CAMHS Therapeutic Groups Clinical Coordinator

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated senior CAMHS clinician with a passion for working with young people and their families to lead on the development and coordination of our group intervention programme in Newham CAMHS.

This is a recently established role aligned with the strategic intentions for CAMHS and partnership working for children, young people and families in Newham.

As a group therapy coordinator for Newham CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services), you will be responsible for the management and oversight of the group therapy programme for children, adolescents experiencing mental health challenges and their families and carers. You will work closely with all the multidisciplinary teams and the participation programme within Newham CAMHS and the wider network of community organisations including schools, social care, community paediatric health and youth justice.

The post holder will maintain and continue to develop a regular programme of therapeutic groups incorporating clinical guidelines whilst also being creative and innovative in response to local diversity and specific challenges unique to Newham, a borough experiencing significant socio-economic deprivation. Understanding and responding to the specific health and access needs for the diverse Newham population is an essential component.

Main duties of the job

Newham CAMHS is working across the community and embedded within education and other agencies. A key part of our strategy is to ensure we are reaching out and sharing skills and interventions with community partners, professionals, young people and families. Developing a group programme incorporating other locations and facilitators including peer support workers will also be a vital part of this role.

Your responsibilities will include assessing the needs of individuals and groups, developing appropriate group therapy programmes, coordinating schedules and logistics, recruiting clinicians form the within CAMHS to run groups, leading and facilitating group sessions, and evaluating the effectiveness of the therapy. You will coordinate a provision of training, CPD, supervision, guidance, and structure to the whole service for the maintenance of a comprehensive group programme.

You will also be tasked with care coordination of a clinical caseload within the Emotional and Behavioural Team (E&B). The E+B Team provide a CAMHS service for young people with a wide variety of mood and anxiety problems and difficulties with managing behavioural expectations. The role involves providing comprehensive psycho-social assessment and evidence based treatment. There will also be an expectation to be carry out duty tasks including risk assessments and urgent or emergency assessments in response to crisis presentations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham’s children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team, Front Door Team and Mental Health Support Teams for schools. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working. The service undertakes considerable outreach and consultation work and training.

Please watch this video to learn more about Newham CAMHS from our service users and families: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_HEZhhybQ

Key Relationships •    Young people and their carers and families •    Clinical Supervisor/Discipline Lead –Newham CAMHS •    Clinical/Operational Team Leads for all CAMHS sub-teams including CAMHS schools team and practitioners •    Associate Clinical Director •    Psychological Therapies Lead •    General Manager  •    Multidisciplinary colleagues in E+B and wider Newham CAMHS •    ELFT named professional for Safeguarding Children •    Social Workers in Children’s Social Care •    Teachers, SENCOs and Educational professionals