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 Hillingdon area.
The purpose of the team is to
1. Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
2. Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
3. 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 through their education setting. 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:
4. Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders
5. Working in partnership with schools/colleges and other educational settings.
6. Provide training to team members and other professionals/trainees
7. Supervising junior staff in the team.
8. Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education settings to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
9. 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
10. Holding a caseload of CYP with mild-moderate mental health difficulties
11. Completion of thorough assessments, risk assessments, care planning and reviews.
12. Ensuring that there is accurate and timely documentation to a high standard, and that Routine Outcome Measures are completed.
13. Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service and feeding back this data to key stakeholders
14. Providing clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners and day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners.
15. Contributing to group supervision spaces within the team.
16. Working as part of a senior team, supporting the Senior Clinical Supervisors and Service Development Leads to expand the service within the Harrow area and improve the quality of the service.
17. Supporting and developing the interventions that can be delivered as part of the MHST within the education setting, including SEN settings.
18. Appropriately raise and report safeguarding concerns where identified and to support colleagues with this process.
Patient Safety
19. 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
20. Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
21. Being open and transparent about your own practice
22. 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.
23. Working closely with others to improve services
24. Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
25. Maintaining compliance with your mandatory and core training requirements
26. Be aware of and understand ones responsibilities in relation to the Policies and Procedures regarding: Fire Lone Working Health & Safety Absence management
27. Report any accidents / incidents as per the reporting procedures of the service.
28. 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
29. Relevant professional qualification in either: a.) Degree level Mental Health Nursing; Social Work; Occupational Therapy; Art Therapy; Drama Therapy; Music Therapy; LD Nursing. Or b.) Substantial consolidated experience qualified as EMHP or CWP.
30. Additional qualifications or training in child and adolescent mental health gained through study
31. Registered with a relevant professional body
Desirable
32. Formal CBT training or Post Graduate accredited training in CBT
33. Accredited courses / workshops in CYP-IAPT principles
Previous Experience and knowledge
Essential
34. Substantial consolidated experience working in child and adolescent mental health.
35. Experience either working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or multi-agency working.
36. Good understanding of the range of child and adolescent mental health services and conditions
37. Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
Desirable
38. Knowledge and experience in mental health promotion work
39. Experience of working with schools to support CYP emotional wellbeing needs
40. Experience running therapy groups and/or training events
Other
Essential
41. Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
42. Team player
43. Excellent time management and organisational skills
Desirable
44. Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.
Clinical Skills
Essential
45. Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and young people
46. Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
47. Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
Desirable
48. Experience delivering trainings and psycho-educational workshops about mental health issues
49. Experience of providing mental health consultation and signposting to education staff and other professionals.
Knowledge
Essential
50. Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
51. Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
Vaccination
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.
52. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
53. Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the
54. Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.