Psychotherapist, Practitioner Psychologist & Psychological Therapist

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

The Lambeth Child and Adolescent Mental Health Rapids Team (CAMHS), are looking for a Clinical Specialist to join the team

We work closely with young people (CYP) and their families experiencing complex mental health difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, self harm suicidal ideation, psychosis and complex risk presentations. Our CYP might be at risk of inpatient hospital admission or transitioning out of inpatient care; our role is to provide intensive, support within the community. No two days are the same, and there's plenty of variety in this role and lots of opportunities for learning.

1.1 You will be part of the Lambeth CAMHS Rapids Team which consists of a Clinical Service Lead, Clinical Pathway Lead, several clinical specialists & a vocational worker.

1.2 You will be required to undertake mental health assessments for young people presenting in crisis, many with complex risk profiles, contextual risks, complex neurodevelopmental profiles and significant mental health needs.

1.3 You will offer fast tracked evidenced based therapeutic treatment, to young people who are designated as high risk.

1.4 You will share responsibility for ensuring that CAMHS staff within the teams achieve positive clinical outcomes for children, young people and their families, evidenced by performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures. You will also share responsibility for ensuring that all team members participate in audit and research.

1.5 You will work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children are co-ordinated efficiently and effectively.

1.6 You will be part of a wider team and will be required to offer support for other members of the crisis team especially during crisis situations or when the care coordinator is otherwise indisposed.

1.7 The work will be clinic based with some community-based outreach appointments in servicer users' homes. There is some limited opportunity to work from home.

Lambeth Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides multidisciplinary assessment, diagnostic, treatment, advisory and consultative service for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders, in particular those at high risk or those with more severe and persistent problems associated with psychiatric disorder. The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth's population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough.

It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian. Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old.

A high number of school pupils belong to black/minority ethnic groups (85.6%). 15.9% and 18.1% of children and young people in primary and secondary education respectively have special education needs or disabilities, the UK average is 14.9%. In 2018/2019, 0.15% of the secondary school population were permanently excluded from local authority schools. In 2020, there were 459 children looked after by the local authority and around 230 children on a child protection plan.

Lambeth accommodated 97 were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, who made up 27% of the total looked after population

4.1 Service and Team responsibilities

4.1.1 Participate as a multi-disciplinary team…