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By joining our collaborative team, you'll provide clinical supervision and guidance to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs), ensuring that we deliver the highest standards of care. You will have the chance to shape our approach within schools, empowering children to build resilience and improve their mental health. In this fulfilling role, you will conduct assessments, mentor trainees, and engage with various agencies to promote a coordinated, high-quality service. If you're a compassionate leader committed to enhancing mental health care for our youth, we want to hear from you!
We are excited to be recruiting a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner and Supervisor to join Children and Family Health Devon within our Mental Health Support Teams and Child Wellbeing Practitioner services. This fixed-term, one-year post offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced mental health professional to provide clinical supervision and leadership within a growing early intervention service.
The successful post-holder will be joining a developing early intervention pathway, working with children and young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and low mood, as well as supporting whole-school approach initiatives. The MHST pathway is a growing service across Devon and Torbay, currently consisting of Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and CWPs, providing evidence-based interventions in educational settings.
To learn more about the national MHST model, please visit the CFHD website and refer to the Green Paper on Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Provision, which outlines the vision for early intervention in schools.
As a Specialist Practitioner and Supervisor, you will play a key role in supporting clinical staff and ensuring high standards of care.
We offer:
- Regular supervision and training opportunities to support career progression.
- A collaborative and supportive team committed to high-quality early intervention.
- A dynamic and evolving role, shaping the development of MHST and CWP services in Devon.
- Provide clinical supervision and support to EMHPs, CWPs, and trainees, ensuring high standards of care.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions, including CBT-informed approaches, in line with NICE guidance and best practice models.
- Conduct clinical assessments and oversee caseload management, ensuring interventions are timely and effective.
- Support and mentor trainees, contributing to their development and ensuring they meet training requirements.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with schools, mental health pathways, and other agencies to ensure a coordinated approach to care.
- Contribute to service development, implementing new initiatives and supporting quality improvement projects.
- Ensure safeguarding and risk management procedures are followed, prioritising the safety and well-being of children and young people.
- Support whole-school approaches, promoting mental health awareness and resilience-building strategies within educational settings.
This role is ideal for a highly skilled and compassionate mental health professional who thrives in a supervisory position, is committed to early intervention, and is passionate about improving mental health outcomes for children and young people.
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