CAMHS Specialist Support Worker; School Approach

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The closing date is 24 February 2026

The post holder will provide support to schools within the Mental Health Support team (MHST) using the 'Whole-school Approach' to improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Harrow schools/colleges.

The post holder will work with the whole school community (teaching professionals, children, parents, volunteers, and support staff) to break down stigma around mental health issues, and support children to become more resilient so they are better equipped to understand and manage their emotions and behaviour.

This will involve working closely and collaboratively with a range of other organisations and key partners supporting the Early Intervention services.

The post holder will be involved in the development and delivery of practical support, resources, training and psycho educational sessions to school staff, other professionals, students, and their parents/carers across Harrow. The hours of operation are Monday to Friday 9-5.

The post holder will support the whole 'System' that is the NHS, Local Authority and the third sector to a deliver high quality, effective and efficient service and system responses to:

• Improve the experience of CYP
• Improve the experience of Parent/carers & families
• Improve Access
• Improve Quality of care

The post holder will work as part of the MHST team providing support to CYP within the community under the direct or indirect supervision of senior clinical staff.

Values

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.

As a Band 4

Whole School Approach Support Worker we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

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Please refer to the attached JD and Person Spec for full list of main responsibilities.

Communication and key working relationships

Internal:

• Whole school Approach coordinator (WSAC)
• Team Manager and Operational Service Manager.
• All team members within CAMHS
• Reporting directly to Clinical Supervisors MHST
• All staff across the MHST

External:

• Children, young people and their families / carers.
• Education environments including schools and colleges.
• Local Authority staff providing services for young people including Public Health and Educational Psychology Service.
• Voluntary organisations offering services for young people

• Liaising with stake holders

• NVQ II in Care, project management qualification and or good standard of education or equivalent experience
• European Computer Driving License (ECDL)

• Previous experience of working with children, young people and families
• Positive attitude towards working with people with a learning difficulty or autism spectrum disorders
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices
• Experience of working within a multi- disciplinary team

• Team player
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and written
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
  
  Enthusiastic and non-judgmental
• Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to tailor the message to a variety of audiences

• Car driver and mobility to travel across sites
• Flexible working according to the needs of the service and to support work/life balance and improving working lives.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£32,199 to £34,876 a yearper annum incl Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T)