Main duties will include the following for all posts. Roles however may vary across teams.
- To be responsible for keeping screening/outcome measures database updated: sending out questionnaires as required, tracking completion, scoring and uploading data onto the Electronic Patient Records.
- To hold a small caseload and deliver evidence-based assessments (including psychometric assessments), interventions and complete administrative tasks as required, such as outcoming appointments, record keeping on the EPR and completion of outcome measures and feedback tools.
- To conduct observations of referred children and young people in school or other venues to support assessments.
- To support initial assessment appointments or specific pieces of clinical work by joining clinicians and assisting with writing up notes, letters and outcome measures.
- To undertake various tasks to assist service/teams work. This may include telephone calls to clients, liaison with other agencies, screening/intake work including signposting and giving advice, screening for neurodevelopmental issues.
- Mentoring and co-ordinating the work of undergraduate placement students (one a year).
- To support the services work to embed the meaningful use of outcome measures and feedback tools. The role may include taking the lead role on this in teams, working with the managers to plan and implement strategic use of outcome and feedback tools, learning about the measures and tools and offer training and support to clinical staff, devising a system to ensure collection of measures to meet the services KPI (Key Performance Targets), CAMHS scoring of measures, uploading of results, data collection, analysis and preparation of reports to contribute to the services audits/evaluation.
- To support the development and maintenance of a directory of services in Islington and raise awareness of these services to the team, to help with signposting young people and families to appropriate support whilst waiting for appointments or after their treatment has ended.
- Attending and contributing to the teams multidisciplinary case discussions, recording the outcome of clinical meetings onto the electronic notes.
- To participate, undertake and/or lead on various projects, e.g. Quality Improvement, service user participation and co-production and work with managers and clinicians to address service priorities such as waiting time initiatives.
- Seek and use advice and support from senior clinicians to ensure client safety and meet their needs. Attend clinical and line management supervision as required.
- Attend mandatory training and any other training as required.