Job Description

This role is an exciting opportunity within NCL Home Treatment Team. You will be a member of the CYPMHS NCL Home Treatment Team, working to support young people's voices to be heard to improve services.



The Band 6 Educational Practitioner will work as part of the multidisciplinary CAMHS Home Treatment Team (HTT) across NCL, focusing on supporting children and young people in mental health crisis who require targeted educational support. This role bridges clinical and educational systems, providing direct input to schools and colleges, co-developing reintegration plans, supporting care coordination, and promoting educational engagement for children at risk of school exclusion or disengagement due to mental health needs. The Educational Practitoner will support the reintegration of young people into educational settings. They will work closely with schools, colleges, and alternative provisions to develop strategies for supporting young people with mental health challenges in the classroom. The therapist will also offer psychoeducation and tailored interventions that promote academic resilience and attendance. This role bridges health and education, ensuring holistic care.



Provide direct support to CYP and families to promote reintegration into education post-crisis Liaise with schools, virtual school teams, SEN coordinators, and local authority education reps Support EHCP-related care planning and attend relevant multi-agency meetings Develop individualised educational care plans linked to clinical recovery goals Work alongside Family Ambassadors and Clinical Team to offer system-focused support Advocate for reasonable adjustments and inclusive practices within school systems Support transitions from inpatient units or crisis services into school Contribute to CPA reviews and risk management planning Maintain accurate records and outcome monitoring (e.g. education re-engagement, attendance improvement) Promote trauma-informed and neurodiverse-aware approaches in education settings Support the development of culturally competent and inclusive service delivery

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:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care



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



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.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with clients. To assist in the production of personal plans and hospital passports. Work with clients to help them identify their own meaningful recovery and personal goals drawing on your mutual resources as peers and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience. Encourage and motivate service users to create co-produced care plans and enable clients to engage with the actions of their care plan. Accompany service users, if appropriate, to appointments/meetings where they need additional support. Role model recovery, self-advocacy, self-awareness and personal responsibility to inspire hope and confidence in clients using your experience of recovery. Share/teach coping self-help, self-management techniques and tools. Work in a strength-based way that acknowledges the personal, social, cultural and spiritual strengths. Facilitate and co-deliver psychoeducation and other recovery courses where possible Facilitate and co-deliver recovery and peer groups where possible.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.