ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) Team at Newham CAMHS. The successful candidate will be part of a creative and supportive multi-disciplinary team. Members of the team have interests in a variety of areas, including systemic practice, psychodynamic approaches, Under 5s work, mind body approaches, narrative therapy, EMDR and CBT. The Emotional & Behavioural Team provides assessment and intervention. Groups will also form part of the job plan. The post holder will form part of the duty rota at Newham CAMHS.
Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham’s children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team and Neurodevelopmental Team.
Main duties of the job
- provide highly specialist CAMHS assessment, therapy assessment, treatment and consultation to client systems, including children, young people, their families, carers and professional networks. This requires skills in assessing complex client systems, appropriate formulation, engagement and interventions.
- manage, plan and prioritise own clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment including management of risks. This is done independently within appropriate clinical/professional guidelines.
- work collaboratively with CAMHS colleagues to develop and improve the work of the service.
- develop and support the mental health work of other staff groups in designated partner agencies through teaching, training and consultation.
- Formulate and undertake clinical audit and research activities as required.
- Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant mental health research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc).
- Follow broadly defined policies and pursue agreed objectives but exercise considerable freedom in deciding on how best to implement or achieve them
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Relationships
- Children, young people and their families
- Senior Leadership Team, CAMHS
- Clinical Team Lead
- CAMHS Senior Management Group
- Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
- Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, health, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector
- Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T etc
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. Registration with BPS and/or HCPC. Counselling Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS. Registration with BPS and/or HCPC.
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. systemic therapies, neuropsychology, CBT, evidence based parent training programs, group work
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in relevant profession Experience in delivering specialist level mental health interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)
- Experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of complex mental health needs
- Experience with working with children and young people and their families in a therapeutic context
- Experience of working with complex networks Experience of care planning
- Experience of offering consultation to multi agency colleagues, for example schools/social care Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi- agency way
- Experience in crisis work Experience of risk assessment and risk management
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Specialist skills in providing consultations in the multi-agency context Able to manage own time and caseload Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries, liaising effectively with other agencies and professionals
- Competent IT and keyboard skills, including Excel Presentation/teaching skills
- Knowledge of research methodology consistent with and relevant to CAMHS practice Evidence of continuing Professional Development as required by Professional Body
- Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of CAMH theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice with this client group.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation A working knowledge of Child Protection Guidelines
Other
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equal opportunities Self-motivated, assertive and flexible Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to “hold” the stress of others
- Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks. Working to local and national protocol and guidelines
- Freedom to act: Physical effort: Confined sitting position (therapy); travelling within community; fine motor skills re injections Mental effort: writing reports; planning teaching; concentrating for therapy sessions /clinical supervision; managing psychiatric emergencies; precise accuracy when administering medication (for nurses). Emotional effort: Dealing with families in breakdown; experiencing trauma and abuse; occasional patient complaints; conveying of unwelcome news
Desirable criteria
- Working conditions: Occasional verbal and physical abuse; unpredictable clinical scenarios e.g. emergency home visits; travel in community all weathers.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic professional journals and/or books
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
East London NHS Foundation Trust has achieved its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission; the first Community and Mental Health Trust to achieve this rating for a third time. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
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 job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £8,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
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