Senior Facility Specialist - London, United Kingdom - South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Description

Employer South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Location Mitcham Salary £49,178 to £55,492 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs Closing date 13 May 2024 The Merton Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service provides out-patient and consultation services to children experiencing a range of mental health and neurodevelopmental difficulties.

In Merton, the CAMHS Single Point of Access team provides triage and screening assessments for children, adolescents and their families experiencing a range of mental health, neurodevelopmental and emotional health difficulties.

The CAMHS SPA works in collaboration with the trust's Tier 3 CAMHS services, who specialise in the provision of high-quality assessments and evidence-based treatments for children and young people presenting to the service with moderate to severe mental health and neurodevelopmental difficulties and assessment of risk.

As the Merton CAMHS SPA service manages the screening for all neurodevelopmental referrals, we also liaise closely with the trust's CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team (NDT), which is a specialist ADHD and ASD assessment team, operating across the five London Boroughs within the SWLSTG CAMHS Service Line.

We have developed an exciting new full-time opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist or Clinical Nurse Specialist with strong assessment skills and excellent communication who is looking to develop this interesting and fast paced role.

You will be a committed Professional who is passionate about working with children and young people and has a special interest in neurodiversity.

The successful candidate will be able to contribute to the overall mental health assessment service but will develop leadership specifically on the neurodevelopmental screening care pathway as well as providing consultation and supervision of Assistant Psychologists working in this pathway within the CAMHS SPA team.

Qualification as Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC or Nurse Registered with NMC with relevant B6 experience.
Experience of working with children and young people
The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community.
Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding
Ideally a special interest in child neurodevelopment and neurodiversity
The ability to adapt to the fast-paced nature of CAMHS SPA work, with good IT and computer recording skills to navigate between the various IT record systems within CAMHS, SWLSTG Trust and Achieving for Children

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health.

The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together.

We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world.

More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

The Merton CAMHS team base is convenient for local amenities and transport links.
To provide specialist assessments of children/ young people and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology
To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family
To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carer
To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care
To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements
Teaching, Training, and Supervision
To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior colleagues
To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate
If required, to provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and services (as directed), through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit
To contribute to a culture that is therapeutic, productive, accessible, inclusive and flexible to meet the needs of the local population
Training & Qualifications

oPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

oOther relevant training related to neurodevelopment or child development.

oDemonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of mental health settings
oExperience of inter-agency working
oExperience of safeguarding and Child Protection