Job Summary

The SCM Practitioner role offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced mental health practitioner to further develop their skills in offering an evidenced-based intervention for service users with Complex Emotional Needs (CEN). Prior SCM training is not a requirement for this role and will be provided. The post holder will work alongside other SCM practitioners and Practitioner Psychologists to implement SCM within the Core teams. The post holder will be based at Lowther Road Integrated Community Mental Health Centre, however, the role is borough-wide across Islington.

The successful candidate will be a qualified Mental Health Practitioner (e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Associate Psychologist). 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, regular group and individual supervision. You will work as a member of the team, providing 1-1 and group interventions to service users with complex emotional and relational needs. You will work with a caseload of people within the SCM programme.

Main Duties of the Job

The post holder will work alongside other mental health practitioners to provide Structured Clinical Management (SCM) within core teams. You will provide SCM assessment, formulation, group and individual intervention and hold a caseload. You will receive regularly supervision in a group setting and individual supervision.

About Us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme. Excellent internal staff network.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust 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, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. 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.

Job Responsibilities

The post holder will work alongside other mental health practitioners to provide Structured Clinical Management (SCM) within core teams. The post holder will be expected 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.
• Collaborate with the service user to enable the individual to be a partner in care.
• Undertake SCM assessment to include, mental health and risk assessments, psychological formulation and care planning.
• Provide SCM in both 1-1 sessions and group sessions in conjunction with other practitioners.
• Act as a named worker for the service users allocated to your care practising without direct supervision and with a degree of autonomy.
• 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.
• Participate in MDT discussions.
• 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.
• Attend and participate in weekly SCM supervision and individual clinical supervision.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Person Specification

Skills/Abilities

Essential: Ability to work collaboratively with service users in 1:1 and group settings. Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management and be accountable for decision making.

Desirable: A demonstrated ability to facilitate group interventions.

Qualifications/Registration

Essential: Registration with regulating body where applicable. A qualification in a mental health or social care (nursing, allied health professional, social work) or Post graduate masters' level training as a Clinical Associate in Psychology.

Desirable: Accredited as SCM Practitioner. Additional training in Structured Clinical Management (SCM)/ Dialectical Behaviour Therapy/Mentalisation Based Therapy.

Experience / Knowledge

Essential: Significant post registration experience working in a mental health service.

Desirable: Previous experience of working to a model of SCM.

Employer Details

Employer Name: North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Lowther Road Integrated Community Mental Health Centre, Lowther Road, London, N7 8US, United Kingdom

Employer's Website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/