Complex Pathway Lead - Gillingham, United Kingdom - NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

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Gillingham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Come and work for NELFT's Children & Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) and be part of one of the UK's most innovative healthcare Trusts An exciting opportunity has arisen for a graduate qualified health professional (e.g., nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, creative therapist, or someone with clinical CAMHS experience or similar) to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team based in Thanet.

Driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) the service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will:

Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidencebased clinical interventions in line with the CY-IAPT programme within EWMHS
Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway
Undertake initial school based and community based assessments and deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties where appropriate
Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.

COVID-19 Vaccination We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster.

We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Starting with NELFT - NELFT 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 on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex

NELFT's MYPWS is for anybody aged between 0-19, living in Medway and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III services no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS.

Any young person experiencing emotional wellbeing or mental health problems, (or any parent, guardian, professional or teacher of a child who is experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties), may access our service.

Structure of Children & Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

There is one Children's Single Point of Access (SPA), a Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disabilities Service, six Locality Teams and a Crisis Team.

These are located across North Kent (Dartford), West Kent (Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells), South Kent (Folkestone & Dover), East Kent (Thanet), Swale, Ashford and Canterbury and Coastal.

What difficulties can be referred to the service? - Mood and Anxiety disorders - Behavioural and Conduct disorders - Emerging Personality and Attachment Disorders - Psychotic Disorders - Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation - Substance Misuse with co-existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis) - Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - with co-occurring mental health needs - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - with co-occurring mental health needs - Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Prolonged Bereavement problems.

All referrals to the service are assessed using a care pathways approach, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.

Locality Team in Children & Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)

The aim of our new CYPMHS 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.

CYPMHS focuses on emotional wellbeing as well as mental health and includes access to self-help tools and services based in schools and the community.

The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III service no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS. Training and support is available to other professionals and agencies. We are creating a modern service that fits with children's lives in a