Mood and Anxiety Pathway Lead (CYPMHS/CAMHS)

The Mood and Anxiety Pathway Lead will be a post graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. arts psychotherapist, psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) clinical, management and leadership experience. Where appropriate they will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).

They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

Post holders operating at Band 7 in a clinical or clinical leadership role must be able to demonstrate adherence and competence to evidence based clinical models, hold an autonomous caseload, clinically supervise and register with or meet the requirements of any applicable accrediting body.

Post holders must demonstrate significant experience and will be from a range of backgrounds with specific, specialist knowledge in relation to aspects of social care, education, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or educational healthcare plans as well as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

• Provide operational and clinical leadership to the Mood and Anxiety pathway and all CYPMHS clinicians working in the care pathway. Responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement in the care pathway.
• Ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence based service is available to all service users who need it and who use the care pathway.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence based treatments by all clinical staff within the care pathway.
• Manage any waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway.
• Be directly involved in delivering a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term CYPMHS input and specialist psychological treatments. Spend 80 % of time working clinically, allowing 20 % for care pathway leadership.

• Successful completion of a graduate or post graduate training (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.
• Where applicable, be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
• Further professional knowledge gained through accredited courses, workshops, study and in house training programmes (e.g. CYP IAPT training).

• Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.
• Significant experience and specialist knowledge of social care, education, SEN/D or educational healthcare plans as well as CAMHS.

We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds.

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.