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). The post holder will work alongside other SCM practitioners and Practitioner Psychologists to implement SCM within the Core teams with service user with complex emotional needs,
The successful candidate will be a qualified Mental Health Practitioner (e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Associate Psychologist) with additional training in SCM, DBT or MBT. 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.
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.
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:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. 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
The post holder will be aligned with our Values:
• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse
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.
The post holder will work alongside other mental health practitioners to provide Structured Clinical Management (SCM) within core teams.
• 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.
• To collaborate with the service user to enable the individual to be a partner in care.
• To undertake SCM assessment to include, mental health and risk assessments, psychological formulation and care planning.
• To provide SCM in both 1-1 sessions and group sessions in conjunction with other practitioners
• To act as a named worker for the service users allocated to your care practising without direct supervision and with a degree of autonomy.
• To 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.
• To participate in MDT discussions
• To 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.
• To attend and participate in weekly SCM supervision and individual clinical supervision.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Feb 2025