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You will work from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm service for young people experiencing mental health problems in Brent area.

The post holder would be based in the Enhanced Treatment team and also in the Child Psychotherapy team within Brent CAMHS at Monk Park Health Centre.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
• Formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, grounded in the principles and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. These will include long and short term interventions as appropriate to need.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people of the service, across all settings and agencies serving children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems/challenging behaviour.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people.
• Act as case worker, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care.
• Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Doctoral level postgraduate clinical training in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in relevant fields in health, social care or education settings

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their parents as a full member of a multidisciplinary team located in community, primary care, outpatient or inpatient setting Substantial experience in working with children and young people. Must have completed an ACP approved preclinical post-graduate course/training, before being accepted for the clinical training and involving personal analysis.

Desirable criteria

Experience of the application of child psychotherapy in different cultural contexts Experience of working in different CAMHS Tiers. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Skills / Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent written ability, able to communicate concisely, demonstrated skill at report writing, oral communication skills, strong computer / IT skills.
• Ability to organise and effectively manage time to complete clinical and recording work as required. and organisational ability.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information and to uphold the Trust core values in doing so.
• Ability to effectively assess and manage risk in terms of mental health and safeguarding for children and young people in the care of the service.
• Expertise in child psychotherapy and emotional state assessments.
• Ability to contribute to constructive MDT discussions.
• Ability to establish priorities and prioritise workload effectively young people and their families / carers to promote engagement and to facilitate access to treatment.
• Ability to adhere to Trust policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced highly specialist theoretical knowledge.
• An understanding of health management structures, clinical governance, child protection, social work structures and legislation pertaining to these.
• Understanding of mental health within the NHS context and NHSE targets relevant to CAMHS context.
• Understanding of impact of early trauma, abuse and neglect on emotional development.
• Understanding of NICE Guidelines for mental health disorders.
• Knowledge of CYP-IAPT and rationale for ROMs.
• Knowledge of ICD10 diagnoses and ability to apply these in assessments using formulation led approach.
• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding and child protection frameworks.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD