Job Description

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, Structured Clinical Management (SCM), for service users with Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) in the Core Teams in Enfield. The post holder will work alongside another SCM Practitioner, the Senior SCM Practitioner , and colleagues in the Core Team to provide SCM assessment, formulation, group and individual intervention to a caseload of service users. You will have access to SCM training and will receive regular group and individual supervision .



The successful candidate, who will be joining this new pathway, will be a qualified Mental Health Practitioner (e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Associate Psychologist). Additional training in SCM, DBT or MBT would be desirable. In addition, the ideal candidate will have worked with services users with CEN offering assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention.

The role will require the post holder to:

Collaboratively working alongside Core Team Key workers to support identification and undertake assessment of emotional and psychological needs of patients within the Core Teams who have a confirmed or suspected personality disorder diagnosis and personality disorder traits which may not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. Formulate and implement appropriate SCM treatment plans with the support of colleagues in the SCM Pathway Liaise with other professionals to contribute to the establishment of continuity of care across the service Offer consultation and support to Core Team colleagues within an SCM framework Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures in close collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team To undertake frequent risk assessment and risk management for individual patients within the formal therapy setting as well as on the telephone or occasionally on domiciliary visits, and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment and risk management, including both the immediate physical risk to the safety of clients, as well as the psychological aspects To be able to work and travel across the geographical area or across integrated teams.

Working for North London NHS Foundation Trust



Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?



We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

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?

Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors. 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 allowance and NHS pension scheme We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:



Please could you kindly refer to the attached job description and person specification document for further details.