MHST Senior Supervisor and Locality Lead
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Band 8a - MHST Senior Supervisor and Locality Lead (Substantive Post) We are looking for a Clinical/ Counselling/Educational Psychologist or BABCP accredited CBT therapist to join us to oversee the Medway & Swale MHST teams and to work closely with other Clinical Leads and Operational colleagues to support clinical delivery across the Locality area and service as a whole. The post holder will oversee the clinical offer in the area, including relationships and partner working in schools. This post will see the applicant overseeing and supporting both CBT group skills supervision and individual supervision for Trainees and qualified staff. 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 have three main functions: Targeted Intervention Whole School Approach Consultation and Liaison Our local MHST services are called Emotional Wellbeing Teams Kent and Emotional Support teams Medway. To find out more about us please see our website:
NELFT Website Main duties of the job
This post is to support the clinical development and service delivery of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Kent & Medway. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based CBT interventions in schools/colleges and providing supervision to practitioners in the team. They will also be responsible for supporting schools to develop a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health using a range of different evidence-based and theoretical approaches (e.g. systemic and attachment theory). Job responsibilities
The post holder will hold the responsibility of overseeing the day-to-day clinical delivery of the MHST programme in the designated area. To effectively ensure this, the post holder will require: Substantial experience working therapeutically with children and families with mental health needs. In-depth knowledge and experience of evidence-based practice with children and families (including CBT). Experience of providing supervision (including of CBT-informed practice). Clinical experience and in-depth understanding of effective use of routine outcome measures. Enthusiasm for, and knowledge of early intervention and prevention including low intensity support for emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties in an education context. Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for low mood, self-harm, anxiety and common behaviour difficulties in young children in education settings. Knowledge and understanding of whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health. Experience of providing consultation in education settings. Experience of service development and multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. Person Specification
Experience
Experience of work in mental health and educational settings Experience of clinical leadership Qualification and Professional Registration
Has correct professional registration as outlined in JD CYP IAPT Supervision course Low intensity Knowledge
Able to demonstrate knowledge of CYP Mental Health services and appropriate clinical delivery within these. Knowledge of MHST programme and EMHP training 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. NELFT North East London Foundation Trust £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata for part time Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours
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NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Band 8a - MHST Senior Supervisor and Locality Lead (Substantive Post) We are looking for a Clinical/ Counselling/Educational Psychologist or BABCP accredited CBT therapist to join us to oversee the Medway & Swale MHST teams and to work closely with other Clinical Leads and Operational colleagues to support clinical delivery across the Locality area and service as a whole. The post holder will oversee the clinical offer in the area, including relationships and partner working in schools. This post will see the applicant overseeing and supporting both CBT group skills supervision and individual supervision for Trainees and qualified staff. 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 have three main functions: Targeted Intervention Whole School Approach Consultation and Liaison Our local MHST services are called Emotional Wellbeing Teams Kent and Emotional Support teams Medway. To find out more about us please see our website:
NELFT Website Main duties of the job
This post is to support the clinical development and service delivery of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Kent & Medway. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based CBT interventions in schools/colleges and providing supervision to practitioners in the team. They will also be responsible for supporting schools to develop a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health using a range of different evidence-based and theoretical approaches (e.g. systemic and attachment theory). Job responsibilities
The post holder will hold the responsibility of overseeing the day-to-day clinical delivery of the MHST programme in the designated area. To effectively ensure this, the post holder will require: Substantial experience working therapeutically with children and families with mental health needs. In-depth knowledge and experience of evidence-based practice with children and families (including CBT). Experience of providing supervision (including of CBT-informed practice). Clinical experience and in-depth understanding of effective use of routine outcome measures. Enthusiasm for, and knowledge of early intervention and prevention including low intensity support for emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties in an education context. Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for low mood, self-harm, anxiety and common behaviour difficulties in young children in education settings. Knowledge and understanding of whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health. Experience of providing consultation in education settings. Experience of service development and multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. Person Specification
Experience
Experience of work in mental health and educational settings Experience of clinical leadership Qualification and Professional Registration
Has correct professional registration as outlined in JD CYP IAPT Supervision course Low intensity Knowledge
Able to demonstrate knowledge of CYP Mental Health services and appropriate clinical delivery within these. Knowledge of MHST programme and EMHP training 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. NELFT North East London Foundation Trust £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata for part time Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours
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