The Sefton MHST team at Alder Hey are looking to recruit a B7 Permanent, Team Lead to join our community Mental Health Support Team.
The successful candidate will be experienced in undertaking appropriate mental health assessments of children and young people referred to MHST and provide evidence-based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need. Further providing support, advice, and consultation to families, carers, and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person. The role involves line management responsibility.
They must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of Excellence, Innovation, Openness, Respect, and Together. If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to children, young people, and their families/carers we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessments of children and young people referred to CAMHS and provide a range of appropriate, evidence-based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need. The post holder will provide support, advice, and consultation to families, carers, and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
Job responsibilities
1. Provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to the service group.
2. Develop, implement, and review a range of evidenced-based treatment plans informed by clinical assessment and the specific needs of the individual within their wider social context.
3. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of children/young people.
4. Provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professional groups.
5. Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and provide advice to external agencies regarding appropriate risk.
6. Act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA.
7. Effectively communicate with families and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
8. Actively record all clinical outcomes.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
* Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RLD), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy - with evidence of relevant professional registration.
* Alternatively, a recognised degree level broad-based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes.
* Post qualification study in chosen mental health field.
* Plus training in a therapeutic modality to an accreditable level with registration (where registration is applicable).
Desirable
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of child and adolescent mental health, research methodology, staff training.
* As a service, we are looking to increase our cohort of SFP as a specific work; are you trained in this or is it something you may be interested in?
Experience
Essential
* Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
* Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Working collaboratively with other agencies in a variety of venues.
* Must be experienced in providing risk assessment of self-harming behaviour.
* Must be experienced in analysing presenting problems and able to demonstrate ability to work autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities, depending on the needs of the client.
* Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate ability to provide case management supervision for lower banded team members, students, and other service group/team professionals as required.
* Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately. Must be able to demonstrate ability to develop and evaluate consultation and training to other professionals and to staff groups.
Desirable
* Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
* Experience of teaching, training or supervision.
* Experience of the application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings.
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of the legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Must demonstrate knowledge of the evidence base in their practice.
* Must demonstrate understanding of child development and psychosocial influences.
* Must demonstrate a working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic, and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate.
Employer details
Employer name
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Burlington House
Crosby Road
Liverpool
L22 0PJ
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