MHST Practitioner

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The Mental Health Practitioner will be responsible for delivering interventions within Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in schools and colleges, whilst receiving clinical supervision and be expected to work in schools closely with school staff to support CYP, their families and staff to foster a whole school approach to mental well-being.
The mental health practitioner will play a key role in
Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders
Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education setting to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
Developing and delivering evidence-based individual and group time limited interventions to young people within education settings
Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
Providing clinical supervision to trainee Education and Mental Health practitioners
The Mental Health Practitioner in the Mental Health Support Team will provide day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Education Mental Health Practitioners and Trainees (EMHP).
The Mental Health Practitioner will have clinical supervisory responsibility for EMHP within the MHST provide clinical supervision to the education mental health trainees/practitioners in line with the university training on supervising and will also work as part of a senior team, supporting the Senior practitioner and service development leads to set up the new pathway.
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Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through evidenced based clinical interventions.

• To undertake initial school based and community-based assessments and to deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Contribute to the overall assessment, including risk assessment, of children and young people in terms of their mental health needs.
• To offer support, advice, signposting and onward referral to children, professionals requesting advice
• To provide education, advice, and practical support to young people and their families as well as brief therapeutic interventions.
• To routinely measure clinical outcomes
• To collect MHST data routinely
• Liaise with professionals who are currently providing services to children and young people, such as those in primary care settings, children’s services, education and others.
• Liaise closely with relevant professionals involved with particularly vulnerable groups, for example, Looked after Children’s Nurse in relation to Looked After Children.
• Liaise closely with colleagues in primary and secondary level care teams to provide timely, accurate and effective pathways to care, supporting non-specialist colleagues in carrying out direct work themselves wherever this is appropriate

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The post holder will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the MHST, providing high quality, safe and responsive evidence based mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals provided in accordance with Children and Young People’s IAPT principles, in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system, upholding trust values and working closely with system partners, representing CNWL positively.
The post holder will work alongside community partners and develop relationships between the MHST and educational settings offering advice and consultation to schools. The Mental Health Practitioner will be one of the first points of contact for the MHST for many partner agencies and contribute to the formation and delivery of care plans for young people within the MHST team in line with the agreed clinical thresholds. They will facilitate referral to other services where appropriate but will support and work with colleagues in schools and Wellbeing partnership boards to manage children and young people’s needs without specialist referral whenever possible.
It is desirable for the post holder to have successfully completed supervision training or be willing to successfully undertake and successfully complete the CYP-IAPT supervisory training course at the earliest opportunit

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