Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

CLINICALTo hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work dependant on clinical competence and experience.

To undertake assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.

To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service.

Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework

To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.

To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young Peoples services.

To participate directly in the teams duty rotas.

To exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients

To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care including organising multi-agency meetings.

To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers

To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of specialist knowledge

To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families.

To have an effectiveknowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines.

To provide consultation, advice and guidance to junior colleague. To promote effective multi-agency work.

To contribute theoretical knowledge to the process of managing riskwithin the multi-agency network.

Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.

Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Childrens Board and Northwest Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust safeguarding policies

Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards.

To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records.

To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trusts service user participation agenda.

Qualifications

Essential

• Education Mental Health Practitioner Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) for roles based in MHSTs OR
• Children & Young People's Wellbeing Practitioner PGCert or PGDip for roles based in CYPMHS teams AND
• Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), or commitment to complete the qualification once in post
• Registration with either the BABCP or the BPS

Desirable

• A qualification in professional supervision
• Training in a High Intensity Modality

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
• Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualifying experiences in offering and delivering the range of evidence-based low intensity interventions
• Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience in a community setting
• Experience of working with clients in a primary care setting
• Experience of 'partnership working'
• Substantial experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork
• Experience of working with suicidal clients and of risk management

Desirable

• Experience of supervising others
• Experience of working with children and young people who are subject to local authority support at Early Help, Child in Need, or Child Protection levels
• Experience of screening, assessing, and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues and working with people with moderate common mental health problems
• Experience of audit and research
• Experience of and ability to provide mentor/supervisor role

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of different models of mental health and wellbeing
• Understanding of models of assessment, screening, referral, record-keeping and evidence-based brief psychological intervention
• Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practice
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practice oA good understanding of the Thrive model of CYP mental health and wellbeing support

Desirable

• Awareness of serious mental health presentations (psychosis, bi-polar)

Skills

Essential

• The capacity to adapt core psychological approaches to the primary care culture, incorporating a range of skills to meet a broad spectrum of presenting issues
• Ability to conduct clinical risk assessment and collaboratively create risk management plans with CYP, their families, and professionals supporting them
• Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision
• Able to develop productive therapeutic relationships with clients
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to liaise and network with a wide range of organisations and members of the public
• Comprehensive IT skills, including word processing and database packages
• Ability to use outcome measures for both clinical and audit purposes
• Ability to manage own caseload and time

Desirable

• Evidence of further training in psychological interventions/therapy
• Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques
• Able to work through interpreters
• Fluent in languages other than English

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).