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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
About
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 and Kent.
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.
Clinical Lead - CAMHS Adolescent and Youth Justice Service
Closed for applications on: 23-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 23-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Barking & Dagenham CAMHS The Child & Family Centre
- Address
- 79 Axe Street
- Town
- Barking, Essex
- Postcode
- IG11 7LZ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 Plus HCAS per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Post holder must be a registered health professional
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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
The role involves leading operations for the Barking & Dagenham Adolescent and Youth Justice Service CAMHS team, working in close collaboration with the Service Manager and the Senior B&D CAMHS Management Team. The position includes providing managerial and clinical leadership, contributing to service development, managing referrals, and promoting interagency collaboration. Candidates should have experience working with vulnerable children and young people, possess excellent communication skills, and be both aspirational and adaptable to conduct comprehensive health assessments for those known to the Youth Justice Service. The post holder will manage the daily operations of the Youth Justice Nursing service within B&D YJS Health CAMHS, while also maintaining a clinical role. Responsibilities include providing clinical and professional leadership, line management to the team, and support to the Service Manager. Additionally, the role involves contributing to the strategic direction, supporting the integration of pathways, and leading the establishment of effective partnerships with the local authority, youth justice services, primary care, and the broader health and social care community, including key stakeholders.
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As an expert practitioner, the post holder will lead the continuous professional development of the workforce, assist the Service Manager in enhancing the service's performance capabilities, and undertake or coordinate service improvement and governance initiatives. They will also support the development of policy and practice and act as a deputy for the Service Manager.
The post holder will provide support to their peers and team leader, contribute effectively as a team member, and work independently on their own initiative. They will be committed to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.
Working for our organisation
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 in 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).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Work closely with Barking & Dagenham Children’s social services, Youth Justice Service, the police, core CAMHS teams, and other partner agencies to foster integrated practice.
• Establish clear communication channels with external agencies for coordinated care and support.
• Undertake CAMHS assessments and care coordination for young people in a community setting, emphasizing the connection between offending, mental health, and substance misuse.
• Collaborate with the YJS Clinical CAMHS Team, senior clinicians, and the multidisciplinary team for mental health risk assessments.
• Collaborate on strategic planning for ongoing CAMHS service development within the Barking & Dagenham Adolescent and Youth Justice Service.
• Contribute insights to enhance the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the CAMHS team.
• Oversee and manage the referral process, ensuring timely and appropriate allocations within the Barking & Dagenham Adolescent Youth Justice Service CAMHS team.
• To ensure that the transition process to adult health provision for young people meets individual health care needs and is appropriate, timely & well-co-ordinated.
• To work in partnership with the multi-agency team of professionals including Children's Services, Education & CAMHS to help young people known to the Youth Justice Service reach their potential by helping them to understand their health & take responsibility for their health and wellbeing appropriate to their age & development.
• The post holder will work with young people and families within the home environment, school, or other identified community settings.
• Attend and Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service by attending relevant meetings and assuming responsibilities as negotiated with the line manager; and, providing CAMHS input for adolescents within the Youth Justice Service.
• Collaborate with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
• Uphold high operational standards in clinical systems to assure the quality of care provided by the Barking & Dagenham Youth Justice Service-CAMHS Team.
• To establish robust, effective, and positive partnerships with managers, clinicians and primary care ensuring that support and supervision is provided to staff to prevent professional isolation.
• To work with Service Manager to improve recruitment and retention and contribute to the recruitment process, acting as appointing officer as required.
• Ensure accurate, up-to-date, and high-quality recording and reporting of client contact, adhering to CAMHS and professional standards of record-keeping.
• Utilize RIO (NELFT) Liquid Logic and Child View (Youth Justice System) for efficient information collection and collation.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• To attend, actively participate and represent the service in professional and management forums and locality-based meetings.
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of national guidelines and legislation from the Department of Health, Youth Justice Service, and other relevant services and to be aware of their impact on the profession in order to develop clinical policy and protocols.
• To establish and maintain robust links with professional bodies such as the Nursing & Midwifery Council and to ensure that clinicians are aware of professional developments that impact on their practice.
• Uphold a commitment to cultural sensitivity and diversity in all aspects of work.
• Maintain and promote good professional standards and attitudes toward the care and treatment of children, young people, and their families.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the Barking & Dagenham Youth Justice Service-CAMHS Team.
• Provide training and advice to Adolescent Youth Justice Service (AYJS) officers on emerging mental health symptoms in the adolescent population.
• Stay informed about the latest research and developments, contributing expertise to enhance understanding of the connection between offending behaviours, mental illness, and substance misuse.
• To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
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.
Person specification
Demonstration of Trust Values
Essential criteria
- • Putting people first • Prioritising quality • Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve
- • Being professional and honest • Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Hold a relevant clinical qualification (e.g., Clinical Psychology, Mental health Nursing, AMHP) and possess substantial experience in working with adolescents and youth justice populations.
- Relevant postgraduate qualification at master’s level or relevant experience and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Be registered with the appropriate professional regulatory body
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience and competencies in Health Visiting/ School Nursing/ Family Nurse Partnership/Children In Care /Youth Justice Nursing
- Experience of leadership and management of a team. Experience of effective supervision of staff
- Experience of leading service change and service development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in partnership with Health, Education and Local Authorities.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An awareness of NHS priorities
- Extensive knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable Children & Young people and management of complex Safeguarding Cases
- Extensive knowledge in Public Health Agenda, with ability to relate to service delivery
- Ability to undertake complex health assessments
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate management skills and leadership qualities.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Sound judgement and decision-making skills.
- Ability to use own initiative and work as part of a team.
- Ability to solve problems in flexible and creative ways. Ability to respond to changing direction in terms of the development and design of new practice/service developments. Committed to promoting equality and inclusion. Basic computer skills
Other
Essential criteria
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- To maintain an up-todate knowledge of national guidelines and legislation from the Department of Health, Youth Justice Service and other relevant services and to be aware of their impact on the profession in order to develop clinical policy and protocols.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emeka Enweani
- Job title
- Service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 3001751
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