CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPoA) Clinician

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Nurses, Social Workers, and Allied Health Professionals to join the Children and Young People Single Point of Access (CYP SPoA).

Based across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey, our well-established team is known for being supportive, friendly, and welcoming.

The CYP SPoA is responsible for the triage and initial assessment of referrals for children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We work collaboratively to ensure timely, effective support for those in need.

Main Duties of the Job

• Coordinate the day-to-day running of the SPA team, including screening new referrals and allocating these to the access clinicians.
• Complete telephone triages/screening for young people themselves, telephone risk assessment and management plans.
• Complete brief assessments and interventions for young people referred to the CAMHS Division.
• Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS Division.
• Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPI's and access to treatment standards.
• Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures.
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients.
• Plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the day to day running of the SPA team,
• Complete telephone triages/screening for young people who are referred to our service,
• Complete over the telephone risk assessment and management plans,
• Complete brief assessments and interventions for young people referred to the CAMHS Division,
• Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS Division,
• Manage and maintain a clear duty rota for the CAMHS Division,
• Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPIs and access to treatment standards,
• Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures,
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Service,
• Implement a range of brief psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups,
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options,
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals,
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients.

Benefits

• NHS Discounts
• Generous annual leave
• NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

Person Specification

• Professional qualification including: System Psychotherapist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
• Live professional registration with relevant professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC
• Minimum of one year experience of working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
• Experience of assessing risk and creating risk management plans with children and adolescents