Triage Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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CNWL is strongly committed to staff development.

There will be extensive training opportunities on offer with a range of options tailored to both services needs and the individual's interests.

The post holders would join a CAMHS Service where supervision and research is actively supported. There are regular service wide meetings and also peer group supervision available with other CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialists.


Harrow CAMHS is well established and this posts are excellent opportunities for dedicated clinicians to join CNWL and one of our CAMHS teams.


We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children, using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, group and multi-family work.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.

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  • Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team
  • Provide screening/triage CAMHS appointments of children and young people referred to the team.
  • The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
  • Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
  • Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
  • Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
  • To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
  • Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.
  • The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
  • Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
  • Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
  • Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
  • To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
  • Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.


The post holder will be expected to have post registration experience in a mental health setting, ideally with children and adolescents and in managing risk.

He or she will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team as well as other interfaces across the CAMHS service line.


Regular supervision will be provided and support will be readily available from a Consultant Psychiatrist on duty on a daily basis.


  • The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
  • Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
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