Structured Clinical Management - Practitioner
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46419.00 - £55046.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW5 3EG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-25-0373 |
Summary
Job Description 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. Person Specification Experience Essential Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team. Proven experience of completing mental health assessments, risk assessments and risk management plans without direct supervision. Demonstrable experience of working with service users with personality disorder. Experience of working with service users experiencing suicidal ideation and self-harm. Experience of MDT and multi-agency working. Knowledge of safeguarding protocols. Desirable Previous experience of working to a model of SCM. Qualifications Essential 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. Registration with regulating body where applicable. Evidence of continuing professional development. Desirable Additional training in Structured Clinical Management (SCM)/ Dialectical Behaviour Therapy/Mentalisation Based Therapy. Accredited as an SCM Practitioner. Skills/Abilities Essential Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management and be accountable for decision making. Ability to formulate a services users' presenting difficulties and risk utilising psychological theory. Ability to work collaboratively and with services users in 1-1 and in group settings. Evidence of ability to manage a complex caseload without direct supervision. Ability to provide therapeutic interventions for this client group. Ability to manage own emotions in the face of others' distress. Desirable A demonstrated ability to facilitate group intervention. 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 theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). 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.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).