The qualified Education and Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) or will join this growing team (that includes CAMHS clinicians, Educational psychologists, and trainee EMHPs) to support the work within schools. The post holder will provide support for children and adolescents with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions in schools, employing CYP-IAPT principles (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). The post holder will develop relationships with designated mental health leads in schools, alongside CAMHS clinicians / supervisors, and educational psychologists, and help them develop their approaches for mental health and wellbeing in schools. They will gain some experience of teaching, training and consultation through this joint working.
Contribute to the assessment, and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions
Work in partnership with children and families
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention.
Adhere to the service referral protocols and signpost unsuitable referrals
Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments.
Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered,
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings
Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols
Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training
Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.
Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities
To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory
Make appropriate referrals to other service providers
Develop a 'local knowledge' of the locality and its services and facilities
Provide a service that is flexible as far as possible in terms of clinic hours
Conduct risk assessments,
Along with supervisors, make decisions on suitability of new referrals with advice sought from senior MHST practitioners and / or CAMHS
Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process
Prepare and present clinical information
Complete all requirements of data collection
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.
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.
Manage a caseload and the provision of mental healthcare services, to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Holistic assessment of mental health
Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health, CAMHS, Schools and GPs
Offer high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based practice
Develop, support and train CWPs, EMHPs and other colleagues in evidence based, innovate practice within and outside of the organization.
Provide support to junior colleagues under the direction of a senior colleague.