MHST Clinical Lead - Psychologist/Family Therapist/BABCP CBT
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
We are seeking a Clinical Lead, working 0.8wte to join our service and support us to continue to expand and develop our clinical offer.
We are looking for Clinical/Counselling or Educational Psychology/ BABCP accredited CBT/ Family Therapy/ Child Psychotherapy colleagues with a passion for Early Intervention emotional wellbeing and mental health support to get in touch if they feel this role would suit them.
Who are we:
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new government initiative to help increase children and young people's access to support for emotional wellbeing and mental health. MHSTs are part of the national Children and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme.
MHSTs are a resource in addition to the already existing support in any particular education setting. MHSTs have three main functions:
Targeted interventions.
Whole School Approach.
Consultation and Liaison.
Main duties of the job The post holder will join the established senior leadership team within Kent and Medway MHST to support with the following areas:
Leading, with senior clinical and operational colleagues, on the development and implementation of MHSTs across Kent & Medway in line with the transformation agenda for children and young people's mental health services.
Ensuring evidence-based practice by engaging in and establishing links between higher education institutions, NELFT research and development, NELFT quality improvement and the clinical offer provided by Kent & Medway MHSTs.
Promoting the service-user voice and meaningful coproduction in Kent & Medway MHSTs.
Ensuring county wide consistency in the clinical delivery of the service and continuously monitoring and reviewing to ensure high quality and ensuring the offer is up to date with the newest research and evidence base.
Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities:
Support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
Lead in complex relationships or system issues with our partnership with Education and working within the wider mental health sector.
Support clinical supervisors in overseeing assessment, formulation and treatment plans for schools, parents, children and young people.
Work in partnership with children, young people, families and schools to develop goals, plans for intervention, and agreed outcomes.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about support.
Provide overall clinical leadership for the MHSTs within Kent & Medway.
Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others where needed.
Ensure adherence to service referral protocols and help signpost unsuitable referrals.
Provide a range of information and support to schools for evidence-based psychological treatments.
Ensure the keeping of coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols.
Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access to support health promotion.
To provide some joint specialist mental health assessments and interventions for children, young people and families.
Represent the trust when engaging in system wide events or delivering external training.
Person Specification Qualifications
Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist).
To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP, AFT, ACP).
Experience
Extensive experience of working with CYP within Mental Health settings at an 8a or above level or equivalent.
Experience of strategic work with wider health and education system.
Knowledge or experience of MHST services.
Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.
Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post-graduate qualified psychological practitioners.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Salary £62,215 to £72,293 a year pro rata per annum
Job locations County Wide post main office is in Maidstone.
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We are looking for Clinical/Counselling or Educational Psychology/ BABCP accredited CBT/ Family Therapy/ Child Psychotherapy colleagues with a passion for Early Intervention emotional wellbeing and mental health support to get in touch if they feel this role would suit them.
Who are we:
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new government initiative to help increase children and young people's access to support for emotional wellbeing and mental health. MHSTs are part of the national Children and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme.
MHSTs are a resource in addition to the already existing support in any particular education setting. MHSTs have three main functions:
Targeted interventions.
Whole School Approach.
Consultation and Liaison.
Main duties of the job The post holder will join the established senior leadership team within Kent and Medway MHST to support with the following areas:
Leading, with senior clinical and operational colleagues, on the development and implementation of MHSTs across Kent & Medway in line with the transformation agenda for children and young people's mental health services.
Ensuring evidence-based practice by engaging in and establishing links between higher education institutions, NELFT research and development, NELFT quality improvement and the clinical offer provided by Kent & Medway MHSTs.
Promoting the service-user voice and meaningful coproduction in Kent & Medway MHSTs.
Ensuring county wide consistency in the clinical delivery of the service and continuously monitoring and reviewing to ensure high quality and ensuring the offer is up to date with the newest research and evidence base.
Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities:
Support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
Lead in complex relationships or system issues with our partnership with Education and working within the wider mental health sector.
Support clinical supervisors in overseeing assessment, formulation and treatment plans for schools, parents, children and young people.
Work in partnership with children, young people, families and schools to develop goals, plans for intervention, and agreed outcomes.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about support.
Provide overall clinical leadership for the MHSTs within Kent & Medway.
Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others where needed.
Ensure adherence to service referral protocols and help signpost unsuitable referrals.
Provide a range of information and support to schools for evidence-based psychological treatments.
Ensure the keeping of coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols.
Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities to enhance and widen access to support health promotion.
To provide some joint specialist mental health assessments and interventions for children, young people and families.
Represent the trust when engaging in system wide events or delivering external training.
Person Specification Qualifications
Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist).
To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP, AFT, ACP).
Experience
Extensive experience of working with CYP within Mental Health settings at an 8a or above level or equivalent.
Experience of strategic work with wider health and education system.
Knowledge or experience of MHST services.
Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.
Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post-graduate qualified psychological practitioners.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Salary £62,215 to £72,293 a year pro rata per annum
Job locations County Wide post main office is in Maidstone.
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