Islington CAMHS is a multi-disciplinary service providing a child and family mental health service to the population of Islington across the 0-18 years age range. It is an innovative service, integrated with local authority teams, schools and early years settings across the borough. The service provides a range of community based, multi-disciplinary interventions and specialist treatments and consultation and training to partner agencies. The service is part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT initiative.

One post will be based full-time in the Adolescent Assessment and Outreach Team. The second post will be split across various CAMHS teams, including CAMHS in Schools, CAMHS in New River College, Islington Trauma Informed Practice and Youth Justice Service.

1) To be responsible for keeping screening/outcome measures database updated

2) To hold a small caseload and deliver evidence-based assessments, interventions and complete administrative tasks as required

3) To conduct observations of referred children and young people to support assessments.

4) To support initial assessment appointments or specific pieces of clinical work

5) To undertake various tasks to assist service/teams’ work.

6) Mentoring and co-ordinating the work of undergraduate placement students.

7) To support the services’ work to embed the meaningful use of outcome measures and feedback tools.

8) To support the development and maintenance of a directory of services in Islington and raise awareness of these services to the team

9) Attending and contributing to the team’s multidisciplinary case discussions

10) To participate, undertake and/or lead on various projects

11) Seek and use advice and support from senior clinicians to ensure client safety and meet their needs.

12) Attend training as required

We want our staff to feel safe, supported and included within Whittington Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services. We want to value the things that make us unique, including all protected characteristics. Therefore, we wish to foster a positive culture which will allow all staff to flourish and ensure that everyone is valued and respected. We are working towards a non-defensive position that recognises the biases held within large organisations.

This requires commitment, support and action from everyone at all levels of the organisation to change cultures and attitudes. We hope that this positive culture will promote a more accessible and inclusive service for staff, children, young people, families, carers and partner stakeholders.

Please see job description and person specification attached.

One post will be based full-time in the Adolescent Assessment and Outreach Team. The second post will be split across various CAMHS teams, including CAMHS in Schools, CAMHS in New River College, Islington Trauma Informed Practice and Youth Justice Service.