To provide a qualified specialist behaviour analyst service to children with neurodevelopmental needs and their families across all sectors of care; providing functional assessment and behavioural interventions at the same time as offering advice and consultation on these areas to non-behaviour analyst colleagues and to other, non- professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
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To work with colleagues in the CAMHS Team to provide specialist functional assessments of children with disabilities based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including measures of behaviour, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care, including frontline workers in health, education, social services and the voluntary sector
Together with other members of the CAMHS Team to formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment and/or management of emotional and behavioural difficulties of clients, based upon an applied behaviour analytic framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
To be responsible for implementing a range of behavioural interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining behavioural formulations based on feedback from the implementation of interventions.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both the theoretical model and highly complex factors concerning historical, environmental and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
Hillingdon CAMHS is based at Minet Clinic, Uxbridge. The team is well established and is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work.
Hillingdon CAMHS consists of five main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team; Learning Disabilities (LD-CAMHS), and; Multi-Agency Psychology Service (MAPS; for children looked after).
The post holder may be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area and / or wider service and trust as necessary, including working within the community (e.g. schools).
The service operates Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.
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To collaborate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and with other agencies as appropriate in devising appropriate behavioural treatments for children with disabilities, families and groups.
To provide specialist behavioural advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation and treatment plans.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a behaviourally based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on behavioural aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, highly sensitive and complex information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care and working with other agencies involved in the client’s care.
This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Apr 2025
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