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Clinical Practice

JTaylor
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As the Assistant Director - Clinical Practice I act as the Borough’s Virtual Mental Health Lead for our looked after children and young people and take a lead on our relationship with the other key providers of mental health and emotional support services in Southwark such as the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust (CAMHS and AMHS services) and The Nest (Open Access mental health service for 0-25s) to help ensure these work well for our children and families.  I also head our in-house Clincal Service.​

We are a team of embedded clinicians working alongside our social care and youth justice teams to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to how we manage risk and improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families and carers. We provide clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions to both children and their families/carers where these are needed to ensure our children are kept safe and thrive. ​

We also host a Pause project (part of a national programme to support women who have had their children removed), and provide social work expertise to the South London & Maudsley’s child and adolescent inpatient units.

Jenny Taylor, Assistant Director – Clinical Practice

My team are responsible for: