Mental Health Practitioner

West London NHS Trust; Norwood Green; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust in Ealing is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to lead the Mental Health Support Team in schools. The role combines senior clinical duties with operational management to develop and deliver evidence-based interventions for CYP with mild-to-moderate emotional and behavioural difficulties.

You will provide comprehensive assessments, risk management, and supervision, working closely with school staff to promote emotionally healthy environments.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist / Team lead to join a highly-regarded Mental Health Support Team in Ealing. Ealing MHST is a well-established schools-based early intervention mental health offer for mainstream schools, mainly offering interventions for mild-to-moderate low mood, anxiety and behaviours that challenge. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced clinical professional to bring a breadth of clinical psychologist skills into a leadership role, and to contribute to service development initiatives within the team. You will be joining a welcoming psychology team in Ealing and West London who are committed to service improvement, staff well-being, and who value diversity in our workforce. We have strong links with the North London Clinical Psychology training courses and offer placements to trainees within our service. As part of our commitment to supporting the development of our staff and creating an environment that people want to work in, we offer good CPD opportunities, for example our staff have recently accessed the CYP-IAPT supervisor course, CYP-IAPT leadership, trauma-focused CBT, and other trauma-informed trainings. The post provides excellent opportunities for professional development and you will receive regular supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist. This role is a chance to make a difference in young lives, and as such includes both operational management and clinical duties. The main focus is to:

• Provide day to day senior operational management and leadership for the clinical functioning of the MHST's whilst working alongside service leaders to develop and implement a wide range of interventions and projects with local schools.
• Lead on and directly providing comprehensive assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Work with school staff and cultures in developing school environments that are more conducive to supporting sustainably better emotional health and wellbeing.
• Contribute to creative thinking and service development initiatives, and take a lead in particular areas for the team.

This is a challenging and rewarding role that will provide a talented and ambitious manager with real scope to develop and influence practice. If you are interested in working with schools and want to help shape the new models of evidence-based support for CYP, this job could be for you!

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m. The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'. The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.