Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in an 8a role as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist within our Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMS, formerly known as CAMHS) multidisciplinary team. The role involves delivering a high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their families in the West of Hertfordshire, including Hemel Hempstead and St Albans. You will have HCPC registration and provide a highly specialist child and adolescent service within the context of the principles of CAPA (The Choice and Partnership Approach) and CYP-IAPT, providing both core work and specific/specialist work. HPFT has been at the forefront on national developments in CYPMHS, including CAPA and CYP-IAPT. CAMHS West is a caring, supportive and hard-working team which prides itself in working collaboratively with young people and stakeholders in service delivery. There are opportunities to take a lead in areas of service delivery. You will have strong links with professional colleagues in the wider CAMHS. In addition to the inpatient unit, our CAMHS includes a Tier 4 Home Treatment Team, four community clinic Tier 3 teams, a Targeted Team for looked after children, a specialist Eating Disorder Team, a Crisis Team and a DBT team. Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children and their families/carers/networks who have mental health issues. They will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing interventions in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT. They will work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. They will undertake risk assessment and risk management for all children and adolescents, including the protective and risk factors in the network of significant relationships. They will act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the client's care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions. About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the
Care Quality Commission . Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. Job responsibilities
Work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. Have good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues. Maintain close working relationships with child therapy colleagues and other psychological therapists, both locally and CAMHS-wide. Promote and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the quadrant and build good relationships with clients, their families, carers / other external agencies as required. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and under the supervision of a more senior psychologists. Responsible for assessing and treating children, young people and their families/carers in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems. Maintain adequate clinical notes as well as reports for internal use and external agencies, as well as maintaining good communication with referrers and other professionals involved with young people attending the clinic. Person Specification
Knowledge/Training/Experience
Relevant training and professional registration as per person spec. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including CBT. Post registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature. Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT. Experience in neuropsychological assessment training in supervision of clinical/counselling psychologists. Experience and Knowledge
Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children/adolescents with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems with a wide range of client groups. Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training within Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children. Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment. Good presentation and teaching skills. Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework. Experience of service quality monitoring. Experience of having published in either peer reviewed academic or professional journals and/or books. Communication Skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information. Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families. Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team. Positive problem-solving approach. Physical Skills
Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust £55,877 to £62,626 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in an 8a role as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist within our Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMS, formerly known as CAMHS) multidisciplinary team. The role involves delivering a high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their families in the West of Hertfordshire, including Hemel Hempstead and St Albans. You will have HCPC registration and provide a highly specialist child and adolescent service within the context of the principles of CAPA (The Choice and Partnership Approach) and CYP-IAPT, providing both core work and specific/specialist work. HPFT has been at the forefront on national developments in CYPMHS, including CAPA and CYP-IAPT. CAMHS West is a caring, supportive and hard-working team which prides itself in working collaboratively with young people and stakeholders in service delivery. There are opportunities to take a lead in areas of service delivery. You will have strong links with professional colleagues in the wider CAMHS. In addition to the inpatient unit, our CAMHS includes a Tier 4 Home Treatment Team, four community clinic Tier 3 teams, a Targeted Team for looked after children, a specialist Eating Disorder Team, a Crisis Team and a DBT team. Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children and their families/carers/networks who have mental health issues. They will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing interventions in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT. They will work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. They will undertake risk assessment and risk management for all children and adolescents, including the protective and risk factors in the network of significant relationships. They will act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring provision of a care plan, taking responsibility for initiating, planning and review of the client's care, ensuring the work of others involved and communicating effectively with the child/ the carer/professional as appropriate, monitoring the progress of multi-disciplinary interventions. About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the
Care Quality Commission . Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. Job responsibilities
Work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. Have good working relationships with multi-disciplinary colleagues. Maintain close working relationships with child therapy colleagues and other psychological therapists, both locally and CAMHS-wide. Promote and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in all areas of the quadrant and build good relationships with clients, their families, carers / other external agencies as required. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and under the supervision of a more senior psychologists. Responsible for assessing and treating children, young people and their families/carers in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems. Maintain adequate clinical notes as well as reports for internal use and external agencies, as well as maintaining good communication with referrers and other professionals involved with young people attending the clinic. Person Specification
Knowledge/Training/Experience
Relevant training and professional registration as per person spec. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including CBT. Post registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature. Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT. Experience in neuropsychological assessment training in supervision of clinical/counselling psychologists. Experience and Knowledge
Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children/adolescents with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems with a wide range of client groups. Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training within Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children. Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment. Good presentation and teaching skills. Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework. Experience of service quality monitoring. Experience of having published in either peer reviewed academic or professional journals and/or books. Communication Skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information. Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families. Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team. Positive problem-solving approach. Physical Skills
Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust £55,877 to £62,626 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAs)
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