Specialist Camhs Practitioner

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is an exciting community-based post, based across CAMHS Disability, Hackney Ark, Homerton and Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST).

For 3.5 days a week the post-holder will be based in the Mental Health Support in School Team (MHST). The MHST is part of an exciting programme funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners 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. The role will include providing training, supervision and line management to Band 4 and 5 Education Mental Health Practitioners, trained in guided self-help approaches.

It will also involve working across 2 special schools developing and delivering 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.

For 1.5 days a week, the post holder will be based in CAMHS Disability helping to provide a co-ordinated offer between CAMHS Disability and MHST to young people attending Special Schools. This will include the provision of specialist advice/consultation, mental health assessment, liaison with other agencies and clinical intervention. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.

In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and evidence informed interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties this post is an opportunity to work with school staff and school cultures in developing school environments that are more conducive to supporting sustainably better emotional health and wellbeing. The post also involves supervising more junior members of the Mental Health Support Teams.

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

Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.



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