CAMHS Practitioner Individual Clinical

To provide timely assessments and treatment aimed at reducing the number of A&E presentations and other barriers to engagement
To participate in the Assertive Outreach team as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting, reviewing of care plans, therapeutic aims, and to provide a high standard of care to clients
To have a flexible and innovative approach with the treatment interventions provided drawing on NICE guidelines, evidence based practice and utilising routine outcome measures
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and professional requirement standards of record keeping.
To attend monthly supervision and twice-yearly appraisal meetings. To make effective use of colleagues in casework supervision and other forms of supervision when required according to local practice, including attending peer supervision meetings.
To maintain and ensure good professional standards in the care and treatment of young people and their families. To undertake all duties in line with the professional Codes of Professional Conduct, policies and guidelines and CAMHS governance standards. To maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession
To contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager., South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
Child and adolescent mental health service
We have the most comprehensive range of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the United Kingdom with a budget of approximately £47 million. Our services are renowned nationally and internationally, with clinical practice that thrives on our close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and the Medical Research Council Child Psychiatry Unit.
We are also proud to be part of the South London Partnership (SLP); a collaboration between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George's NHS Foundation Trust set up to improve quality and access to mental health services across the whole of south London., You will carry out mental health & risk assessments on adolescents in your care and work under the supervision of the team managers and senior clinicians to manage these situations effectively.
You will work with other CAMHS practitioners from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individuals are co-ordinated efficiently across agencies. This post is a clinical post and the majority of time is spent in actual clinical practice.
The post holder will work to provide rapid response and intervention for patients in crisis.
To work across interfaces in order to provide, an integrated service model intended to reduce response time of referral., § Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of adolescents, and families with contextual risk and developing appropriate risk formulations
§ Make a clinical formulation from a standard assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with young people and where appropriate with their carers
§ Assess safeguarding issues and where appropriate make referrals to Child Protection teams
§ Deliver evidence based interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines and adapted to the needs of adolescents
§ Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care
§ Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required
§ Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Professional Conduct
§ Undertake all duties in line with the professional Codes of Professional Conduct, and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession
§ Work in accordance and within the principles, policies, procedures and guidelines of all aspects of clinical governance
§ Attend monthly supervision (individual and or group/ peer supervision) and annual appraisal meetings.
§Remain up to date with changing practices and wherever possible make full use of all training and educational facilities
The post holder will assess patients and offer advice and support or refer/signpost to other agencies for specialist advice/support/service if appropriate
The post holder will communicate effectively with young people, their families, the MDT and wider professional networks. They will also clearly document assessments and subsequent shared decision-making.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

Good communication skills are required in order to communicate with staff of all levels and from a variety of disciplines within SLaM and partner agencies.
Ability to promote partnership working between Primary and Secondary care, Local Authority, Voluntary and Statutory agencies, and the independent sector
Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with patients, relatives and carers, where there may be barriers to understanding. Ability to deal effectively with patient or carer concerns, complaints and anxieties as they arise
To work with cultural humility
Maintain a high standard of verbal and written communication to provide continuity of care.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.