Job requirements
Essential
30 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
- Other
To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Other
To be able to work within the Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics
- Other
Able to form good working relationships with others in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency setting
- Other
Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work
- Skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress.
- Skills
Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation.
- Skills
Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside SET CAMHS.
- Skills
Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant.
- Skills
Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Skills
Ability to plan and organise own workload and time. Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work
- Knowledge
An awareness of NHS priorities
- Knowledge
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long-term clinical interventions in CAMHS
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies. Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
- Knowledge
Knowledge of electronic record systems, ie. SystmOne, Rio
- Experience
Extensive experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions.
- Experience
Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma)
- Experience
Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
- Experience
Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.
- Experience
Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of specialist assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person.
- Experience
Extensive experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum.
- Experience
Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience
Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts.
- Qualifications
NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Qualifications
Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. RMN, social worker, counsellor)
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are kind
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are respectful
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We work together with our communities
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
Job summary
Job overview The post holder will provide assessment, interventions and reports regarding mental and physical health, drug and substance misuse issues and contribute to programmes designed to reduce the risk of offending behaviour. Prison visits and working with young people in custodial establishments is an important part of the post. Close working links will be maintained with the wider SET CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
Please see Clinical, Teaching, Training, Consultation and General duties of the job on the attached JD
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Details
- Date posted: 07 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: SPX-3EL-001840
- Job locations: Skyline Plaza, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6BB, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
1. To provide evidence based mental and physical health and risk assessments, drug and substance misuse assessments, interventions and reports, both independently and alongside other professionals within the Youth Offending Service locally and the multi-agency network.
2. Promote and assess the mental and physical health of young offenders and refer to relevant health services as required.
3. Contribute to programmes designed to reduce the risk of offending particularly where the primary factors pertain to mental health and substance misuse issues.
4. Develop community based group work programmes to work with young people within the youth crime system, including prison visits.
5. Provide support and advice to the families, parents and carers of young offenders in relation to their emotional and mental health.
6. Provide supervision and consultation to other professionals providing parenting programmes, support and advice to the families, parents and carers of young offenders.
7. Provide assessment, risk assessment and interventions to sex offenders and refer, as necessary, to other services and agencies in order to meet identified needs where assessment indicates more specialised interventions and treatment.
8. Provide assessment of physical health needs, provide some direct intervention e.g. programmes of immunisation and refer to primary healthcare where appropriate e.g. dentist, GP, school, nursing and further immunisation.
9. Manage a defined limited caseload.
10. Refer young people, as necessary, to other services and agencies in order to meet identified needs where assessment indicates more specialised interventions and treatment e.g. drug and substance misuse.
11. Participate in regular individual, clinical and management supervision.
12. Maintain accurate computer and paper-based records, prepare formal reports, letters, case summaries and collect such information as required by the Youth Offender Team Managers and the Trust.
13. Develop and maintain operational and liaison links to the wider SET CAMHS, adult mental health services and specialist drug and substance misuse teams.
14. To work closely with the YOT Drugs Worker on common cases.
15.To provide pre-sentence reports to Crown and Magistrates Court, appear in Court as witness and to advise the Court.
Teaching, Training, Consultation:
16. Offer consultation and advice to professionals seeking to understand the mental health of the client group, including other mental health professionals.
17. To support the delivery of teaching packages on adolescent mental health issues to other professionals e.g. magistrates, counsellors, school nurses and CAMHS.
18. Support the development of evidence based practice by participating in or conducting research and audit.
19. Take students on placement, providing supervision and guidance where appropriate.
General
20. Contribute to the operational and strategic development of the Youth Offending Service.
21. Maintain professional competence/standards through participation in individual performance review, continuing professional development and professional forums.
22. Observe the requirements of relevant legislation, including the Crime and Disorder Act,
1998, the Children Act, 1989, the Mental Health Act, 1983 and the Data Protection Act 1998.
23. Comply with Trust and Youth Offender Team policies and procedures, including commitment to equal opportunities and social inclusion.
24. Comply with the requirement of Child Protection Policy as agreed with the Youth
Offender Team and Area Child Protection Committee.
25. To maintain confidentiality as per confidentiality policy.
26. Carry out other duties consistent with the grading of the post as required
Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
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