• Job Description

  Req#: C9363-24-0205?language=en&page=138&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  1.0 WTE Band 6 LAC Practitioner in LAC CAMHS for Bedfordshire and Luton - One year maternity leave cover

  The LAC CAMHS team for Luton, Bedford and Central Bedfordshire is a well-established, supportive, and passionate multi-disciplinary team. We are committed to providing the very best therapeutic support and intervention to Children in Care, their carers, and colleagues from Social Care throughout Luton, Bedford and Central Bedfordshire. We have close links with colleagues in the wider CAMHS, in Education and other agencies.

  Do you want to join the team as a Band 6 LAC Practitioner to cover a maternity leave for one year?

  Main duties of the job

  You will provide assessments and interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. You will also provide support to carers, and consultations to social workers and other professionals. There will be opportunities to join colleagues running various groups for children, young people or carers, and different trainings for carers and professionals.

  You will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, as well as the ability to work well in a team. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of continuing professional development sessions, and regular team meetings which involve clinical discussions.

  The main base would be at the CAMHS office, Rush Court, Bedford, MK40 3JT. But it will be necessary to travel around Bedfordshire and Luton in order to provide the service where best suits the children and young people.

  About us

  Professional development is an important part of the team's ethos, and training is actively encouraged and provided by the Trust. The Trust takes staff well-being seriously, and details of the extensive employee benefits can be found here: www.elft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/staff-benefits.

  Date posted

  12 February 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  363-SSLB6048330

  Job locations

  Rush Court

  3 Rush Court

  Bedford

  MK40 3JT

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications, Training

  Essential

  • Recognised professional qualification or registration (e.g. RMHN, Degree, diploma or equivalent in social work, CYP IAPT therapy, counselling etc.).
  • Evidence of continued professional development.
  • Understanding of current NHS and Social Care policies and practices relating to Mental Health.
  • Knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures.

  Desirable

  • Further relevant specialist training.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a child mental health setting or experience highly related to the clinical field.
  • Experience of working with children, young people and families where there are child safeguarding concerns.
  • Experience of working with traumatised children and young people in an emotionally demanding setting.
  • Experience of completing risk assessments and managing risks

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with wider systems around traumatised children and young people.
  • Experience of service development activities.
  • Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Experience of working with groups.
  • Experience of supervising other staff or students.
  • Experience of audit or research.

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of Equal Opportunities and confidentiality.
  • Well-developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age appropriate level, complex, highly technical and /or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS including reports for the Courts.
  • Knowledge of current legislation and national guidelines affecting child and adolescent mental health services.
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
  • Proficient interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs.
  • Ability to work with a racially and culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts
  • Skills and ability to liaise effectively with other agencies and professionals.
  • Ability to use supervision effectively.
  • Ability to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with service users who have moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
  • Ability to assess and manage exposure to potential hazards including verbal aggression and risk of physical aggression.
  • Ability to work autonomously, manage own workload, determine priorities and manage time effectively.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Effective written and oral communication skills.
  • Good IT Skills, including use of Word and Microsoft Outlook.
  • Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice.
  • Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
  • Mental and emotional capacity to undertake clinical consultations and interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis.
  • Physical skills required to facilitate a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required.
  • Mental effort required to undertake intense concentration for data analysis, strategic planning, holistic formulations, and report writing.
  • Emotional effort and ability to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with clients who have moderate to severe mental health problems.
  • Ability to tolerate multiple accounts of traumatic histories and manage the emotional impact appropriately.
  • Full car driving license and access to a car.
  • Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional and ethical guidelines and Trust policies.

  Person Specification

  Education, Qualifications, Training

  Essential

  • Recognised professional qualification or registration (e.g. RMHN, Degree, diploma or equivalent in social work, CYP IAPT therapy, counselling etc.).
  • Evidence of continued professional development.
  • Understanding of current NHS and Social Care policies and practices relating to Mental Health.
  • Knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures.

  Desirable

  • Further relevant specialist training.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a child mental health setting or experience highly related to the clinical field.
  • Experience of working with children, young people and families where there are child safeguarding concerns.
  • Experience of working with traumatised children and young people in an emotionally demanding setting.
  • Experience of completing risk assessments and managing risks

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with wider systems around traumatised children and young people.
  • Experience of service development activities.
  • Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Experience of working with groups.
  • Experience of supervising other staff or students.
  • Experience of audit or research.

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Knowledge of Equal Opportunities and confidentiality.
  • Well-developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age appropriate level, complex, highly technical and /or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS including reports for the Courts.
  • Knowledge of current legislation and national guidelines affecting child and adolescent mental health services.
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
  • Proficient interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs.
  • Ability to work with a racially and culturally diverse community in a wide variety of contexts
  • Skills and ability to liaise effectively with other agencies and professionals.
  • Ability to use supervision effectively.
  • Ability to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with service users who have moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
  • Ability to assess and manage exposure to potential hazards including verbal aggression and risk of physical aggression.
  • Ability to work autonomously, manage own workload, determine priorities and manage time effectively.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Effective written and oral communication skills.
  • Good IT Skills, including use of Word and Microsoft Outlook.
  • Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice.
  • Knowledge of child and adolescent development and mental health.
  • Mental and emotional capacity to undertake clinical consultations and interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis.
  • Physical skills required to facilitate a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required.
  • Mental effort required to undertake intense concentration for data analysis, strategic planning, holistic formulations, and report writing.
  • Emotional effort and ability to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with clients who have moderate to severe mental health problems.
  • Ability to tolerate multiple accounts of traumatic histories and manage the emotional impact appropriately.
  • Full car driving license and access to a car.
  • Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional and ethical guidelines and Trust policies.

  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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Rush Court

  3 Rush Court

  Bedford

  MK40 3JT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Rush Court

  3 Rush Court

  Bedford

  MK40 3JT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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