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Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Brent CAMHS MHST
| Posting date: | 12 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,485.00 to £52,521.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44485.00 - £52521.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Location: | Wembley, HA9 6JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-1416 |
Summary
Job responsibilities The key roles and responsibilities of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner will include: Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders Working in partnership with schools/colleges and other educational settings. Provide training to team members and other professionals/trainees Supervising junior staff in the team. Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education settings to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing Developing and delivering evidence-based individual and group time limited interventions to young people within education settings in accordance with Children and Young People's IAPT principles Holding a caseload of CYP with mild-moderate mental health difficulties Completion of thorough assessments, risk assessments, care planning and reviews. Ensuring that there is accurate and timely documentation to a high standard, and that Routine Outcome Measures are completed. Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service and feeding back this data to key stakeholders Providing clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners and day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners. Contributing to group supervision spaces within the team. Working as part of a senior team, supporting the Senior Clinical Supervisors and Service Development Leads to expand the service within the Brent area and improve the quality of the service. Supporting and developing the interventions that can be delivered as part of the MHST within the education setting, including SEN settings. Appropriately raise and report safeguarding concerns where identified and to support colleagues with this process. Patient Safety Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services Being open and transparent about your own practice Identifying areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made. Report to the Team Manager any areas of concern, which may affect the safe delivery of care and/or the safe working of other members of the team. Working closely with others to improve services Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records Maintaining compliance with your mandatory and core training requirements Be aware of and understand ones responsibilities in relation to the Policies and Procedures regarding: Fire Lone Working Health & Safety Absence management Report any accidents / incidents as per the reporting procedures of the service. Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing young people and families with a positive experience.