Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for registered Nurses, Social Workers, and Allied Health Professionals to join the Trust Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tri-Borough Single Point of Access (SPoA), covering Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. This post will primarily be based in Haringey

The post holder will be based within the SPoA service and will work across the referral pre-screening and triage function and the Initial Assessmentpathway. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that referrals are reviewed promptly, allocated appropriately, and discussed within multidisciplinary team meetings where required. They will support the delivery of a seamless referral process, ensuring that young people are either directed into the most appropriate clinical pathway or discharged from the service when indicated.

The role includes oversight of the administrative and clinical processes associated with assessment and discharge, ensuring that IA care plan letters, discharge notifications, and all relevant documentation are completed accurately and shared with young people and their families in a timely manner

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated clinicians with a passion for working with CYP, their families/carers. Applicants should have an interest in supporting CYP, presenting with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The successful post holder will work within a balanced job plan that incorporates both clinical leadership and clinical intervention

Main duties of the job
If the maximum number of applications is reached, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

The postholders will offer supervision and appropriate level of senior clinical oversight for a range of bandings within the team. The post holder will support specialist ND triage advice where necessary, guidance, and support for CYP, their families and other professionals working with CYP. The role includes having a caseload providing therapeutic interventions with an opportunity to lead and develop new interventions at the front door, as well as deputy leadership and management functions as and when necessary, as part of the SPOA leadership team. The postholder will assist in implementing and reviewing systems, policies standards and procedures that contribute to the delivery of high-quality service within the frameworks agreed by the Trust and the Commissioners.

The service will have a centralized collation of outcome measures and scoring used to determine pathways in conjunction with shared decision making.

You will lead on trauma informed assessment and care, with effective signposting where indicated. You will have close ties to other health and social care providers and education services. The role includes having a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention, as well providing senior clinical support to team members.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities
To maintain an active and complex caseload as relevant to professional registration in line with job plan as determined with SPOA Service Lead. Job plan will allow for balance of clinical / managerial work as required by the needs of the service.

To support the day-to-day clinical oversight of the SPOA Service, clinical pathways, coordinating the clinic-based service in conjunction with other senior colleagues and

Support junior colleagues with their caseloads management to work effectively, efficiently and creating capacity to take on new cases.

To take a lead clinical role across a specified pathway i.e., triage/ screening or Initial assessments or short-term brief intervention

To support where necessary in all aspects of the service delivery, referral management, duty clinician, to ensure that young people are triaged and screened into the service or signposted as appropriate, in consideration of risk and urgency.

To support and supervise staff, and respond to queries.

To assist in the development of CAMHS services within the locality and tri borough including working to an agreed model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and operational organisation of the services including all HR matters.

To maintain an awareness of complex cases and projects for which allocated staff are responsible and ensure the Clinical Team Manager is appropriately informed regarding cases of particular risk or concern. This role does include carrying a caseload.

This is not an exhaustive list, p lease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential

• Registered as a mental health practitioner with professional qualifications in a relevant Discipline, eg Nursing, Social Work, Family Therapy, Psychology and Psychotherapy. Significant post-qualifying clinical experience obtained in a variety of settings for a minimum of 3 years.
• Clear record of ongoing continuing professional development

Desirable

• oExperience/qualifications in leadership and/or management qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential

• Demonstrates significant experience as a Care co-ordinator of complex cases
• Demonstrates significant experience in providing effective caseload management,
• Experience in CAMHS clinical work
• Experience in prioritising and managing the work of a team or others.
• Experience of motivating and engaging others in challenging situations to maintain progress towards goals.
• Significant supervisory experience with clear evidence of effective people management skills including clinical supervision, sickness management, performance, conduct issues
• Demonstrates a detailed understanding in the theory and practice of Recovery Principles
• Demonstrates a clear knowledge and understanding of the issues and Statutory processes involved in caring for vulnerable people.
• Demonstrates an understanding of budget management.

Desirable

• Experience gained working across systems including, health social care and the voluntary sector.
• Previous experience gained in a clinical leadership or management role

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential

• Able to articulate an advanced and detailed understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including CPA process, Mental Health Act , Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding, in order to lead and manage others
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and verbal particularly relating to sensitive and effective written communication with service users and carers
• Demonstrates the ability to work constructively with people across the organisation and with relevant external partners, engendering confidence in others
• Confident in presenting complex information to varied audiences
• Skills in the investigation and analysis of complicated issues and data
• IT literate with an ability to use a wide range of programmes e.g. RiO, E-rostering, Microsoft Office suite including PowerPoint as required.
• Able to deal effectively with multiple deadlines and competing priorities

PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential

• Able to demonstrate personal resilience in the face of change
• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
• Strong people management skills and ability to deliver personably
• Sufficient resilience to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales oTreats service
• Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
• Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
• Honest, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty
• Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment
• Demonstrates core values

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential

• Mobile with the facility to move quickly across a geographically dispersed area with limited access to public transport.
• A flexible and positive can do attitude

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