Senior Mental Health Practitioner -Hillingdon CAMHS MHST

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Trust is seeking a role within the Green Paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health programme. The post holder will work within a Mental Health Support Team providing short-term, evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and their parent(s)/carer(s).

You will work with children, young people and parents from diverse backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and you will be

Qualifications

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues in children and young people.
• Engage with parents/guardians to support whole-family involvement and education.

Responsibilities

• Deliver short-term evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties.
• Liaise with school/education staff and external services to ensure timely access to support.
• Undertake triage and signpost to appropriate services while respecting equal opportunities.

Job description

This is a role within the Green Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health programme. The post holder will work within a Mental Health Support Team providing short-term evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their parent(s)/carer(s). The post holder will work with children, young people and parents with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school/education setting in the Hillingdon area. The purpose of the team is to

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
• Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

Young people have access to the MHST through their education setting. School staff and other potential referrers are able to contact a team of clinical staff to discuss potential referrals. The MHST will manage referrals, deal with queries, undertake clinical telephone triage and face to face assessment, give advice and signpost young people where appropriate.

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friends family and carers and also other staff members. We expect you to showCOMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better We expect you toRESPECTeveryone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic. We expect you toEMPOWERothers and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs. We expect you to work inPARTNERSHIPand behave in a way that shows that you recognise the importance of working collaboratively with all who come into contact with this service.