Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
North Yorkshire and York Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Clinician to work in York for a 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity. This post requires candidates to have a professional registration as a Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, well-motivated, forward-thinking clinicians to work as part of our extensive and experienced team - working with young people and their families with mental health challenges living in the York area.
Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post, the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.
Main duties of the job
The team is multi-disciplinary and provides specialist assessments, treatment and interventions for young people suffering from moderate to severe complex emotional, behavioural and psychological issues resulting in mental health problems.
Ideally, candidates will already be trained in a governed evidence-based therapy such as CBT, DBT, or SFP, or be trained as a Non Medical Prescriber (NMP). Experience of working clinically with children and young people with Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental needs is essential.
However, the team is currently in a position to be able to help staff develop the knowledge and experience within CAMHS and offer additional training as appropriate to role.
If you enjoy working within an experienced team who are passionate about supporting children and young people's mental health, enjoy a challenge, and have a flexible approach, then we would like to hear from you. You will work as part of a growing team and will need to be confident in your own clinical decision-making skills. You will work with a range of professionals from a variety of different agencies including social care, acute care and a range of community and voluntary sector partners.
About us
The trust is keen to promote learning and development opportunities for the right candidate and we are able to offer a number of different developmental/training opportunities.
We would welcome contact from any interested candidate to discuss more.
Job responsibilities
The role can be demanding but also highly rewarding, so you will need to be someone who is motivated, resilient, and passionate about working with this client group. An experienced CAMHS clinician who is able to manage their own caseload, with an emphasis on doing brief therapy as well as longer-term specialist interventions.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Current professional registration with the appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Depending on work area, recognized sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
* Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
* Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale).
* 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
* Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
* CAMHS Degree.
* Recognized qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
* Recognized training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.
Experience
* Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
* Providing clinical supervision.
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Quality improvement activities.
* Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting.
* Leadership or management experience.
* Mentoring students on practice placement experience.
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field.
* Research and development methodology.
* Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
* Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
* Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
* Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
* Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
* The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS).
Skills
* Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional/care co-ordinator responsibilities.
* Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
* Write reports.
* Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
* Use approved breakaway techniques.
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.
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