Job summary
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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

About us
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 networ

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.

Job responsibilities

• 01. Contribute to the assessment, and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• 02. Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families
• 03. Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
• 04. Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention.
• 05. Undertake assessment of risk to self and others.
• 06. Adhere to the service referral protocols and signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary
• 07. Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. This may include guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face, by telephone or via other media.
• 08. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimise waiting times.
• 09. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or CYP in treatment, where appropriate.
• 10. Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection.
• 11. Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.
• 12. Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.
• 13. Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access.
• 14. To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.
• 15. Make appropriate referrals to other service providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and redirect patients to other sources of appropriate support within the local community as required.
• 16. Develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.
• 17. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary
• 18. Provide a service that is flexible as far as possible in terms of clinic hours or other arranged hours.
• 19. Conduct risk assessments, prepare risk management plans and initiate appropriate action where indicated (including requests for mental health act assessments and referrals to relevant secondary care services), and discuss and notify supervisors and safeguarding leads within the school and trust (as appropriate / required).
• 20. Along with supervisors, make decisions on suitability of new referrals with advice sought from senior MHST practitioners and / or CAMHS clinicians and supervisors, adhering to the departments referral protocols, refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary
• 21. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
• 22. Operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognizes and respects diversity.
• 23. Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
• 24. Complete all requirements of data collection

Person Specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential

• A relevant degree, from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology) with relevant experience and competencies as required Children and Young People's Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Qualification or Education and Mental Health Practitioner from accredited training provider

Desirable

• Additional training in core profession such as nursing, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy. Psychology or other health / social care / youth related undergraduate degree. Health related postgraduate degree

Experance
Essential

• Evidence of working with children and young people with a range of emotional concerns and mental health difficulties, and their parents, using evidence-based approaches and routine outcome measures to evaluate work and develop collaborative care plans with the CYP and families Ability to adapt work to school and community-based contexts Demonstrates high standards in written communication Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience Experience in working in a team and partnership working Understands why it is essential to use evidence-based interventions when possible Experience in providing CBT-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties. Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience of working in mental health, education or related services Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes Ability to manage own caseload and time Experience of screening, assessing and clinical intervention Experience in supporting service development

Skills
Essential

• Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally 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. Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients Able to effectively prioritise own work load and use team resources effectively Respond flexibly and appropriately to unforeseen circumstances Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children, young people and families Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence based psychological therapies Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets Ability to manage own caseload and time Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems (e.g. RiO) and database/statistical applications e.g. Excel, SPSS) Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively, including to inform formulation, action plans and direct work with CYP Ability to work cross-culturally Ability to use outcome measures for both clinical and audit purposes Ability to manage conflict and respond to complaints

Desirable

• Competent assessment skills Effective analytical and decision-making skills. Care planning skills Risk assessment knowledge and skills Competent and effective treatment skills

KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING
Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of children and young people's mental health and how it may present Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post Models of assessment, screening and risk assessment and risk management

Desirable

• Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes Knowledge of health promotion An awareness of serious mental health presentations Evidence of further training in psychological interventions/therapy Knowledge of local wider systems and networks Effects of drug and alcohol use on mental health

Other
Essential

• High level of enthusiasm and motivation Advanced communication skills Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships Ability to use supervision and personal development positively and effectively Ability to work under pressure Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality Ability to be self-reflective in personal and professional development and in supervision Ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organization.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).