CAMHS Social Worker (N&S AAFS & SLP FCAMHS)

Job overview

We are delighted to be seeking a full-time Band 7 CAMHS Social Worker to join our team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsive, specialist service for young people and families. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to consolidate skills in consultation, complex assessment, and risk management within a skilled and supportive clinical team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a specialist social work service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS and South London FCAMHS. Main duties include:

• To take a lead in delivering and coordinating a social work service to young people and their families/ carers in the AAFS and FCAMHS teams.   •    To join colleagues in the delivery of multiagency consultations for young people who present a high risk of harm to others/to self/from others •    To ensure that young people are safeguarded from harm, to improve outcomes in young people’s and family/carers lives and act as a guide and an advocate for young people and their families/carers.   •    To be an active and vital member of the multi-disciplinary team using knowledge and skills to support and advise colleagues in relation to safeguarding and social care. •    To work closely and effectively with a variety of other professional disciplines and external statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of children and young people, their families and carers within the community setting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide a specialist social work service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS and SLP FCAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti-racist approach. We are a team of clinical psychologists, forensic psychologists, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists. We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minoritised groups.  Main duties include:

• To work within the AAFS and FCAMHS team, taking a lead in delivering and coordinating a social work service to young people and their families/ carers.   •    To ensure that young people are safeguarded from harm, to improve outcomes in young people’s and family/carers lives and act as a guide and an advocate for young people and their families/carers.   •    To be an active and vital member of the multi-disciplinary team using knowledge and skills to support and advise colleagues in relation to safeguarding and social care. •    To work closely and effectively with a variety of other professional disciplines and external statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of children and young people, their families and carers within the community setting.