Senior Structured Clinical Management (SCM) practitioner

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

We are excited to be advertising this new role. We are looking for a 0.4 WTE band 7 senior Structured Clinical Management (SCM) clinician/practitioner to supervise and oversee SCM work with service users with complex emotional needs (CEN).
This role offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced mental health practitioner to further develop skills in supervising in the delivery of SCM interventions with this client group.
The post holder will work alongside other SCM practitioners and practitioner psychological therapists to implement SCM as part of a core offer. Along with supervising the postholder will also hold a small caseload of clients, delivering SCM interventions.
The successful candidate will be a qualified Mental Health Practitioner (e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Associate Psychologist) with additional training or undertaking training in SCM ideally with an interest in complex PTSD and complex trauma. In addition, the ideal candidate will have worked with services users with CEN offering assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention.
You will have access to SCM training and regular supervision (e.g. group and/or individual). You will work as a member of the Complex Emotional Needs team providing 1-1 and group interventions to service users with complex emotional and relational needs and other comorbidities (e.g. PTSD symptoms) as part of a core offer. You will work with a caseload of people within the SCM programme.
To supervise practitioners offering SCM to clients with complex emotional needs as part of a core offer for this client group in Haringey
Provide advice and guidance to other members of the team in relation to SCM.
To work with a small caseload a of people with complex emotional difficulties using SCM
To provide SCM supervision to clinicians individually and in groups
To provide/contribute to in house SCM training
To undertake SCM assessments to include, mental health and risk assessments, psychological formulation and care planning.
To provide SCM in both 1-1 and group sessions in conjunction with other practitioners
To participate in MDT discussions
To liaise with and develop relationships with other agencies involved in the service users care to ensure consistent multi agency approach and maintain effective communication.
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
1. Relationships/Communications
The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.
Internal Relationships
Colleagues and Co- workers within the three pathways within the Complex Emotional Needs team (Personality Disorder, cPTSD, Mood, Anxiety and Personality)
Colleagues within other Boroughwide services and the core teams.
External Relationships
External Agencies within service user network, eg. GP, housing, social care, VSE.
Key Responsibilities
Financial responsibility
N/A
Responsibility for Human Resources
Alongside other SCM practitioners to support training of SCM when required.
Responsibility for Administration
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the regulating body and Organisation.
Responsibility for IT and Digital Systems/Services
Alongside others to maintain digital systems related to the smooth running of SCM.
Clinical Responsibilities
To use a high level of interpersonal skills, reasoning and negotiation skills to establish a therapeutic relationship with people with complex emotional difficulties managing barriers to communication.
To provide SCM supervision to clinicians individually and in groups
To provide in house SCM training
To collaborate with the service user to enable the individual to be a partner in care.
To undertake SCM assessment to include, mental health and risk assessments, psychological formulation and care planning.
To provide SCM in both 1-1 sessions and group sessions in conjunction with other practitioners
To act as a named worker for the service users allocated to your care practising without direct supervision and with a degree of autonomy.
To make onward referrals and signpost to other services including VCSE and neighbourhood services to enable wrap around, holistic support for service users undergoing treatment to meet a broad range of need.
To participate in MDT discussions
To liaise with and develop relationships with other agencies involved in the service users care to ensure consistent multi agency approach and maintain effective communication.
Provide advice and guidance to other members of the team in relation to SCM.
To attend and participate in SCM supervision and individual clinical supervision.
To participate in other clinical duties as appropriate.
Operational Responsibilities
Contribute to the operations within the team
Policy / Service Development
N/A

Research And Development

• Alongside other SCM practitioners and under supervision to monitor, evaluate and modify all individual and group-work interventions/treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
• To participate in data collection, audit and research as required

General
All staff are responsible for the continual compliance with CQC standards and outcomes.
The postholder must be aware of, and work in line with, the Trust’s Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures.
Personal Development
All staff are required to be appraised by their line managers at least once a year at a personal development review meeting where progress made over the last year is discussed and agreed. Focus on the following year’s departmental and personal objectives will be identified, discussed and agreed. Where necessary, help and support will be provided and development opportunities agreed in line with service provision and knowledge and skills competency framework

Please refer the Job description for details