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1.       Clinical:

·         To provide assessments, formulation, and specialist intervention to promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families/care networks with timely and effective decision making and communicate this to the referrer.

·         To provide psychological expertise, advice and consultation to  facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by other professionals working with the client group from health and other agencies in areas relevant to direct clinical work and to service provision. This will include by attendance at planning meetings and multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews and where appropriate, convening meetings.

·         To provide psychological training, advice, and consultation to staff from health and other agencies in areas relevant to direct clinical work, specifically with foster carers, residential staff, and social workers, in relation to cared for children.

·         To ensure high standards of intervention, safeguarding and risk management in work with children, young people, and families with a diverse range of complex needs.

·         To communicate sensitive, complex information to families who may be in a high degree of distress, maintaining a high degree of professionalism and respecting cultural diversity.

·         To provide an immediate response and interventions where required to children and young people and be confident to safety plan, risk assess and understand when children and young people need a crisis response and how to manage this appropriately.

·         To utilise, in collaboration with the child, young person and family, assessment and outcome measures throughout all clinical activity and supervision, maintaining up to date records of such in clinical notes.

·         To implement, co-ordinate and regularly review further assessment and a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions, including risk management, utilising the skills and expertise of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies where appropriate.

·         Ensure that the perspective of children, young people and families is incorporated into all aspects of assessment and treatment.

·         To actively participate in regular clinical supervision.

·         To supervise junior staff, maintaining up to date records of such.

·    To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and multi-agency meetings.

·         To support the duty core team where appropriate, offering CAMHS liaison services to paediatric staff and the assessment of emergency referrals.

·         Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals, individual and groups across the service, Trust, and other agencies, in particular offering targeted support to Trafford Children’s Services and attend and contribute to professional meetings.

·         To provide written reports as required and within timescale.

·         Demonstrate excellent communication skills.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. 

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!