MHST Senior Clinician and SupervisorinColchesterinColchesterPUBLISHED FRI 8 NOV 2024

Come and join our friendly and supportive team making a difference to the lives of children and young people.

NELFT is a growing organisation serving a population of 4.9 million across North-East London, Essex, and Kent. We employ more than 7,500 staff and have an annual budget of £490 million approx.Working at NELFT offers many benefits:

1. Career Development: Opportunities for professional growth, staff can access training, workshops, and mentoring programs.

2. Work-Life Balance: The organisation promotes healthy work-life balance, with flexible working arrangements.

3. Employee Assistance Programs: Staff have access to counselling services, mental health support, and other resources.

4. Diverse Workforce: NELFT values diversity and inclusion, creating a supportive environment for all employees.

5. Research and Innovation: The organisation encourages research and innovation, allowing staff to contribute to advancements in health.

NELFT is the largest provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST's) in England. The service is continuing to grow, we currently cover 48% of secondary and primary school within our footprint.

The MHST delivers evidence-based individual and group interventions in educational settings for children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, they also have a strong focus on whole school approaches.

This vacancy is for the North-East Team which covers Colchester, Clacton and Harwich.

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with acurrent UK Professional Registration to join our Mental Health Support Team (MHST).

In this post, you will be a senior clinical team member, holding a caseload and supervising junior staff including trainees. You will work alongside partner agencies to co-produce training materials and support the delivery of whole school approach interventions.

The successful applicant will be enrolled on the EMHP Supervisors Course where required. This training is funded as part of the MHST program.

Main Duties of the Job:

1) Work in partnership with schools, children, young people (CYP), and families in the development of plans for interventions and agreed outcomes.

2) Support the Locality Clinical Lead with the formulation, treatment and management plans for schools, parents and CYP using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service.

3) Effectively manage a caseload of CYP with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, complete thorough assessments, risk assessments, care plans and reviews.

4) Provide caseload management and clinical skills supervision to Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioners and Senior Mental Health Practitioners.

5) To work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team within your locality but also with other MHSTs within Essex.

6) To be able to work as part of a team and autonomously.

About us

The Senior Clinician will be a graduate qualified health care professional, and ideally have formal CBT training for example:

Qualified CBT Therapist

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

Children and Young People-IAPT (CYP-IAPT)

Or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinical experience which includes delivery of CBT interventions and fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BABCP).

This Senior Clinician and Supervisor would work closely with the MHST Clinical Lead, the MHST Operational Manager, and other clinical colleagues/partner agencies.

The role is predominantly supervisory. However, the post holder will deliver clinical interventions, both targeted and under the Whole School Approach, to maintain professional registrations and continue to develop. The post holder will need to remain current in evidence-based interventions and have a good working knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Supervisors are also key to service development in progressing and adapting interventions to ensure we are an inclusive service and contributing to research and development of the MHSTs nationally.

Please see person specification and job description for full details and responsibilities required for this role.

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