Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7-8a (T&P)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-550-D
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lakeside MHU (West Mid)
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 pa inclusive of 15% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMH Clinical Social Worker (T&P)
Band 7-8a (T&P)
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you a Social Worker with significant experience of working in CAMH Services and interested in progressing your career?
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, ambitious, and motivated Social Worker to undertake our Band 7 to Band 8a Training and Progression Pathway.
The post holder will be supported to undertake training and gain experience in:
· One or more therapeutic modalities
· Advanced/ Specialist assessment (including physical health care) and the use of standardised assessment tools such ADI-r and ADOS
· Leadership and supervision
· Service Development
· Audit/Research/Quality Improvement
· Teaching and training
On successful completion of this training and demonstrating the advanced clinical skills and leadership skills necessary for the post, the post holder will progress to a Band 8a Senior Social Worker.
This role is located within the Alliance CAMH Crisis Care Team, which works flexibly across the boroughs of Ealing, Hounslow, Hammersmith and Fulham.
Main duties of the job
You will participate and lead on the delivery of clinical care for patients across the crisis pathway. You will ideally have experience in inpatient or crisis care. You will carry out specialist assessments of children and young people with severe and complex mental health presentations and will document the outcome of these assessments, providing formulation, diagnosis, and recommendations for interventions. In addition, he/she will offer a range of individual, family and group therapeutic interventions, including risk management, appropriate for children and young people attending the service. You will show initiative, demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a team player and communicate ideas clearly to both professionals and young people alike. You need to be flexible and have the necessary skills and experience to provide high quality care that is both evidence based and client focussed. Additionally, you will need to demonstrate supervision and leadership skills.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CAMHS is a fast growing, friendly and proactive service. We offer staff benefits which are outlined in the candidate pack and a great level of job satisfaction.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required and the link below will also provide useful information.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification in Social Work with additional therapeutic qualifications and supplemented with other specialist training and short courses.
- Registration with Social Work England.
- Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice.
- First or higher degree in appropriate subject area or equivalent post registration training and experience
Desirable criteria
- Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) stage 2 qualification
- Qualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. systemic therapies, CBT, Family Intervention. Evidence based group work e.g. DBT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families within a mental health setting
- Extensive experience working with young people with in a community CAMHS setting
- Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
- Experience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work
- Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
- Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans
- Experience of providing good quality Social Work Supervision / Reflective Practice
- Experience of teaching other professionals
- Experience of management of child protection emergencies
- Experience of therapeutic work with children and families where abuse or neglect has occurred
- Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and treatment of specific groups (e.g. Neuro-development disorders)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to the Children’s Act 2004, Mental Health Act 1983 & Safeguarding Guidelines
- A sound working knowledge and application of relevant professional code, i.e. professional Code of Practice - – SWE, BASW
- Knowledge of the legal issues relating to consent and capacity in children and young people.
- An awareness and understanding of the issues facing, children, adolescents and their families
- Knowledge of the various assessment tools used in CAMHS
- Knowledge of psychological therapies and techniques and the ability to apply these in an evidence-based, formulation-driven way
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present and communicate complex information
- Skills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy
- Skills in interagency and multidisciplinary working
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rotas, peer support, training and skills development
- A good understanding of, and ability to use, clinical, professional and line management supervision
- Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
- Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty
- Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often
- Ability to work autonomously Able to manage risk
- A high level of self-awareness and capacity to reflect
- Ability to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Competent in the use of clinical recording systems such as RIO, and System One
- Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records
- Understands and is able to use online incident reporting systems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Or Chris Ugochukwu
- Job title
- Locum Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information or an informal discussion please contact Emily Skipsey, Head of Social Work for CAMHS, by emailing [email protected] or phone 0208 354 8160.
Or Chris Ugochukwu Locum Clinical Team Manager – CAMHS Alliance Team
Tel: 020 8483 2808, Mobile: 07718989974, Email: [email protected]
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