Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Tower Hamlets are seeking a clinician to work in our socially and culturally diverse borough. We want the very best services for our children and young people. That's why we are looking for someone like you.
We are looking for:
1. Good communicators with energy, motivation, and enthusiasm.
2. The ability to work with individuals and families with complex difficulties and to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts.
3. Flexibility of approach.
4. Commitment to evidence-based practice and the pursuit of the highest possible quality of service.
Main duties of the job
This post is based in two multidisciplinary teams within the Front door. We are continually developing our approach, providing triage, advice, signposting, and allocation to the CAMHS team. Within the EB1, we aim to deliver timely and comprehensive assessment and treatment service, offering goal-based episodes of care to children, young people, and families. Alongside individual case work, there are a range of groups such as DBT, NVR parenting, and Behaviour Management for parents of children with Neurodevelopmental Difficulties. We are keen to further develop the group offer within the EB teams and other ways of working. There are opportunities to have consultations from colleagues to support casework (such as Trauma, Psychotherapy consultations). We also have well-established People Participation groups for parents and young people. The service embraces continual improvement, and the staff and management team have a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement.
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.
Tower Hamlets CAMHS is a busy, innovative, and vibrant service with good relationships with our partner agencies in Social Care, Education, and the 3rd sector. Our main clinic is in Whitechapel, with a second clinic in Limehouse, both of which have excellent transport links. ELFT is rated 'outstanding' by CQC with first-class personal and professional development opportunities.
Clinicians work in a hybrid model of direct face-to-face and remote working as appropriate.
You can see what our service users want from you at: Service User Feedback
Job description
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more information please contact: Dr Debbie Madell, Clinical Team Lead for EB1 (debbie.madell@nhs.net) and Dr Olivia Kneen, Clinical Team Lead for FDT (Olivia.kneen@nhs.net)
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
* Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession including: Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Occupational Therapist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) / Social Worker / Art Therapist.
* Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. BSc, Masters or Doctorate.
* Registration with your appropriate body (e.g. UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.).
* Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial experience (e.g. 2 year post qualified) in delivering evidence-based assessment and treatments to children and young people presenting with low mood/depression, anxiety, behaviour problems, trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-harm, and suicidality, as well as adapting treatments where there is additional neurodiversity.
* Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management and working with clients in emotional crisis.
* Experience, skills, and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
* Experience of using goal-based outcomes and routine outcome measures.
* Experience of group work.
* Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters.
Desirable
* Involvement in project management or service development.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities, in particular CBT, DBT, Trauma interventions.
* Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments.
* Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work flexibly according to need.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills at an age appropriate level, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers, and professionals within and outside the NHS.
* Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
* Skills in supervising and facilitating the development of skills in others (e.g. through consultation or training).
* A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback.
* Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mental health problems/disorders.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional guidelines.
* Knowledge, understanding, and experience with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation.
Other
Essential
* Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situations including staff and/or organisational problems, child abuse, family breakdown, serious mental ill health, and to cope with verbal abuse and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from clients.
* Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies.
* Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures.
* Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues, and other professionals.
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tower Hamlets CAMHS
18 Greatorex Street
London
E1 5NF
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