School Practitioner | North London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£38,488 - £46,852 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW3 5BA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Jul 2026
Closing date:	27 Aug 2026

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Summary

2 x MHST School Practitioner

You will join Camden Mental Health Support Team (MHST), which is an early intervention service that provides support to children, families and schools through advice and sign posting, delivering brief evidence-based interventions as well as helping to develop and implement whole school approaches to mental health. The MHST is part of the Camden CAMHS that delivers high quality care to the local population of 0-18 years olds.

Your role will include MHST assessments, individual therapy, group work, webinars/workshops and whole school delivery of mental health promotion and various emotional and mental wellbeing projects such as capturing student voice and addressing inequalities.Camden MHST is a well-established, highly regarded innovative multidisciplinary team. We have a stable staff group that is cohesive, collaborative and supportive.

You will be well supported through individual and group supervision, staff reflective spaces as well as strong induction and on-going training and CPD activities.

Please note to be eligible for these posts, it is essential that you have training as Child Well-Being Practitioner (CWP) or Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).

1.Provide MHST assessment to CYP allocated to your caseload.

2.Liaise with Schools/GP’s/Local Authorities and wider CAMHS Teams as required

3.Work with your Clinical Supervisor and MHST Managers

4.Encourage CYP Participation and Student Voice with service users

5.Delivering time limited interventions and treatments

6.Signposting to the cross-sector stakeholders

7.Attend regular MHST meetings or CAMHS multidisciplinary meetings where required

8.Formulation of MHST care plans for service user (in collaboration with Clinical Supervisor where appropriate)

9.Communications and completed correspondence

10.Engage with the internal and external network as appropriate

11.Participate in Multi Disciplinary Team activities

12.Risk assessment and risk management within remit of School Practitioner role

13.Safeguarding responsibilities (escalating to Supervisor or MHST Manager when needed)

14. Make referrals as appropriate to other providers

15.Responsible for timely and accurate clinical record keeping

16.Responsible for the outcome of appointments

17.Report writing and GP letter writing

18.To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner

19.To keep up to date with knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group

20.To undertake any such other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the grade of the post as agreed by the Team Manager

21.Attendance at Team Meetings

22.Autonomous working

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.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the role

This advert closes on Monday 3 Aug 2026

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