Psychological Therapist inStowmarket inStowmarket PUBLISHED
FRI 20 DEC 2024
Band 7: starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) GOOD SALARY
MENTAL HEALTH NHS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PENSION SOCIAL WORK
The Madison Group rPLfNB5b
Opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of children and young people struggling with mental health issues.
Involvement in developing innovative mental health services and contributing to the transformation of services in Suffolk.
Work in a supportive and collaborative environment, with a focus on creative solutions and valued input from staff.
Access to comprehensive in-house and external training programs, enhancing professional development and skills.
Generous annual leave starting at 27 days, increasing to 33 days based on length of service, plus paid bank holidays.
Various employee benefits including an NHS pension, staff physiotherapy services, and discounts.
The Madison Group is seeking a Psychological Therapist for their Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Stowmarket, Suffolk, focused on providing early mental health interventions for children and young people in educational settings. The role involves overseeing clinical supervision, working closely with the Clinical Team Manager, and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions, particularly using CBT methods. Applicants from diverse professional backgrounds, including nursing, social work, and psychology, are encouraged to apply, as the position emphasises collaborative approaches and the implementation of mental health strategies within schools.
This full-time or part-time position offers an annual salary ranging from £46,148 to £52,809, along with benefits such as a comprehensive NHS pension, in-house training programs, and increasing annual leave based on service duration. The role is designed for individuals with experience in addressing mental health issues in children, fostering an opportunity to contribute to the transformation of mental health services within the community and make a significant impact on local lives.
This full-time or part-time position offers an annual salary ranging from £46,148 to £52,809, along with benefits such as a comprehensive NHS pension, in-house training programs, and increasing annual leave based on service duration. The role is designed for individuals with experience in addressing mental health issues in children, fostering an opportunity to contribute to the transformation of mental health services within the community and make a significant impact on local lives.
Job Summary
Do you have the ambition, creativity and clinical skills to contribute to the development of new mental health services for children and young people? With the National conversation increasingly focused on young people's mental health this is the time to be at the forefront of the development of these services. We are excited to be recruiting a Psychological Therapist to work in our innovative service in Suffolk: the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHSTs are based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will provide clinical supervision and expertise to the team. You will work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Clinical Lead in the team to support the clinical delivery of the service.
This role will be based with our Central Suffolk MHST, which covers schools in Stowmarket, Stowupland, Hadleigh, East Bergholt and the surrounding area.
We encourage applicants from varied backgrounds, including; nursing, social work, occupational therapy and psychology.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for providing a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, through early intervention and offering the right support at the right time. You will work across a range of education settings.
You will be responsible for over-seeing and delivering clinical supervision of the team. You will use your clinical skills and experience for direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support children and young people referred to the service. You will need to utilise skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice. You will also implement whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and coproduction with the school community.
About Us
A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a service that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.
This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, which MHSTs are at the forefront of. These changes are driven by the needs of local communities, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community and truly bringing the expertise to where it is needed. NSFT in collaboration with the Suffolk alliance partners are striving to deliver services within the Thrive framework.
We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.
Date posted
16 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year gross per annum (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
246-CFYPS6776359
Job locations
Stowmarket High School
Onehouse Road
Stowmarket
IP14 1QR
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some Of The Benefits You Can Expect:
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some Of The Benefits You Can Expect:
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applicat
Do you have the ambition, creativity and clinical skills to contribute to the development of new mental health services for children and young people? With the National conversation increasingly focused on young people's mental health this is the time to be at the forefront of the development of these services. We are excited to be recruiting a Psychological Therapist to work in our innovative service in Suffolk: the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHSTs are based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will provide clinical supervision and expertise to the team. You will work closely with the Clinical Team Manager and Clinical Lead in the team to support the clinical delivery of the service.
This role will be based with our Central Suffolk MHST, which covers schools in Stowmarket, Stowupland, Hadleigh, East Bergholt and the surrounding area.
We encourage applicants from varied backgrounds, including; nursing, social work, occupational therapy and psychology.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for providing a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, through early intervention and offering the right support at the right time. You will work across a range of education settings.
You will be responsible for over-seeing and delivering clinical supervision of the team. You will use your clinical skills and experience for direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support children and young people referred to the service. You will need to utilise skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice. You will also implement whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and coproduction with the school community.
About Us
A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a service that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.
This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, which MHSTs are at the forefront of. These changes are driven by the needs of local communities, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community and truly bringing the expertise to where it is needed. NSFT in collaboration with the Suffolk alliance partners are striving to deliver services within the Thrive framework.
We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.
Date posted
16 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year gross per annum (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
246-CFYPS6776359
Job locations
Stowmarket High School
Onehouse Road
Stowmarket
IP14 1QR
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some Of The Benefits You Can Expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some Of The Benefits You Can Expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Social Work or equivalent2
- Postgraduate diploma in CBT or equivalent
- Registration with a professional body
- Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT, EMDR, IPT
Essential
- Experience of working with children with mental health problems
- Experience of working in a Mental Health Service
Essential
- Experience of working with children with mental health problems
- Experience of working in a Mental Health Service
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applicat
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