Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner -MHST
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 333-G-CA-1268-D
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ash Tree Clinic
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 Per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Mental Health Practitioner -MHST
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
This is a role within the Green Paper for Transforming children and young people’s mental health programme. The post holder will work within a Mental Health Support Team providing short-term evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their parent(s)/carer(s).
The post holder will work with children, young people and parents with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school/education setting in the Harrow area.
The purpose of the team is to
- Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
- Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
- Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
Young people have access to the MHST via one phone number. School staff and other potential referrers are able to contact a team of clinical staff to discuss potential referrals.
The MHST will manage referrals, deal with queries, undertake clinical telephone triage and face to face assessment, give advice and signpost young people where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.
We expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better
We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.
We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.
We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise the importance of working collaboratively with all who come into contact with this service.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The key roles and responsibilities of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner will include:
- Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders
- Working in partnership with schools/colleges and other educational settings.
- Provide training to team members and other professionals/trainees
- Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education settings to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
- Developing and delivering evidence-based individual and group time limited interventions to young people within education settings in accordance with Children and Young People's IAPT principles
- Holding a caseload of CYP with mild-moderate mental health difficulties
- Completion of thorough assessments, risk assessments, care planning and reviews.
- Ensuring that there is accurate documentation, and that Routine Outcome Measures are completed.
- Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
- Providing clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners and day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners.
- Contributing to group supervision spaces within the team.
- Working as part of a senior team, supporting the Senior Clinical Supervisors and Service Development Leads to establish the service within the Harrow area.
- Supporting and developing the interventions that can be delivered as part of the MHST within the education setting, including SEN settings.
- Appropriately raise safeguarding concerns where identified and to support colleagues with this process.
Patient Safety
- Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
- Being open and transparent about your own practice
- Identifying areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made. Report to the Team Manager any areas of concern, which may affect the safe delivery of care and/or the safe working of other members of the team.
- Working closely with others to improve services
- Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
- Maintaining compliance with your mandatory and core training requirements
- Be aware of and understand one’s responsibilities in relation to the Policies and Procedures regarding:
- Fire
- Lone Working
- Health & Safety
- Absence management
- Report any accidents / incidents as per the reporting procedures of the service.
- Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing young people and families with a positive experience.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification in either: a.) Degree level Mental Health Nursing; Social Work; Occupational Therapy; Art Therapy; Drama Therapy; Music Therapy; LD Nursing;
- Additional qualifications or training in child and adolescent mental health gained through study
- Registered with a relevant professional body
Desirable criteria
- Formal CBT training
- Post Graduate accredited training in CBT
- Accredited courses / workshops in CYP-IAPT principles
Previous Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial consolidated experience working in child and adolescent mental health.
- Experience either working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or multi-agency working.
- Good understanding of the range of child and adolescent mental health services
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge and experience in mental health promotion work
- Experience of working with schools to support CYP emotional wellbeing needs
- Experience running therapy groups and/or training events
Other
Essential criteria
- Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability
Desirable criteria
- Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Claire Lennon
- Job title
- Harrow MHST Lead and Senior Clinician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 077 4288 6626
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
London
NW6 5FA
- Telephone
- 02076852922
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