NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Come and work for NELFT's Children and Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) in Thanet and be part of one of the UK's most innovative healthcare Trusts.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Experienced Mental Health professional [Social Work, Nursing, OT] or Post-Graduate Qualified Therapist to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team working within our Behaviour & Conduct Pathway.
Main duties of the job
You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties, as well as have experience working with young people with challenging behaviour, Conduct difficulties and/or Neurodiversity.
You will have experience delivering evidence-based interventions (such as NVR, PBS, Social Skills Interventions) and Family Work/Parenting Interventions or Family/Systemic Psychotherapy.
You will have experience working in a Multi-Disciplinary team as well as part of a Multi-Agency approach to Care Planning and Risk Management.
Job responsibilities
* Be responsible for managing the referrals within the Behaviour and Conduct Pathway and you will undertake mental health assessments and routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions.
* Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway.
* Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Core professional registration
* Post grad development and training in CYPMHS
Experience
* 3 plus years experience in working with CYPMHS
* Therapeutic work undertaken with complex cases
* Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
* Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
Skills
* Evidence of groups work or ability to run groups
Knowledge
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
* Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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