Job summary

Come and work for NELFT'sChildren andYoungPeople's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS)in Maidstone, Kent, and be part of one of the UK's most innovative healthcare Trusts. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a graduate qualified health professional ( nurse, social worker, occupational therapist BACP Accredited CBT Therapist) to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team. Driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) the service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for managing the referrals within the mood and anxiety Pathway and you will undertake mental health assessments and routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions in line with the CY-IAPT programme within CYPMHS Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway Undertake initial school based and community based assessments and deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties where appropriate Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.

About us

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Job description

Job responsibilities

There is one Childrens Single Point of Access (SPA), a Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disabilities Service,and a Crisis Team.

What difficulties can be referred to the service?

Mood and anxiety disorders

Behavioural and conduct disorders

Emerging personality and attachment disorders

Psychotic disorders

Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation

Substance misuse with co-existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis)

Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) - with co-occurring mental health needs

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - with co-occurring mental health needs

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Prolonged bereavement problems All referrals to the service are assessed using a care pathways approach, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.

The aim of ourservice is to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young peoples mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.

CYPMHS focuses on emotional wellbeing as well as mental health and includes access to self-help tools and services based in schools and the community. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III service no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS. Training and support is available to other professionals and agencies. We are creating a modern service that fits with childrens lives in a way that best suits them. Key new features include a Childrens Single Point of Access (SPA) into the service, clear early signposting, and use of digital channels such as Big White Wall to access support and services. The locality team have care pathways. Each care pathway is clinically led, with care pathway leads operationally managing all YPWS practitioners working in that care pathway. With the support of the team manager, care pathway leads are responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement in that care pathway.

Care pathway leads and practitioners ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all children and young people who need it. This means establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with wider social, health and voluntary services. If working in our CYPMHS team in South Kent Coast is for you and you are excited by a modern approach then we would very much like to hear from you.

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Core professional registration Post grad dveleopment and training in CYPMHS

Experience

Essential

3 plus years experience in working with CYPMHS Theraputic work undertaken with complex cases Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of groups work or ability to run groups High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long ter m in clinical interventions in CAMHS/EWMHS Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies

Desirable

Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings

Skills

Essential

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation

Desirable

Able to form good working relationships with others in multi - disciplinary and inter - agency settings