experience of conducting functional analysis of behaviour
26. Experience of supervision, line management, groups, etc.
Desirable
27. Specific trainings in ND and ASD/C assessment and treatment protocols
Skills & Abilities
Essential
28. Evidence of well- developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS- additional training in evidence based therapy (DBT, CBT, Trauma informed, ACT, CAT, EMDR, systemic, etc)
29. Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
30. Able to manage own time and caseload
31. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
32. Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
33. Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
34. Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
35. Computer skills, including Excel
Desirable
36. Specific trainings in ND and ASD/C assessment and treatment protocols
37. Skills in applying behavioural/learning approaches to difficult to manage behaviour