Main area: Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Schools
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent; Full-time hours would also be considered (37.5 hours per week; part-time hours (18.75p/w) also considered)
Job ref: 334-CLI-6875997
Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kaleidoscope Centre
Town: Lewisham
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
MHST Practitioner Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of an exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. Job overview
Lewisham CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MSHT) is a new early intervention service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) in education settings. The Lewisham MHST is due to expand with a fourth team in January 2025. The successful candidate will be based in two of these teams comprising of Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs), Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, CAMHS practitioners and Team leaders who coordinate this work. Main duties of the job
We are looking for educational psychologists or clinical/counselling psychologists with HCPC registration and experience working with schools. Your main duties will involve: Supporting mild to moderate SEMH needs and approaches to supporting improved outcomes, including for children and young people with an additional SEND. Developing and delivering evidence-based practice and guidance around the Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing. Conducting psychological assessments, including through consultation, and appropriate selection of assessment tools, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. Communicating skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with children and young people, families/carers, school staff, other agencies and colleagues, overcoming barriers to communication including sensory and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. Planning and scheduling a range of activities with schools, families and children and young people, including consultation, intervention and workshops. Enabling children, young people and families/carers to share their views and for these views to shape planned support. Working for our organisation
We aspire to bring education, health and families together, working collaboratively to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people based on their own life experiences and the uniqueness of their school community. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care Enhancing accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in Lewisham schools. Providing high quality consultation to school staff, parents, other professionals and where appropriate children and young people, focused on mental health and wellbeing. Identifying and addressing systemic barriers to change related to mental health and wellbeing in schools. Providing assessments, formulations and interventions for children, young people and families in the MHST. Providing training and coaching to school staff to support children and young people with a range of mental health needs. Supporting and empowering children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention. Assessing and monitoring risk and drawing up appropriate risk management plans. KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning Contributing to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service. Advising other members of the service on specialist psychological care. Utilising theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice. Liaising with multi-agency teams to support schools in developing and delivering their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. KR 3 Policy and service development Implementing policies and procedures in own area of work, and proposing improvements. Contributing to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects related to the MHST Team. KR 4 Care or management of resources Taking care of the Trust’s equipment and physical resources. KR 5 Management and supervision Being responsible for supervision of junior colleagues if required. Acting as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for the oversight of cases within the MHST when required. KR 6 Teaching and Training Undertaking teaching and training within the MHST. Developing and delivering training for schools. KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance Ensuring that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies. KR 8 Research and development Undertaking regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs. Person specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate qualification in Educational Psychology or Clinical / Counselling Psychology accepted by the HCPC for professional registration. Experience
Experience of working in education settings. Experience of providing psychological assessment and planning and/or delivering interventions for children, young people and families. Knowledge
Knowledge of a range of mild to moderate SEMH needs. Skills
Communicating skilfully and sensitively with children and young people, families/carers, school staff, other agencies and colleagues. The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. Please note:
All applications for this post will need to be made online. That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of an exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. Job overview
Lewisham CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MSHT) is a new early intervention service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) in education settings. The Lewisham MHST is due to expand with a fourth team in January 2025. The successful candidate will be based in two of these teams comprising of Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs), Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, CAMHS practitioners and Team leaders who coordinate this work. Main duties of the job
We are looking for educational psychologists or clinical/counselling psychologists with HCPC registration and experience working with schools. Your main duties will involve: Supporting mild to moderate SEMH needs and approaches to supporting improved outcomes, including for children and young people with an additional SEND. Developing and delivering evidence-based practice and guidance around the Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing. Conducting psychological assessments, including through consultation, and appropriate selection of assessment tools, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. Communicating skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with children and young people, families/carers, school staff, other agencies and colleagues, overcoming barriers to communication including sensory and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. Planning and scheduling a range of activities with schools, families and children and young people, including consultation, intervention and workshops. Enabling children, young people and families/carers to share their views and for these views to shape planned support. Working for our organisation
We aspire to bring education, health and families together, working collaboratively to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people based on their own life experiences and the uniqueness of their school community. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care Enhancing accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in Lewisham schools. Providing high quality consultation to school staff, parents, other professionals and where appropriate children and young people, focused on mental health and wellbeing. Identifying and addressing systemic barriers to change related to mental health and wellbeing in schools. Providing assessments, formulations and interventions for children, young people and families in the MHST. Providing training and coaching to school staff to support children and young people with a range of mental health needs. Supporting and empowering children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention. Assessing and monitoring risk and drawing up appropriate risk management plans. KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning Contributing to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service. Advising other members of the service on specialist psychological care. Utilising theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice. Liaising with multi-agency teams to support schools in developing and delivering their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. KR 3 Policy and service development Implementing policies and procedures in own area of work, and proposing improvements. Contributing to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects related to the MHST Team. KR 4 Care or management of resources Taking care of the Trust’s equipment and physical resources. KR 5 Management and supervision Being responsible for supervision of junior colleagues if required. Acting as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for the oversight of cases within the MHST when required. KR 6 Teaching and Training Undertaking teaching and training within the MHST. Developing and delivering training for schools. KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance Ensuring that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies. KR 8 Research and development Undertaking regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs. Person specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate qualification in Educational Psychology or Clinical / Counselling Psychology accepted by the HCPC for professional registration. Experience
Experience of working in education settings. Experience of providing psychological assessment and planning and/or delivering interventions for children, young people and families. Knowledge
Knowledge of a range of mild to moderate SEMH needs. Skills
Communicating skilfully and sensitively with children and young people, families/carers, school staff, other agencies and colleagues. The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. Please note:
All applications for this post will need to be made online. That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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