CAMHS Practitioner • London South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nCAMHS Practitioner with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, United Kingdom\n\nThe post holder will be a care coordinator responsible for assessing and treating a range of mental health and significant behavioural difficulties in children and young people whom are referred to the team. You will carry out risk assessments with children & young people and their families routinely and work under the supervision of the team manager and senior clinical supervisor to manage these situations effectively. You will be part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary. You will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are co-ordinated efficiently and effectively. This post is a clinical post and the expectation is that 75% of your time is spent in clinical practice. You may clinically and/or professionally supervise, advise or manage junior members If you are trained in cognitive behavioural therapy, play therapy, art therapy you may apply for this post and your clinical skills will be an added asset for the Symbol team Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families who are determined to be at low/medium/high risk. Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMH assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers. Carry out the planned intervention with minimal supervision. Assess safeguarding issues for own case and refer concerns to Child Protection teams. Deliver interventions for children and young people with (add specific client group and the evidence-based interventions that will be required with this group with a starting point below masters level training). The treatment interventions provided would be based on NICE guidelines and evidence based practice. Reasons for exceptions must be documented and agreed with your supervisor. Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care. Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate. This role is for the Symbol therapy team for children looked after, adopted children and children on special guardianship orders. Lewisham is a borough with very high social needs and high levels of mental illness in adults. The child population of Lewisham aged 0-19 years is now estimated to be 64,000 (UK National 30% of households in some wards are without a wage earner. Children from black and ethnic minority groups represent 37% of the child population of 0-14 year olds. The number of children looked after by the local authority is approximately 480. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Tobin Job title: Clinical Psychologist Email address: hannah.tobin@slam.nhs.uk"}