CAMHS Specialist/ Clinical Psychologist inCatford inCatford PUBLISHED TUE 31 DEC 2024

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced CAMHS clinical practitioner/psychologist with an interest and specialism in working with young people who are neurodiverse and their families. This is a senior post and you will have the opportunity to work clinically with the client group, providing assessment, formulation and intervention plans/therapy, as well as supporting colleagues within the team and wider service.

2.1 To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention, and monitor outcomes for young people within a multidisciplinary Tier 3 CAMHS team. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.2.2 To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist for children and young people with learning disability.2.3 To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.2.4 To work as an autonomous professional within Professional Body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.2.6 To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.2.7 Where appropriate, to provide professional leadership of a discipline.

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Clinical Service Responsibilities

The following responsibilities are carried with senior clinical colleagues, team and section managers:

5.1.1 Lead, with other senior colleagues, on delivering and maintaining the quality of clinical care, good multi-professional practice, inter-disciplinary work and interagency liaison.

5.1.2 Manage clinical risk across the service, with other senior staff, and participate in an on-call /duty system for risk management and emergency cases as required.

5.1.3 Contribute to the introduction and monitoring the performance of new clinical systems for accepting new referrals into treatment, delivering appropriate care pathways and discharging patients from treatment.

5.1.4 Contribute to ensuring that evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used within and across the teams to meet the needs of the client groups and ensure that staff are adequately trained and supervised to deliver these.

5.1.5 Contribute to monitoring the quality of CAMHS assessments and treatments conducted by CAMHS clinicians within the teams and the clinicians skills in diagnosing mental disorders and formulating care plans.

5.1.6 Contribute to Monitoring and performance management of the clinical standards of practice of identified junior members of staff. Contribute to measuring outcome of treatment within and across teams and make changes when necessary to maximise clinical effectiveness.

5.1.7 Supervise case managers and maximise their therapeutic skills across the range of treatments required to treat young people with a moderate to severe learning disability

and/or a neurodevelopmental disorder including behavioural treatments and modified CBT interventions ,

5.1.8 Contribute to the recruitment of a safe and proficient workforce.

Clinical Individual Responsibility

5.2.1 Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families who require a specialist CAMH service linked with their learning or neurodevelopmental disability. Provide standard and specialist CAMHS clinical assessments; standard and specialist risk assessments to identify and diagnose the cause of mental health, emotional and behavioural problems in children and young people with LD/NDD.

5.2.2 Formulate care plans, based on the standard and specialist CAMHS assessment.

5.2.3 Carry out the care plan selecting from the appropriate evidence-based interventions and deliver these to a high standard in conjunction with the broad range of CAMHS clinical practice. Conduct individual therapy with the child and work with the parents/carers and family members to enhance their skills to reinforce treatment and increase the resilience factors in their children.

5.2.4 Use advanced skills in two or more evidence-based interventions which are generally considered effective in the treatment of this client group.

5.2.5 Deliver all interventions in accordance with NICE guidance or recognised good practice.

5.2.6 Lead and participate in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies. Provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required including 'witness of fact' court reports where appropriate.

5.2.7 Assess safeguarding issues for own cases, provide second opinions for other members of the team, and provide clinical advice to colleagues on referring concerns to Child Protection Teams.

5.2.8 Maintain good working relationships and clear lines of communication with all colleagues, professionals, agencies and departments. Develop own skills and advise colleagues on good practices for integrated working.

5.3 Healthcare Governance Responsibilities

5.3.1 Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of individual clinician and clinical team performance management.

5.3.2 Contribute to the on-going development of clinical governance mechanisms across teams and the process of conducting audits and implementing service improvement as an outcome of these audits.

5.3.3 Liaise with service users and carers, to ensure that their experience influences the way in which individual CAMHS clinicians and teams practice.

5.3.4 Work with complaints, incidents and Child Protection services inside the Trust and with external agencies (e.g. Safeguarding Boards). This may include contributing to standard supervision of clinical practice, monitoring standards of practice, investigating and producing reports for internal and external inquiries.