Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-2640
- Employer
- 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Baytree House
- Town
- Enfield London
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:Ìý
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. ÌýWe aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: ÌýÌý
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Nurses / Social Workers / Allied Health Professionals to join the community CAMHS Service working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a great location. The team is a very supportive, friendly and welcoming well-established multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
To participate in a holistic mental health assessment of children and young people referred to the team to make a professional assessment and identify mental health problems early in their development.To promote the emotional and mental health needs of children and young people,Ìý
organise and disseminate complex facts and situations, interpret information and give informed judgments on possible options to care. To promote early identification and intervention for those children and young people in line with the CAMHS Service model and iTHRIVE framework. To be active in implementing a multi-agency workingÌý
relationships that ensures integration of care. To plan and collaborate with other processionals and agencies within the locality in the development of a range of evidence based strategies and interventions to promote the psychological and emotional health of children and young people. Undertake case management and provide evidence-based interventions for those assessed to have mental health andÌý
neurodevelopmental concerns
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:ÌýÌý
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.Ìý
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To participate in a holistic mental health assessment of children and young people referred to the team to make a professional assessment and identify mental health problems early in their development.To promote the emotional and mental health needs of children and young people,Ìý
organise and disseminate complex facts and situations, interpret information and give informed judgments on possible options to care. To promote early identification and intervention for those children and young people in line with the CAMHS Service model and iTHRIVE framework. To be active in implementing a multi-agency workingÌý
relationships that ensures integration of care. To plan and collaborate with other processionals and agencies within the locality in the development of a range of evidence based strategies and interventions to promote the psychological and emotional health of children and young people. Undertake case management and provide evidence-based interventions for those assessed to have mental health andÌý
neurodevelopmental concerns
Person specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential criteria
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional, i.e. Nurses / Social Workers / Allied Health Professionals
- Training in therapeutic intervention
Desirable criteria
- Experience of having worked therapeutically with children and young people, with complex and traumatic early life experiences.
- Recognised therapeutic qualification and accreditation (i.e. Systemic Therapy/ CBT/ PBS / Behavioural Therapy
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing: complex; highly technical; and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in risk assessment & management in relation to mental health and risky behaviour
- Demonstrate high standards in written communication, including reports and letters to referrers
- Skills in identifying risk in relation to safeguarding to children/young persons
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing: complex; highly technical; and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Experience of working within children & young people mental health service
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience having successfully completed preceptorship or equivalent.
- Experience of carrying out and reviewing findings from routine outcome monitoring
- / Knowledge Experience of participating in multi-agency support for young people across the range of intervention from TAF to Child Protection
- Ability to work under pressure, using personal and emotional resources in dealing with distressing circumstances.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of having worked therapeutically with children and young people, with complex and traumatic early life experiences
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
- Robert Nnubia
- Job title
- Interim Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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