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4 months ago
Job summary
The Merton / Sutton CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covers a cluster of mainstream and specialist SEND schools across both boroughs. The team works with mainstream pupils and has a specialist remit to work with children and young people on the Autistic Spectrum or who have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
The team comprises of a Clinical Psychologist, 4 Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs) and three other clinical posts. The Psychologist leads and supervises the team, coordinates the service offer across the school cluster as well as leading on the whole school approach (WSA) offer. The other clinicians in the team offer direct clinical interventions (including groups) within the schools and take on elements of the WSA offer depending on areas of interest and core skill sets for their profession.
This is an exciting and varied role with good scope for innovative working within a new national initiative to increase mental health input directly into schools. There is a strong peer support network across the Education Wellbeing Service (comprising all the MHSTs and Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) teams). There is opportunity for developing skills around the WSA work, working with lower risk cases and being at the forefront of an innovative service. We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and creative occupational therapist who is able to work cohesively within a team and also independently as required.
Main duties of the job
The post provides clinical input for moderate mental health presentations, consultation to school staff and a coordinated team WSA. This may include running parent workshops, staff training sessions or home visits on occasion.
The postholder will offer direct clinical interventions, both individual and group, as appropriate. The WSA work involves working collaboratively with schools at a preventative level and meeting need as it arises within the wider school setting. There are plenty of opportunities for running school staff training sessions, parent workshops and working jointly with the other MHSTs.
This post requires:
Qualification as a registered Occupational Therapist Strong experience of working therapeutically with children, young people & parents An interest and experience of working with special educational needs and disabilities Experience of working with self-harm and / or challenging behaviour Strong communication and organisation skills The ability to work cohesively and collaboratively both within a small team and within the wider school cluster The ability to use feedback, reflect and adapt accordingly
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
The Merton / Sutton MHST is based at Cricket Green School for supervision and admin purposes but the postholder will work across the allocated school cluster.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a specialist occupational therapy service for children, young people and their parents within the Sutton / Merton ASD / SEND CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST) ; To manage clients with a range of complex needs, using evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions; Take a challenging behaviour focus both at a whole school approach level and also at an intervention level, working collaboratively with school staff and parents to provide a consistent approach across home and school; To collaboratively work with schools and team members to implement a whole school approach to mental health, including staff consultation and training as appropriate; Offer direct interventions with 5 to 11 year olds and their parents in primary schools plus 11 to 18 year olds in secondary schools, including those who exhibit behaviours that may be challenging; To provide OT flexibly across a variety of mental health treatment programmes within schools; To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects. To participate in and contribute to local service development and strategy. To contribute to the Trustwide occupational therapy strategy (Model of Human Occupation and Specialist forums). To supervise OT students on fieldwork placements. To undertake regular audit and R&D activities. To provide training and support for school based Occupational Therapy and Education staff. Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
Diploma/Bsc in Occupational Therapy Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice Registration to practice in the UK Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Desirable
Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment Apple registration Masters degree in subject relevant to clinical post Leadership training
Experience
Essential
Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting Post-graduate clinical experience highly related to clinical field Experience of working in an inter-professional team. Experience of working within a multi-agency environment. Experience of working in a range of mental health settings Experience of working in a multi-cultural context Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development Experience of individual and groupwork Active involvement in service change/development Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports Experience of clinical audit
Desirable
Experience of supervising junior staff Experience of being a practice placement educator Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user. Experience of publishing own work Post-registration research activity