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Job overview

The Barnet CAMHS in Specialist Schools team is a small dynamic community based team; that sits within the local Specialist schools provision

The team also provides outreach home treatment and support in community settings.

‘The Pavilion’ is the umbrella name for the Specialist schools provision set within Borough Barnet and refers to the following sites:

·       Meadway: Pupils year 7 to 11 who have been out of mainstream school for some time as a result of medical and/or mental health challenges. The provision works towards reintegrating the pupils back into their mainstream schools or support them to make the transition into a new setting. 

·       Whetstone: Pupil’s year 7 to 11 who have been permanently or temporarily excluded from school. Pupils year 10 and 11 have usually been permanently excluded and are unlikely to reintegrate back into mainstream school due to continuing behavioural, emotional, social difficulties. 

·       Primary PRU: Provided support for Pupils from Reception – Year 6, who have been temporarily or permanently excluded from their mainstream  school. 

·       Outreach Service: Pupils who are not able to access education outside of their homes because of medical and/or mental health needs.

·       Oak Hill Campus: a specialist provision for years 7 to 11, all pupils have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP).

Main duties of the job

The role of the Senior Mental Health Worker in this setting is to act as an interface between Primary, Secondary and Specialist Education Provision in Barnet and specialist (tier 3) CAMH services with the aims of:

·       Delivering assessment and treatment in Barnet CAMHS clinical settings and in Education/ Community settings including Specialist Educational Provision at Tier 2,3 and 4.

·       Supporting and strengthening Tier 1 and 2 CAMHS provision through building capacity and capability within Education, in relation to early identification and intervention for children’s and young peoples mental health needs.

·       Promoting the mental health and emotional health of children and families in the community, in line with guidance from the NSF 2004 and ‘Future in Mind’.

·       Early identification of the development of mental health problems in children and young people.

·       Working across boundaries to develop a co-ordinated response to children’s and young people’s mental health needs between agencies

·       Facilitating appropriate access to specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision according to level and nature of need.

·       Providing a direct service to children and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatising environment.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

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.