Job summary
- Main area
- AHP
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0157
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various
- Town
- Enfield, Edgware
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Single Point of Access - Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Nurses / Social Workers / Allied Health Professionals to join the CYP Single Point of Access as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a great location. The team is a very supportive, friendly and welcoming well-established multidisciplinary team.
We are looking for health or social care practitioners with knowledge and experience in mental health, working with children and families with moderate to severe complex needs and risk. This role will offer support for mental health; behavioural challenges and neurodevelopmental conditions, working alongside specialist clinicians, supporting Children & Young People (CYP) and families in line with the iTRHIVE framework. The postholder will establish strong links with education and social care throughout the range of interventions from early help to child protection.
Please note we are looking to recruit to roles across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the responsibility for the provision of a responsive community outreach service for those children who need an integrated and flexible approach ensuring engagement and a needs led service. Due to the nature of this role, the post holder would be required to travel throughout the community, as well as working within the clinic. This role will also support young people transitioning to adult mental health services where required.
Working in collaboration with children, young people and families, the post holder will facilitate the development of care plans, risk assessment and meaningful risk management plans involving the support network in the community. Effectiveness of interventions will be monitored through the post holder facilitation completion of Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS).
Working for our organisation
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:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To participate in a holistic mental health assessment of children and young people referred to the team to make a professional assessment and identify mental health problems early in their development.
To promote the emotional and mental health needs of children and young people, organise and disseminate complex facts and situations, interpret information and give informed judgments on possible options to care. To promote early identification and intervention for those children and young people in line with the CAMHS Service model and iTHRIVE framework. To be active in implementing a multi-agency working relationships that ensures integration of care. To plan and collaborate with other processionals and agencies within the locality in the development of a range of evidence based strategies and interventions to promote the psychological and emotional health of children and young people. Undertake case management and provide evidence-based interventions for those assessed to have mental health and neurodevelopmental concerns.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential criteria
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional, i.e. Nurses / Social Workers / Allied Health Professionals
- Training in therapeutic intervention
- Risk assessment training within scope of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Professional registration related to mental health / child health
- Recognised therapeutic qualification and accreditation (i.e. Systemic Therapy/ CBT/ PBS / Behavioural Therapy)
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in risk assessment & management in relation to mental health and risky behaviour
- Skills in identifying risk in relation to safeguarding to children/young persons
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- Demonstrate high standards in written communication, including reports and letters to referrers.
- Good computer skills, including use of Microsoft applications, such as Word and Outlook
- Conflict resolution skills.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing: complex; highly technical; and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of participating in multi-agency support for young people across the range of intervention from TAF to Child Protection
- Knowledge of child protection, Children Act issues and other relevant legislation.
- Post registration experience having successfully completed preceptorship or equivalent.
- Experience of carrying out and reviewing findings from routine outcome monitoring
- Ability to work under pressure, using personal and emotional resources in dealing with distressing circumstances.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of and experience of working in mental health, including with children and young people with serious mental health problems.
- Knowledge of the iTHRIVE framework, to improve services for children and young people’s mental health.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting and working with different professional disciplines involved in the provision of children and young people’s health, education and social care
- Experience of having worked therapeutically with children and young people, with complex and traumatic early life experiences.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel throughout the community, preferably with access to personal transport.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Commitment to the achievement of the highest possible standards of professional practice through co-working, consultations and the provision of advice, guidance and assistance.
- A high degree of self-awareness and ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback .
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equal opportunities.
- Ability to quickly protect and remove self should be faced with verbal +/or physical aggression.
- Ability to keep calm in urgent and unpredictable situations.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgia Macken
- Job title
- Operational Manager to Single Point of Access
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 702 3111
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