ACTS Psychologist - CAMHS T4 Pathway | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum -this post attracts inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, HA9 6JE |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6164493/333-G-CA-1376 |
Summary
ACTS provides intensive community assessment and evidence-based treatment interventions to young people aged 13-18 with serious mental health needs who reside in Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster who would otherwise be admitted to a psychiatric General Adolescent Unit. We are able to demonstrate that the work we do makes a difference - and we are a team that enjoys that we do.
ACTS works Monday through Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. The service has been developed to be the least restrictive option of the Tier 4 pathway.
While we cover a large area, the team has an office based at Monks Park Health Centre, HA9 6JE . There are multiple public transport links and free street parking.
We welcome applications from qualified candidates who have been under-represented in mental health posts in terms of the social GGRRAAACCEEESSS (Burnham). We strive to promote equality of opportunity by seeking to remove barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunity for both our staff and service users.
The team is enthusiastic, creative, and highly-skilled. We are looking for someone who can contribute a range of skills and enrich our multi-disciplinary team discussions and team development. There is a positive team identity and an ethos built around reflective practice and staff wellbeing.
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This post is primarily a clinical post with scope to develop further - we actively encourage and support all Band 7 clinicians to train to become a full DBT individual therapist and be part of the CAMHS DBT consult. Please see the attached Job Description (JD) and Person Specification (PS) for essential and desired attributes.
All clinicians in the team - including consultants and team manager- provide care coordination to clients. Individual caseloads are reviewed weekly and capped.
We support all clinicians to offer therapeutic interventions to other young people/ families care coordinated by their colleagues depending on training/ experience and interest - e.g. DBT, CBT, ACT, CFT, EMDR, NET, MBT - and more! Interested? Please give one of us a call to discuss. ACTS has a proven track record in providing training to our team members and supporting them to develop and progress.
We welcome diverse skill sets! While this is a designated B7 CAMHS Psychology post, we are open to candidates who will be shortly receiving their HCPC registration and will offer a B6 to B7 support pathway with supervision from a senior CAMHS psychologist
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant will have direct contact with patients and their families and/ or carers. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Key requirements:
Training/ experience working with children and/or adolescents.
Training/ experience of working with young people with highly complex mental health needs, high levels of emotional distress and risk-taking behaviours, including self-harm and attempted suicide.
Training/ experience of specialist assessment and treatment of young people with serious mental health problems who are in crisis.
Training/ experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management.
Training/ experience in the delivery of psychological therapy.
Training/ experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in emotionally demanding and distressing situations.
Training/ experience of providing specialist advice to other professionals.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
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