About this role
Job summary
The post holder will deliver specialist mental health assessment, consultation and evidence-based interventions for children and young people in school. Working closely with schools, MHSTs and CAMHS partners, they will support early identification, inclusive practice and whole-school approaches to wellbeing, while contributing to supervision, training and service development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will improve access to mental health support for children and young people in schools.
The post holder will work with Schools Mental Health Leads to support early identification of developmental, emotional and mental health needs for children and young people who live in, or are educated in, Lewisham.
The post holder will increase capacity across education and system partners to respond following early identification, through brief evidence-based interventions, liaison, consultation, training and joint working.
The post holder will contribute to multi-agency training for schools.
The post holder will review referrals to SOT/MHST and, where required, facilitate step-up to specialist CAMHS and/or other agencies in line with level of need.
The post holder will monitor and evaluate outcomes and effectiveness, demonstrating professional accountability.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision and consultation, as appropriate.
The post holder will promote service evaluation, audit and research activity.
The post holder will agree outcomes with the clinical/professional lead and determine how these will be achieved.
The post holder will support the expansion of MHST programmes in schools.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and in accordance with service principles, policies and procedures.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
To support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the management of presenting difficulties
To provide specialist psychosocial assessments, formulations and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for clients in the SOT/MHST team.
Support children, young people and families to make informed choices about interventions.
To work in partnership with families to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To offer CAMHS expertise/consultation to the wider professional network including teachers/SENCOs.
To contribute to assuring service quality by using a specialist knowledge and breadth of understanding of theories underpinning child and adolescent mental health difficulties and distress. Using assessments and evidence-based interventions to manage complex presentations.
To adapt assessments/formulations and interventions as appropriate to facilitate equitable access to support for neurodivergent children and young people
To develop and help deliver workshops, groupsand individual interventionsfor children and
young people in schools.
To provide outreach support and evidence-based interventions to children with mild to moderate mental health presentations who are at risk of exclusion and/or have been absent from school for an extended period.
To provide reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users and their families.
To promote psychological/multiagency support for carers (or families as appropriate) of referred clients.
To act as a care coordinator for a defined clinical caseload.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
To contribute to the effective working of the SOT team/wider MHST service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To work in partnership with schools and other educational settings in contributing to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communitie
To facilitate and support in the auditing and planning and development of Whole School Approaches to mental health and well-being in each educational setting.
To develop partnerships with key services across the Local Authority, and particularly those working with allocated schools.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-basedliterature,and research to supportevidence-basedpractice in individual work and work with other team members.
To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
oExperience of working clinically with Children and young people with ADHD and Autism. oExperience of working within an educational setting. oSignificant post-qualification/graduation experience including experience of individual and group therapy interventions with children and young people.
Desirable
oExperience of working in an MHST
Knowledge Essential
oKnowledge of common neurodevelopmental differences (including knowledge of ADHD and Autism) oKnowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. oKnowledge of a range of therapeutic ideas/approaches systemic models in assessment and treatment relevant to discipline
Desirable
oExperience of working in an MHST
Skills Essential
oConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, several people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation. oTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. oSpecialist practitioner skills in discipline
Desirable
oExperience of working in an MHST
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 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kaleidoscope Lewisham Centre
32 Rushey Green
Catford
SE6 4JF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)