Job summary This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician with experience of working with Children Looked After (CLA) to join an experienced CAMHS team that is co-located with Children's Social Care. This specialist role will be across two services areas: delivering our core clinical model in CLA and Fostering supporting reunification of children and young people with their birth families. The core clinical role has a consultative focus, including offering group and individual consultation to Social Workers. The role will have a small clinical caseload of direct work with CLA, carers and birth parents. This role has an exciting additional focus on reunification. It will involve both direct and indirect clinical intervention with young people, birth parents and the wider network to support successful reunification. Our work is framed within a stepped model of care; and is guided by Islington CLA's Practice Models (DDP, Mentalisation, Motivational Practice, Return Home). We are a dynamic, multidisciplinary team and offer opportunities for continued professional development and reflective practice. We encourage applications from all sections of the community to develop a team which is more representative of our client groups. Main duties of the job To provide specialist mental health advice and consultation to social workers in the Children Looked After Service to support their practice and management of young people presenting with a range of presentations and needs. To attend group supervision, sharing clinical and mental health knowledge and expertise to contribute to case discussion. To facilitate consultations with social workers and supervising social workers, to enhance their trauma-informed, relationship based-practice with children and caregivers. To provide specialist mental health assessment, formulation and interventions with children, young people and care-givers To provide specialist evidence-based intervention for looked after children and carers, drawing on innovative ways of engagement and intervention. To provide specialist evidence-based interventions for birth parents which will aid reunification, including processing of their experiences of having a child removed and relational work to rebuild the parent-child relationship. To formulate and devise clinical management plans for a range of specialist psychological interventions; individual, family and group. To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, as required. To liaise with professionals in health, mental health, education, social care and voluntary sector services, as required. About us Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work. Date posted 28 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £61,927 to £68,676 a year pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 220-WHT-3029 Job locations Islington Social Care, 3 Elwood Street Elwood Street, London, N5 1EB London N5 1EB Job description Job responsibilities MAIN DUTIES Consultation and Clinical Work To provide highly specialist mental health advice and consultation to social workers Islington's service for CLA and Care Experienced Young People - to support their practice and management of children and young people aged 0-18 with a range of presentations and needs. To attend group supervision, sharing clinical and mental health knowledge and expertise to contribute to case discussion. To facilitate individual and joint consultations with social workers, supervising social workers, and other professionals in the parenting team, to enhance their trauma and DDP informed practice. To facilitate individual and joint consultations specifically focussing on reunification and repair of parent-child relationships To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills of the CLA workforce and to support embedding of the social work practice model. To provide specialist assessment and intervention for young people looked after, leaving care, their carers, families and professional networks, using evidence based and innovative ways of engagement and intervention. It is expected that 20% of the job plan would be allocated to direct clinical work, whether with foster carers, keyworkers or young people. To formulate and devise clinical management plans for a range of specialist psychological interventions; individual, family and group. To provide high quality reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, as required. To liaise with professionals in health, mental health, education, social care and voluntary sector services, as required To work autonomously providing a specialist clinical service within To ensure the regular use of routine outcomes as part of evaluating the impact of the clinical, consultation and other work offered. To have due regard for your own personal safety and that of children/carers, adhering to moving and handling regulations, restraining policies and ensure the safe positioning of self and others To conform to the provisions of the Health and Safety Act and to comply with local statutory training including the appropriate level of Child Protection, on an annual basis or as required. Teaching, training and supervision To attend regular clinical supervision and participate in team and service training, as required. To provide clinical supervision and line management of trainees and other CAMHS staff, as required by the team and service. To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical staff as required. To continue to develop skills in professional post-graduate teaching, training, consultation and supervision Management, policy and service development To provide line management for junior clinicians within the service as required by the Team Managers. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To be involved, as appropriate, in the recruitment, short listing and interviewing of CAMHS Clinicians and Assistant Clinicians. To attend, as required, a range of interagency meetings to represent the team in a delegated role, offering guidance, where appropriate, ensuring that issues relating to the service are noted and brought to the attention of the Team manager. To assist, in the integration and development of user participation, outcomes measures, and evidence-based treatment approaches in line with the wider CAMHS strategy for service improvement. Research and service evaluation To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members To contribute to service development (and if necessary, undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research). General To demonstrate anti-discriminatory practice in all aspects of the role To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders line manager. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group. To undertake such other duties and responsibilities, appropriate to the grade of the post, as may be agreed with Manager Community CAMHS. To be cognisant and respectful of Whittingtons ICARE values and Islington Vision and Priorities Job description Job responsibilities MAIN DUTIES Consultation and Clinical Work To provide highly specialist mental health advice and consultation to social workers Islington's service for CLA and Care Experienced Young People - to support their practice and management of children and young people aged 0-18 with a range of presentations and needs. To attend group supervision, sharing clinical and mental health knowledge and expertise to contribute to case discussion. To facilitate individual and joint consultations with social workers, supervising social workers, and other professionals in the parenting team, to enhance their trauma and DDP informed practice. To facilitate individual and joint consultations specifically focussing on reunification and repair of parent-child relationships To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills of the CLA workforce and to support embedding of the social work practice model. To provide specialist assessment and intervention for young people looked after, leaving care, their carers, families and professional networks, using evidence based and innovative ways of engagement and intervention. It is expected that 20% of the job plan would be allocated to direct clinical work, whether with foster carers, keyworkers or young people. To formulate and devise clinical management plans for a range of specialist psychological interventions; individual, family and group. To provide high quality reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, as required. To liaise with professionals in health, mental health, education, social care and voluntary sector services, as required To work autonomously providing a specialist clinical service within To ensure the regular use of routine outcomes as part of evaluating the impact of the clinical, consultation and other work offered. To have due regard for your own personal safety and that of children/carers, adhering to moving and handling regulations, restraining policies and ensure the safe positioning of self and others To conform to the provisions of the Health and Safety Act and to comply with local statutory training including the appropriate level of Child Protection, on an annual basis or as required. Teaching, training and supervision To attend regular clinical supervision and participate in team and service training, as required. To provide clinical supervision and line management of trainees and other CAMHS staff, as required by the team and service. To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical staff as required. To continue to develop skills in professional post-graduate teaching, training, consultation and supervision Management, policy and service development To provide line management for junior clinicians within the service as required by the Team Managers. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To be involved, as appropriate, in the recruitment, short listing and interviewing of CAMHS Clinicians and Assistant Clinicians. To attend, as required, a range of interagency meetings to represent the team in a delegated role, offering guidance, where appropriate, ensuring that issues relating to the service are noted and brought to the attention of the Team manager. To assist, in the integration and development of user participation, outcomes measures, and evidence-based treatment approaches in line with the wider CAMHS strategy for service improvement. Research and service evaluation To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members To contribute to service development (and if necessary, undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research). General To demonstrate anti-discriminatory practice in all aspects of the role To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders line manager. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group. To undertake such other duties and responsibilities, appropriate to the grade of the post, as may be agreed with Manager Community CAMHS. To be cognisant and respectful of Whittingtons ICARE values and Islington Vision and Priorities Person Specification Analysis Essential Post-graduate Qualification in: Clinical Psychology, Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Registration with relevant professional body: UKCP, HCP, BAP, ACP Experience of working with looked after children Experience of offering consultation and reflective practice to professionals outside of mental health Desirable Advanced clinical skills qualifications eg Dyadic Development Psychotherapy/ Mentalisation based approaches Discipline specific supervisor training Skills & Abilities Essential Ability and skills to offer consultation to professionals individually and in group Ability to work with complex professional networks Ability to manage within a busy and challenging context, drawing on trauma informed practice for self- care and to support social care colleagues Skills and experience in psychological assessment, formulation and interventions with looked after children Skills and experience in assessment and management of mental health risk Skills and experience in adhering to clinical governance requirements to a high standard (outcome measuring, record keeping, effective communication) Skills and experience in developing and delivering training Skills and experience working in social care or other multiagency setting Desirable Skills and experience working with parental / adult mental health Knowledge & Experience Essential Significant knowledge and experience of clinical work with young people looked after, leaving care and their carers Knowledge and experience of attachment based and trauma informed models of clinical practice Extensive post qualifying experience working with adolescents and young adults in a Mental Health setting Experience of delivering a mental health service in a social care or other multiagency setting. Desirable Experience working in adult mental health Training. familiarisation with Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Motivational Practice and NSPCC Reunification Framework Experience of delivering clinical interventions to support reunification of CLA to birth family Person Specification Analysis Essential Post-graduate Qualification in: Clinical Psychology, Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Registration with relevant professional body: UKCP, HCP, BAP, ACP Experience of working with looked after children Experience of offering consultation and reflective practice to professionals outside of mental health Desirable Advanced clinical skills qualifications eg Dyadic Development Psychotherapy/ Mentalisation based approaches Discipline specific supervisor training Skills & Abilities Essential Ability and skills to offer consultation to professionals individually and in group Ability to work with complex professional networks Ability to manage within a busy and challenging context, drawing on trauma informed practice for self- care and to support social care colleagues Skills and experience in psychological assessment, formulation and interventions with looked after children Skills and experience in assessment and management of mental health risk Skills and experience in adhering to clinical governance requirements to a high standard (outcome measuring, record keeping, effective communication) Skills and experience in developing and delivering training Skills and experience working in social care or other multiagency setting Desirable Skills and experience working with parental / adult mental health Knowledge & Experience Essential Significant knowledge and experience of clinical work with young people looked after, leaving care and their carers Knowledge and experience of attachment based and trauma informed models of clinical practice Extensive post qualifying experience working with adolescents and young adults in a Mental Health setting Experience of delivering a mental health service in a social care or other multiagency setting. Desirable Experience working in adult mental health Training. familiarisation with Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Motivational Practice and NSPCC Reunification Framework Experience of delivering clinical interventions to support reunification of CLA to birth family 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Address Islington Social Care, 3 Elwood Street Elwood Street, London, N5 1EB London N5 1EB Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)