CAMHS Transitions Coordinator

We are currently recruiting for a full time (12 months fixed-term, Maternity Cover) CAMHS Transitions Worker to work in our Richmond Tier 3 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the London Borough of Richmond.
The post holder will support families, work alongside teams and liaise with multi-agencies, ensuring wider system collaboration to wrap around support for our young people.
These innovative roles have been developed to ensure our young people moving from CAMHS services into Adult services are sufficiently prepared and supported to navigate adult provision and networks, whilst maintaining their progress and promoting independence.
The aim of the CAMHS Transition post is to support the successful transition of young people aged 17 into appropriate mental health services and to enhance the social and mental health outcomes of young people experiencing difficulties as they grow into adulthood., It is acknowledged that the transition from child to adult services creates risks for young people who may fall through the systems due to not having the right support. This can result in poor mental health and social outcomes, leading to loss of human potential and increased burden on health and social care services over a lifespan.
This post will directly inform and update Transition Protocol between CAMHS and AMHS based upon the latest evidence of best practice. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting teams and provide training, where necessary, to educate and skill up professionals and stakeholders in the needs of those young people moving from CAMHS into adult services. Core to the role with be ensuring excellent collaboration between the young person and families to support the young person's journey across services.
We are looking for an individual who has a strong track record in system wide working and communication across teams, who demonstrates excellent leadership qualities and someone who is inspirational and engaging with young people, staff and external partners., To provide leadership to safeguarding issues to CAMHS teams for cases in process of transitions
To contribute to specialist assessments of young children and their parents/career referred to the services based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, an integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology.
Support evaluation and decision-making process for transition and treatment interventions considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family
Exercise autonomous professional responsibility contributing towards assessments, discharge and transition of young people to adult mental health services whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carer receive holistic and coordinated services in response to their mental health needs.
To contribute to risk assessment(s) and risk management(s) for young children and parents/carer.
Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carer.
To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy an Information Governance Department.
To assist CAMHS teams in the coordination of CPA meetings and to participate in patients CPA's and other agency reviews
To take a lead role in child protection, consulting with and advising colleagues in accordance with policy and legislative frameworks
To lead on MCA 2005 MHA 1983, Care Act 2014 and safeguarding issues in relation to transition
To frequently manage complex and emotionally charged meetings with children and families where clients may be hostile, antagonistic or have high expressed emotion.
To be responsible for managing and prioritizing own workload of children and adolescents involving self-harm
To be responsible for implementing a range of group work interventions focusing on life skills training, motivational and creative activities, systemic, psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions for individual children, carers, families and groups.
To make appropriate formulations, that may need to consider risk such as sexual abuse, drawing upon a wide experience and knowledge base, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses and adjusting and changing treatment options.
To be responsible for recording clinical work and communicating, both orally and in writing, in a skilled and constructive manner highly complex or distressing information, for example regarding the experience and effects of anorexia and bulimia on a young person's physical and developmental status.
To share assessment and treatment plans, using sensitive and age-appropriate language, being mindful that the information may be unwelcome.
To be mindful of the needs of children, young people and families from a wide range of racial, cultural, sexual religious and social backgrounds, and to develop with colleagues' innovative ways of meeting these needs.
Service Development:
To be responsible for identifying desirable service developments in accordance with needs of Young People and their carers transitioning to adult services.
To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of transition services' operational policies and services, as directed, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
To contribute to a culture that is therapeutic, productive, accessible, inclusive and flexible to meet the needs of the local population.
Teaching, Training and Supervision:
To receive relevant clinical and managerial supervision from relevant senior nurse and service manager, as relevant.
To gain additional experiences and skills relevant to the profession and/or the service (as agreed with the service manager) in accordance with the CAMHS directorate's expectations.
To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training, and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staff's psychological work as appropriate.
To offer training relevant to the above to service user's carer and colleagues.
To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings.
Research and Service Evaluation:
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To undertake appropriate research and provide advice to other staff undertaking research.
At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.
As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:
+ BME (Evolve) Staff Network
+ Christian Staff Network
+ DiverseAbility
+ Deaf Staff Network
+ Mental Health Staff Forum
+ Women's Staff Network
+ LGBTQIA+
We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.
Please note:
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3^rd party e-recruitment system
+ 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 West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust

NHS AfC: Band 8a
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' however we aim to be 'outstanding'.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you'll be part of something special - an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working., We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About the location:
Livingston House, Teddington
Our community hub is near shops, restaurants and stations in Teddington with trains to Richmond, Kingston, Clapham Junction, or Waterloo. This service will permanently re-locate to a new bespoke CAMHS building at Richmond Royal Hospital Spring 2025. Richmond Royal Hospital is located in Richmond Town Centre. It is a 5-minute walk from Overground and South West Train routes.