CAMHS Youth Justice

CAMHS Youth Justice Service Specialist mental Health Clinician (Clinical Psychologist, Mental health Nurse, Child Psychotherapist, Family Therapist, Mental Health Social worker), Maternity leave cover

Contract : 12 months (fixed term)

Grade : NHS AfC : Band 7

Annual Leave : 27days per annum increasing to 29 days after 5 years NHS service and 33 days after 10 years NHS service

Site : Isledon Road, London N7 (YJS Partner agency)

Employer : Whittington Health NHS Trust

Department : Islington CAMHS

Responsible to : CAMHS YJS Team manager

Accountable to : Deputy Associate Director for CAMHS

Salary : £43,742-50,056 per annum

Terms & Conditions of Service : In accordance with NHS Agenda for Change

Main duties of the job

Screening and assessing Children and Young people where there is consent for CAMHS to become involved

Determining whether further therapeutic work would be beneficial. Liaising with further services where more input is needed and sharing any risk concerns.

To provide ongoing work to children and young people who would like to continue accessing therapeutic support.

Provide a flexible approach to therapeutic support. Generally working with children up to the completion of court order where necessary.

To provide consultation spaces, offering one hour bi-monthly to each case manager to consult on their caseload of children and young people to identify any mental health concerns, support with delivery of intervention.

Attend weekly Early intervention and Diversion panel meeting (Multi-agency meeting) where all children and young people who have come into contact with the police are discussed

Offer mental health screening to children and young people who are discussed at the Early Intervention Diversion panel when necessary, reviewing EIDP Children and young people's case notes on health care records and summarize on need-to-know basis

Providing a CAMHS service within YJS in line with service level agreement and Key performance indicators

About us

Whittington Mission, Vision and Goals

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients. Our mission Helping local people live longer, healthier lives. Our vision Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve. Our goals We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.

To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community

To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams

To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care

To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research

To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population

Whittington Values

Our values underpin everything we do. Our staff are committed to delivering the following values in everything they do.

Our ICARE values have been created by our staff and are embedded in our appraisal and planning processes and form part of our staff excellence awards

Job responsibilities

Please see Job description

ISLINGTON CAMHS MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to create Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services (Islington Community CAMHS and Paediatric Mental Health Team) within Whittington Health Trust that embrace diversity and foster inclusivity at all levels. We strive to empower and support our staff and service users to achieve wellbeing.

Young people and families

As a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service within Whittington Health we appreciate the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity to strive towards providing the best quality and compassionate health care for you.

Islington and our neighbouring boroughs are diverse communities. Through an awareness of social and cultural differences we understand that people may have different perspectives on emotional and mental health, and therefore our children, young people and families may have differing experiences and differing needs.

We want to understand what it is you need from us. We welcome and will seek conversations and feedback from ALL our service users to make us more accessible to you.

Workforce

We want our staff to feel safe, supported and included within Whittington Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services. We want to value the things that make us unique, including all protected characteristics. Therefore, we wish to foster a positive culture which will allow all staff to flourish and ensure that everyone is valued and respected. We are working towards a non-defensive position that recognises the biases held within large organisations.

This requires commitment, support and action from everyone at all levels of the organisation to change cultures and attitudes. We hope that this positive culture will promote a more accessible and inclusive service for staff, children, young people, families, carers and partner stakeholders.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• A professional qualification in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy or other core mental health discipline.
• Registration with relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, ACP, UKCP)

Skills / abilities

Knowledge & Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer Annum (Per Rata) Including HCAS

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