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Teitl cyflogwr
Young Adult Mental Health Pathway Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This post is a unique and exciting opportunity for the right candidate to lead on the development and improvement of a high quality, accessible mental health pathway for 16-25 year olds (“young adults”) across five boroughs in North West London.
This post will be aligned to the Westminster borough but will be expected to work across the whole young adult pathway. The pathway would align with the Trust’s model of care for Young Adults and look to provide a high quality, safe and effective pathway tailored for the 16-25 age range, aiming to reduce gaps, address unmet needs, facilitate smooth transitions, and ensure a positive service user experience.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The post-holder will act as the primary source of expertise and advice on the 16-25 year old population including providing consultation, supervision, teaching and training on assessing, referring, signposting, managing risk, and working therapeutically with this age range, working with CAMHS and adult teams.
The post-holder will lead on relationship building, liaison and partnership work with a range of internal and external partners across sectors, provide clinical supervision to community navigators and peer support workers as required and may also have the opportunity to hold a defined caseload of young adults and undertake psychological interventions.
This post would be ideally suited to someone who has a particular passion for working with the 16-25 year old range and for transforming this population’s experience of mental health services for the better.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
CNWL is committed to the improvement of support and services for young adults aged 16-25 years
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The post holder will work to ensure that the team work to an agreed operational policy offering a high standard and an integrated triage and assessment service to young adults presenting with mental health problems.
- To ensure that responsibilities under the Care Act and other relevant legislation are delivered on to a high quality and standard.
- To develop positive relationships with young adult partners services/agencies served by their borough ensuring that services to those practices are provided to the highest possible standard
- To deliver a model of providing advice and support to those young adult partners services/agencies in relation to young adults with mental health difficulties and of triaging and assessing referrals from the practices and other referral sources.
- To deliver a model of working with young adults, ensuring that services are provided to the highest possible standard and attuned to the needs of young adults and their families
- The post holder will be expected to have well developed clinical skills of their own in order to enable them to appropriately guide and supervise staff at all levels and, undertake clinical work of their own
- The post holder may be required to line manage other members of staff in the pathway.
Manyleb y person
SCORING
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Undergraduate degree in relevant area (e.g. psychology, social work, occupational therapy, mental health nursing, youth work) (A)
- Post-graduate professional qualification in relevant area (A)
- Full registration with relevant professional regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, AFT, UKCP, NMC, Social Work England, National Youth Agency) (A)
- Post-qualification training in clinical supervision (A)
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of training in therapeutic interventions appropriate to the age group (A)
- Evidence of training in therapeutic interventions for trauma (A)
- Evidence of training in facilitating groups (A)
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience working as a qualified (specialist) professional with young adults aged 16-25 years in a mental health context for a minimum of two years (A/I)
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for young people’s psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan (A/I)
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across organisations
- Experience of providing teaching, training, and clinical supervision (A/I)
- Experience of offering consultation and liaison with members of multi-professional teams working with young adults aged 16-25 years (A/I)
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework (A/I
- Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the 16-25 year old age group (A/I)
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of professional and clinical leadership within a small team or within a function in a large team (A/I)
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts (I)
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Kiran Bhangu
- Teitl y swydd
- Senior Development Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector