Camhs Specialist Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a fixed-term, 12 month contract. Secondments will be considered.

Our Southwark CAMHS community based team is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced individual to take on the role of CAMHS Clinical Specialist.

We are hoping you will be interested and excited by the prospect of working for three days per week with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), and for two days per week with other children and young people in care or who have been adopted and with their carers/parents.

Carelink is a specialist Tier 3 CAMHS service, closely linked to our partnership agencies, aiming to offer a holistic service to our children and young people (0-18 years), to assist with their emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will be working within a supportive CAMHS multi-disciplinary team which puts an emphasis on offering treatment and interventions.

The team is multi-disciplinary made up of Child Psychotherapists and is psychotherapy led (we have a group of child psychotherapy trainees on long term placements); Psychologists; Systemic/Family Therapist; Nursing colleagues; Social Workers; Drama therapist; Occupational Therapy and a special interest in working with under 5s.

We have Psychiatry input on a sessional basis.

There is good opportunity to learn from others as we run a specialist assessment clinic weekly - with clinicians working together as a team (we use a one-way screen).

Joining a team who are committed and passionate about the work they do and the service they deliver to one of the most vulnerable and deprived groups of children.

We are a close knit, supportive team who enjoy working together and developing our service. We have a strong history of conducting research in the tea

The post-holder will spend 0.6 WTE working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and 0.4 WTE working with other children and young people in care or adopted, up to age 18.

The post-holder will undertake comprehensive CAMHS assessments of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and other children and young people in care or adopted, up to age 18 and make recommendations for treatment.

The post-holder will have a therapeutic caseload, offering therapy to UASC, children in care or adopted children with complex needs including experiences of trauma connected to histories of maltreatment and attachment difficulties.

You will also be working the parents/carers offering them support and guidance. You will have the ability to deliver a range of interventions for children and young people.

Close working relationships with members of the team and our partnership agencies will be essential e.g. Social Services, Child Health, Education and Virtual School.

Applicants must be able to work independently and have good clinical/therapeutic and case management knowledge and skills.

The post-holder may take on clinical supervision for other team members.

Location:

We are based at a modern purpose built health centre in between Peckham and Camberwell in South London.

Benefits:

There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants

This is a specialist post focussing on delivering a CAMHS service to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) who are under the age of 18.

To provide specialist assessment and treatment to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) referred to Southwark CAMHS.

The post may also include providing specialist assessment and treatment for other looked after and adopted children and young people aged 0-18 years.

The post holder will use specialist clinical knowledge and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health theories to carry out evidence-based assessments and interventions.

They will offer advice and consultation