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Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to use computer systems to access electronic notes and to have keyboard skills to be able to write up assessment outcomes.
- Other
Mental effort required to undertake tasks demanding intense and prolonged concentration.
- Other
To have the mental resilience to be able to move from one complex task to the next, such as attending meetings, carrying out assessments, carrying out therapeutic interventions and completing documentation.
- Experience
To have experience of working with children, adolescents and families.
- Experience
To have experience of working in a child and adolescent mental health setting (CAMHS).
- Experience
To have experience of using specialist clinical skills to carry out therapeutic and psycho-educational interventions.
- Experience
To have experience of working with psychosis and high risk and complex health problems.
- Knowledge and Skills
To have knowledge of psychosis and other mental health difficulties and their impact upon functioning and performance.
- Knowledge and Skills
To have an understanding of adolescent development and the impact of mental health difficulties during the adolescent period.
- Knowledge and Skills
To have highly developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex mental health needs.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to apply effective interpersonal and communication skills in both individual and group therapeutic interventions.
- Knowledge and Skills
To be able to adapt communication to young people who may have significant impairments in their communication or/and verbal ability.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to use sophisticated interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively within emotive environments and with distressing material.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to exercise judgement, and make interpretations regarding complex issues.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to communicate complex information to clients, carers and other professionals.
- Knowledge and Skills
To be able to use supervision and support from colleagues to maintain safe practice.
- Education/Qualification/Training
A qualification in Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or other equivalent profession
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
To have experience of joint working and of being part of an MDT.
- Experience
Experience of providing care coordination within a Care Programme Approach.
- Experience
Experience of working with diversity.
- Knowledge and Skills
To have knowledge and skills in working with young people with neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Knowledge and Skills
To have knowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines. (Mental Health Act 1983, NICE guidelines, National service Framework for Mental Health).
Job overview
We are recruiting a maternity cover Band 7 CAMHS Clinician to work within the Adolescent Mental Health Team in Newham.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Qualified Mental Health Clinician (such as a Clinical Psychologist, Registered Mental Health Nurse or Family therapist) to work in an established MDT within a busy and diverse Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post holder should have both expertise and a passion for working with adolescents and their families and for working with complex mental heath difficulties.
As a care coordinator within the AMHT, the post holder will support the care of adolescents with complex, and often risky, mental health presentations such as first-episode psychosis, severe depression, emotional dysregulation and complex trauma.
As well as appealing to qualified mental health clinicians currently working within community CAMHS settings, this post may appeal to those not already working in community CAMHS who wish to develop new skills and therapeutic approaches.
Main duties of the job
The AMHT is a well functioning multi-disciplinary team within Newham CAMHS. The team is composed of Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurse, a Systemic Family Therapist, a Clinical Psychologist, an Occupational Therapist and Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy. It is commissioned to provide early intervention in psychosis (EIS) for 13 to 18 year olds as well as to offer mental health care to young people presenting with high risk of severe life threatening self-harm.
The team model includes joint working as well as individual working with young people and their families. The team offers a range of interventions including therapeutic care coordination, systemic family therapy, individual therapy (CBT, psychoanalytical psychotherapy, narrative therapy) and psychiatric support. The team works within a Care Pathway model of service delivery within a multidisciplinary framework, holding weekly MDT meetings where all high risk cases are discussed. It incorporates a developmental approach in its formulation of young people’s presentation and an understanding of adolescent personality development. Due to the nature and severity of their mental health difficulties, young people are often engaged in longer-term interventions with the team.
Line management and professional supervision will be provided from within the team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To effectively manage a caseload of clients with highly complex mental health difficulties using a Care Programme Approach.
- To work collaboratively within a cohesive MDT and to contribute to team meetings, care plans, treatment reviews and CPAs. To work jointly with other professionals within the MDT to provide assessments and interventions to clients.
- To provide specialist systemic and family interventions to AMHT clients.
- To contribute to a team duty system and be able to confidently respond to young people who present in crisis.
- To adopt a client centred and highly sensitive approach to therapy; collaborating with clients (and/or carer(s) where appropriate) in all aspects of the therapeutic process.
- To respond to, record and report any incidents relating to therapy or client care in an appropriate and timely manner.
- To respond to unpleasant or highly distressing conditions or behaviour in a professional manner, demonstrating empathy and sensitivity.
- To be alert to safeguarding concerns and to follow local and national processes in responding to such concerns; to seek support from the MDT and senior colleagues as needed.
- To attend monthly management and clinical supervision.
- To maintain professional standards and keep up to date with professional registration.
- To operate in a creative and flexible manner to incorporate home visits and off-site sessions to suit client’s individual needs.
- To adhere to professional standards and keep registration up to date.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist CAMHS Practitioner AMHT - Band 7 with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover). The application deadline is 04 Oct 2026.
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