To work as part of Maple Team in Bexley CAMHS. This team provides a rapid response service to adolescents with severe and complex mental health problems who are at risk of inpatient admission. The team provides outreach and intensive multi-disciplinary interventions as a community alternative to inpatient care. Team members also provide consultation, advice and support to professionals and carers involved with the young people. The team uses the AMBIT model.
Main duties of the job
* To assess clients with complex and high risk needs for suitability for individual and group Art therapy.
* To facilitate a treatment program which is flexible and sensitive to the needs of the clients group and involve clients in 1:1 and Group work, using a variety of art materials in a therapeutic and creative way.
* To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, providing assessment and treatment for clients referred to the service and evaluate care.
* To work as part of the CAMHS duty rota undertaking triage calls, telephone risk assessments and safety planning.
* To act as a care co-ordinator for approximately half of the postholder's caseload.
* To undertake CAMHS initial assessments assessing the mental health needs of children and young people with a wide range of presentations and make recommendations regarding suitability for CAMHS and appropriate evidence-based treatment pathways.
* To provide specialist advice and clinical supervision for other professionals, colleagues or trainees.
* The post holder will show proof of commitment to continuing professional development.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We're Kind
* We Listen
* We Care
Job responsibilities
* To work independently, designing and establishing a specialist clinical Art therapy service for clients.
* To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team around treatment outcomes, referrals and formulation to ensure the service meets client needs while working within professional boundaries and HPC ethics and code of conduct.
* To maintain own patient records, write care plans and reports to make recommendations and provide feedback on patients treatment.
* To be able to access and disseminate up to date research and information in support of clinical work.
* To have excellent written and oral communication skills, maintain electronic records, support data collection and be computer literate in line with trust standards.
* The post holder will be able to work closely, in a sensitive and thoughtful way with disturbing and traumatic emotional material on a continuing daily basis with clients with learning disabilities and mental health issues. The work may involve working therapeutically with people with challenging behaviours displaying verbal and physical aggression and clients who may be resistive to change.
* To be responsible for managing own clinical caseload and work load.
* To contribute to the multidisciplinary team in planning, implementing and evaluating treatment.
* To assist in recruitment of staff, which may include short listing and interviewing new staff.
* Demonstrate profession to new employees and advise less experienced staff as required.
* To take part in non clinical risk assessments of safe areas and art materials. Manage these effectively and safely.
* To order art materials and manage the Art Psychotherapy clinical space ensuring there is a confidential storage and records system for clients artwork. Ensure the safe use of equipment by all staff and clients who use the space.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Relevant qualification in Art Therapy
Experience
* 2 years post qualification experience working with CYP
Knowledge
* Relevant additional training and knowledge related to working with CYP
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.
£51,883 to £58,544 a year pro rata pa inc
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