Allied Health Professional - Clinical Nurse Specialist

To process and triage referrals, arrange tirage calls, and provide screening mental health assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology. Support neurodevelopmental screening and assessment of children and young people presenting with Neurodevelopmental concerns (including Autism Spectrum Conditions and ADHD) To evaluate and make decisions about signposting and/ or delivering intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, the family, and the wider system. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To liaise with multi-agency professionals as needed and provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers. To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young people and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs. To provide supervision, consultations, and support to qualified staff and to trainees, interns, and assistant psychologists within the service To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements. To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide general advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management, as well as to other agencies concerned with Public Protection, such as Social Services, Probation, Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. This includes organizing / attending professional network meetings where appropriate.