SET CAMHS Practitioner
7 days ago
Chelmsford
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this videoJob overviewWe are looking for a either a clinician with a professional registration (i.e. Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist) or two years or more experience of working directly with children or adults with a learning disability to come and work within NELFT’s Essex wide SET CAMHS Learning Disabilities team. The team provides mental health services to children and young people with severe to profound learning disabilities who additionally may also have related complex developmental disorders often including an additional Autistic Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. The team is based in Chelmsford and offers a specialist community based mental health service across Essex to children, young people and their parents and professionals who care and support them at home and in all environments. As a clinician you will be expected to be able to undertake skilled assessments and provide interventions to this client group and the systems that support them and their families, around their mental health issues.The service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children and young people with severe to profound learning disabilities and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties, taking into account the individual circumstances of each individual, child and their system.Main duties of the jobYou will have a background in learning disabilities or relevant experience of working with people with a learning disability and their families. You will need the skills to support the system around our children and young people who will have a severe to profound learning disability and emotional and mental health issues.Driven by the principles underpinning the Thrive model with the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing mental health difficulties.As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will:· Undertake school and community based assessments, delivering a range of interventions to children and young people with a learning disability. · Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of care including working and liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies. · Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based interventions in line with the Thrive Model.· Promote the mental and emotional health of children and young people with learning disabilities and families in the community through clinical interventions.· Take part in consultation and training to support internal and external agencies regarding children with additional neurodevelopmental diagnosis.In return, you will receive training and development, supervision and developmental contact with other professional networks as appropriate.Full job description is attached.Working for our organisationStarting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.Probationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). job description and main responsibilitiesNELFT is an experienced provider of Mental Health Services for Children and Young People, already providing these services across Essex. It is also one of England’s largest NHS Foundation Trusts. We provide community health services for children and young people with physical health needs in south West Essex and in the four London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.Our priority is providing the highest standard of care to all of our service users.About NELFT’s SET CAMHS:NELFT’s SET CAMHS is for anybody aged between 0-18, living in the Southend, Essex and Thurrock areas and is free at the point of entry.Any young person experiencing emotional wellbeing or mental health problems.Structure of NELFT’s SET CAMHS:There are: a Children’s Single Point of Access (CSPA), seven Locality Teams, an Intensive Support Services, a specialist Eating Disorders Team and a specialist Learning Disability Team. These are located across Southend, Essex and Thurrock.What difficulties can be referred to the service?Mood and anxiety disordersBehavioural and conduct disordersEmerging personality and attachment disordersEating disordersPsychotic disordersDeliberate self-harm and suicidal ideationSubstance misuse with co-existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis)Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) - with co-occurring mental health needs where the focus is on the treatment of mental health needs. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - with co-occurring mental health needsNeurodevelopmental disordersProlonged bereavement problemsAll referrals to the service are assessed and then we use the Thrive model to offer the support that is needed for the young person, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.SET CAMHS:The aim of our SET CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young people’s needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young people’s mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.SET CAMHS focuses on the mental health and includes access to self-help tools and services based in schools and the community. We are creating a modern service that fits with children’s lives in a way that best suits them. Key new features include a Children’s Single Point of Access (CSPA) into the service, clear early signposting, and use of digital channels. We are working collaboratively with HCRG (formerly Virgin care) when offering the 'Getting Help' aspect of the Thrive Model.The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high quality training and supervision for professionals and true co-production with children and young people.Clinicians have to ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all children and young people who need it. This means establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with wider social, health and voluntary services.Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.Certificates of SponsorshipAlthough we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria- Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial Learning Disability clinical experience- To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriateDesirable criteria- have qualifications in for e.g family work and any other therapies/ interventions used with learning disability clients and their support systemsExperienceEssential criteria- Experience of working with children, young people or adults with a learning disability, who experience difficult, disturbed or challenging presentations that requiring skilled and complex interventions.- Experience of providing evidence based therapeutic interventions to support children, young people and their families, and other supporters.- Experience of assessing clinical need and risk with young people with a learning disability experiencing additional mental health issuesDesirable criteria- experience of working in a multidisciplinary settingskillsEssential criteria- Excellent clinical assessment skills- Good verbal and written communication skillsDesirable criteria- Ability to support the Delivery of group education/ intervention programmes to families and other supporting staff/professionalsKnowledgeEssential criteria- knowledge of the theory and practice clinical interventions in working with children and young people with a learning disability and the systems that support them.- Knowledge of safeguarding processes when working with children and young peopleDesirable criteria- knowledge and understanding of mental health issues affecting children, young people with a learning Disability and their familiesBenefitsWe believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.Supporting our Armed ForcesWe recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.Equal opportunities employerWe are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic. We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].Correspondence with usYou are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.
