2 x MHST School Practitioner
You will join Camden Mental Health Support Team (MHST), which is an early intervention service that provides support to children, families and schools through advice and sign posting, delivering brief evidence-based interventions as well as helping to develop and implement whole school approaches to mental health. The MHST is part of the Camden CAMHS that delivers high quality care to the local population of 0-18 years olds.
Your role will include MHST assessments, individual therapy, group work, webinars/workshops and whole school delivery of mental health promotion and various emotional and mental wellbeing projects such as capturing student voice and addressing inequalities. Camden MHST is a well-established, highly regarded innovative multidisciplinary team. We have a stable staff group that is cohesive, collaborative and supportive.
You will be well supported through individual and group supervision, staff reflective spaces as well as strong induction and on-going training and CPD activities.
Please note to be eligible for these posts, it is essential that you have training as Child Well-Being Practitioner (CWP) or Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
1.Provide MHST assessment to CYP allocated to your caseload.
2.Liaise with Schools/GP’s/Local Authorities and wider CAMHS Teams as required
3.Work with your Clinical Supervisor and MHST Managers
4.Encourage CYP Participation and Student Voice with service users
5.Delivering time limited interventions and treatments
6.Signposting to the cross-sector stakeholders
7.Attend regular MHST meetings or CAMHS multidisciplinary meetings where required
8.Formulation of MHST care plans for service user (in collaboration with Clinical Supervisor where appropriate)
9.Communications and completed correspondence
10.Engage with the internal and external network as appropriate
11.Participate in Multi Disciplinary Team activities
12.Risk assessment and risk management within remit of School Practitioner role
13.Safeguarding responsibilities (escalating to Supervisor or MHST Manager when needed)
14. Make referrals as appropriate to other providers
15.Responsible for timely and accurate clinical record keeping
16.Responsible for the outcome of appointments
17.Report writing and GP letter writing
18.To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner
19.To keep up to date with knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group
20.To undertake any such other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the grade of the post as agreed by the Team Manager
21.Attendance at Team Meetings
22.Autonomous working
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
We Are Kind
We Are Respectful
We Work Together
We Keep Things Simple
We Empower
We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the role
