Supervision of psychological therapies staff including qualified and unqualified psychological therapists and other MDT staff, as appropriate. Consultation/teaching/training/supervision and support in relevant treatment models. Development and implementation of psychological treatment pathways. Caseload management of psychological therapists and other MDT staff as appropriate, to support clinicians to balance service capacity with clinical effectiveness. Management of relevant projects, as appropriate
1. To provide specialist assessments of children, adolescents and their families/carers referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person, and their family's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the presenting problem(s), and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological therapies interventions for children, young people, their families/carers, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
4. To deliver evidence-based interventions, utilising short-term and goal-oriented approaches to improve service flow and accessibility, alongside longer-term interventions for children, adolescents, and their families with more complex needs, in alignment with the requirements of an NHS CAMHS service.
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1. To 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 child/young person, family, group, and systems.
2. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children, young people, and families whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
3. To provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis, and treatment-planning. This will involve having a lead presence in post-assessment clinics and team meetings; holding an awareness of iThrive and demonstrating a commitment to developing knowledge of/relationships with/supporting the team to hold in mind such partner agencies when treatment-planning; consultation in relation to complex cases where CAMHS intervention is requested from other agencies; and in managing and contributing to the Consultation slots offered by Enfield CAMHS psychologists.
4. To manage and oversee relevant therapeutic waiting lists within Enfield CAMHS.
5. To ensure that all members of the multi-disciplinary team have access to a therapeutically based framework for understanding the care needs of children, young people, and their families, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young people, and their families and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
7. To contribute to the CAMHS Duty rota and provide senior consultation to support colleagues in managing same-day urgent referrals, risk assessments, and crisis responses, while prioritising the immediate safety and well-being of young people and their families. All CAMHS clinical staff with a professional qualification, accredited and registered with UKCP, ACP, HCPC, BABCP, BACP, RCN, or RCPsych, will participate in this service. Those who have applied for registration or accreditation may join the Duty system under the supervision of a registered professional. Leads will be rostered to provide senior consultation as part of the rota, while overall oversight of the system is retained by the Clinical Team Lead, supporting shared responsibility and development.
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