Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Interventions Lead

Job overview

This in an exciting opportunity to join Salford CAMHS,  working as the Neurodevelopmental & Behavioural Interventions Lead

If you are Clinical Psychologist or experienced Mental Health Practitioner who is looking to share and your knowledge  and skills working with children and families, have excellent mental health assessment and formulation skills and can work therapeutically we would love to hear from you.

A skilled practitioner with mental health knowledge who can work in a  busy team, manage risk and is passionate about offering intervention for children and families will thrive in this role.

Working with children and families presenting with a range of mental health challenges, you will have opportunity to develop core clinical skills in assessment, formulation, therapy, consultation and supervision of others. We offer a robust supervision and development structure in terms of psychological therapies training within the Trust and across Greater Manchester to access specialist training in line with your own and the team's needs.

Salford CAMHS delivers services in line with the Thrive framework and sees service user feedback and participation as key components of service delivery and development.

MFT CAMHS was rated Outstanding by the CQC

Main duties of the job

To ensure the development, systematic provision, coordination and evaluation of a high-quality specialist evidence based assessment and intervention to young people referred to the team. Responsibilities may include:

• To provide a high quality, evidence-based specialist service to children and young people presenting with neurodevelopmental difficulties and complex behavioural needs.
• To take continuing responsibility for the management of an identified, highly complex clinical caseload.
• To provide clinical supervision around neurodevelopmental conditions and complex behavioural interventions within the team.
• To contribute to the teaching, training and consultation on issues related to neurodevelopmental conditions and complex behavioural interventions to other professionals who work with young people.

• Assessment and intervention with children, teenagers, young adults, and families
• Work with schools, colleges and other community-based professionals working with children, teenagers, and young adults.
• Consultation, support, and provision of advice
• Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research
• Staff training
• Liaison and effective teamwork will be required with staff from wider health, community, and education as appropriate
• Support the development of an evidence base for relevant conditions and outcomes affecting patients treated with our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

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Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

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