About this role
Job summary
The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.
You will develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health.
If you have not already completed the EMHP supervisor training, you are expected to complete the UCL EMHP Supervisor's training course starting in January 2026. You will need to apply for this course at the same time as applying for this job role and your acceptance to this position would also depend on acceptance on to the course.
Closing date for applications: 10th November
Whilst the closing date for UCL applications is 25th November, you will only be shortlisted if you have successful completed and been accepted onto the UCL course. It is strongly advised that you submit an early application to prevent delay of decision.
Please click on the following link to apply to KCL online: https://apply.kcl.ac.uk/
Main duties of the job
The role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change. We aim to deliver whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. The post holder will supervise trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) and Child Well-being Practitioners (CWPs).
In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in special school settings, the post-holder will clinically support EMHPs/CWPs who will work in a range of primary and secondary schools across the borough.
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. You will be either a Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Nurse, OT, or Psychotherapist who has completed CBT training and achieved BABCP Accreditation. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of our multicultural context. We particularly welcome applications from men and individuals from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide comprehensive specialist assessments, including risk assessment of children, young people and their families/carers referred with moderate, complex and severe mental health problems.
- To provide consultation / training to other professionals who come into contact with children, young people and their families/carers.
- To write confidential reports that may have wide-ranging implications for children, young people and their families. To convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to clients and other professionals and manage this as constructively as possible.
- To be a resource of specialist advice, specifically relating to the common emotional and behavioural problems and disorders of children and young people, to colleagues within the MHSTs, school staff and other professionals.
- To provide consultation to professionals in creating management plans for children and young people referred to the MHST.
- To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with other members of the MHST, partner services and others within City & Hackney CAMHS.
- To offer and provide a liaison and consultation service to school staff, primary care clinicians and other key agencies working with children, young people and their families/carers referred with complex and severe mental health problems.
- To support the development of interventions, consultation and psychoeducation approaches regarding prevention and resilience building and health promotion.
- To act as care co-ordinator for an identified caseload and to be responsible for the coordination of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic packages of care provided by the MHSTs.
- To provide packages of care and psycho-education for the young people and their families/ carers that takes account of the complexities of family systems and their significant social networks.
- To attend regular clinical supervision.
Administration
To maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with service standards and to record and maintain patient data in local database systems (RiO) and the trust wide electronic CPA database. To aid line-managed staff to achieve this commitment.
Management
To provide line management to junior staff, including sickness reporting, appraisals and reviews, and ensuring mandatory training is kept up to date.
Performance and Quality
- To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount, and be aware of and adhere to ACPC Guidelines relating to Child Protection.
- To support the development and implementation of project work with schools commensurate with the MHSTs forward plan
- To help to develop standards underpinned by theory and research.
- To keep up to date with appropriate legislation in line with CAMHS.
- To be responsible for personal development and education in line with statutory, mandatory and professional requirements.
- To be involved in audit and research projects undertaken by the service.
- To work within professional and ethical frameworks established by national bodies such as the DOH, UKCCP, NMC, HPC and RCP.
- To ensure documentation and care plans are comprehensive and of the highest standard in line with Trust policy.
- Be responsible for monitoring and recording and reporting on clinical work and communicating complex clinical information to a variety of recipients e.g. service users, families and carers, other professionals orally and in writing
- To provide service related information to senior managers and staff to aid day-to-day service management and future planning.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Qualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Clinical/Educational/Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Social Work, Family Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
- Specific therapeutic modality training in CBT gaining BABCP accreditation
Desirable
- BABCP accredited
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience of working in CAMHS
- oPrevious experience working with schools in mental health capacity.
- oExperience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
- oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
Desirable
- oDelivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR etc.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- oSkilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- oSpecialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities
- oEvidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
Personal attributes
Essential
- oProven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks.
- oCommitment to equal opportunities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
John Scott Health Centre
220 Green Lanes, Woodberry Down,
London
N4 2NU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)