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CYP DBT/ SCM Practitioner
Grade
band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-SPS1097-AT-B
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
L7F9 36110 South CYPMH
Town
Barrow-in-Furness
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

CYP DBT/ SCM Practitioner

band 6

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

The overall aim of the post is to provide high quality specialist interventions within CAMHS  to improve outcomes for young people  who present with high risk behaviours and experience difficulties associated with emotional, behavioural  and interpersonal dysregulation.

  • To deliver Dialectical Behaviour Therapy(DBT) and Structured Clinical Management(SCM) within a specified CAMHS team. .
  • ·       To deliver DBT skills only groups and life skills courses in accordance with NICE guidelines, meet key performance indicators and agreed activity levels.
  • Offer consultation in the assessment and treatment of young people who present with high risk behaviours and with difficulties associated with an emerging personality disorder.
  • ·       To promote positive attitudes towards service users with complex needs, to maintain responsive and non-stigmatising services, which will enhance social inclusion and deliver better outcomes.
  • ·       To work closely/strengthen links with other specialist and other agencies as appropriate. 
  • ·       To provide gatekeeping assessments, assessments of need and therapeutic interventions.
  • ·       Support young people to develop skills and strategies to manage emotional dysregulation, guided by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy principles.

Main duties of the job

To take a leadership role in the delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Structured Clinical Management to provide a high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers. Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will undertake needs led, evidence based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service, including as a result of deliberate self-harm.

We are looking for a registered nurse, qualified social worker or equivalent with experience within a CAMHS setting. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivating, have the ability to case manage and will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to establish good working relationships essential to the success of the service.

 

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. 

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualification- (RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapy Qualification or equivalent)
  • Current registration with relevant professional body

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of community care delivery - post qualification
  • Experience of working with young people who present with difficulties that are associated with an emerging personality disorder.
  • Experience of working with young people who self harm
  • Experience of facilitating group work

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Skills in the use of methods of assessment, interventions and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
  • Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to use judgement and analytic skills in complex clinical settings.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vicky Sherrington
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

OR  Angela O’Brien, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07507 853518

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