Job summary
Calderdale Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is
recruiting at least 2 qualified and experienced clinician & supervisors to
join our expanding school-based mental health service. The programme launched
in 2020 as part of the national Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies Programme and developed from the Government
green paper on young peoples mental health. Each clinician and supervisor will be
responsible for the low intensity clinical supervision of a small number of
Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). This may include support to
trainee EMHPS to help them complete their year 1 training programme which
begins in February 2022 at Sheffield University. Ideally they will meet the
criteria to enrol on the EMHP supervisor training at Sheffield. The clinician/supervisors
will also provide evidence-based support to more complex cases within education
settings, and will support schools & college staff to develop their
approach to well-being and mental health.
*please note that candidates may need to complete a separate
application and attend a separate interview with Sheffield University to ensure
eligibility for the supervisor training course.
Main duties of the job
The main areas
of the job will include:
1.
Supporting
school settings to develop their understanding of the MHST & EMHP role.
2.
Providing
direct support to students, pupils and families at a higher level of need than
EMHP support and/or working alongside EMHPs as necessary.
3.
Low
intensity clinical supervision of EMHPs (if identified as meeting the
requirements for EMHP low intensity supervision training)
4.
Completion
of EMHP low intensity supervision training to become a low intensity supervisor
(if required)
5.
Undertaking
additional training as required as identified with Sheffield University
6.
Providing
education staff consultation to develop in-school strategies to improve mental
health, pupil management, and keeping pupils in school when at risk of
exclusion/refusal.
7.
Supporting
EHMP trainees to qualify through joint working, assessments, supervision
8.
Helping
to develop the service in line with the principles of Thrive and emerging good
practice (e.g. digital technology, CYP IAPT, evidence-based interventions)
9.
Helping
to ensure the project meets national and local performance targets
About us
All staff within the Calderdale Mental Health
Support Team are employed
by Northpoint Wellbeing, a local charity that provides
a range of services to promote emotional wellbeing. We believe that timely
access to appropriate support, particularly talking therapies, is an effective
way of promoting emotional wellbeing and relieving mental distress, for people
of all ages and backgrounds.
When
consulted on the workforce, children and young people have told us they want to
be supported by staff who can identify with them, who have empathetic skills,
who listen, and who involve them in decisions about their care.
Young
people also felt the Open Minds Partnership workforce should be representative
of the population they support.
Therefore,
we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who will help to make
the Mental Health Support Team representative of the Calderdale
population in terms of ethnicity, disability, sexuality, and lived
experience (i.e. experience as service users).
Key dates:
Closing date for applications Sunday 24th
October
Likely interview date Monday 8th November
Job description
Job responsibilities
Summary of role: Each clinician and supervisors will be
responsible for the low intensity clinical supervision of a small number of
Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). This may include support to
trainee EMHPS to help them complete their year 1 training programme. The
clinician & supervisors will also hold a client caseload.
Duties: The
main duties and responsibilities of the post will include:
Service:
1.
Liaising with other MHST, Open Minds
(CAMHS) and other professionals, including the Single Point of Access in order
to support effective joint working, information sharing, transition and rapid
onward referrals to appropriate agencies.
2.
Support the development and use of
evidence-based resources for use in schools
3.
Attend multi-disciplinary and
multi-agency meetings relating to children and young people receiving
interventions as necessary.
Support:
4.
Enabling and providing pro active
identification and assessment within the MHST of identified vulnerable groups,
especially those at risk of exclusion, to support them, school staff and
parents to stay in education as well as accessing suitable external support.
5.
Providing consultation and advice to
school and education staff and other professionals to enable self-management
and in school, day to day support, especially for those at risk of exclusion
and other vulnerable groups. This will be mainly for those children and young
people who have more complex or unidentified needs than EMHPs can support,
especially in the training year.
6.
Provision of direct, short term
evidence based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and
families. This will be mainly for those children and young people who have more
complex or unidentified needs than EMHPs can support whose needs are better met
within the MHST.
7.
Delivery of group interventions where
appropriate
8.
Providing support to parents and
families referred into the service including discussions and consultations to
parents about young people and providing signposting information to other
potential services
9.
To support and empower children, young
people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
10. To
provide support and training to other professionals
EHMP
Support/Supervision:
11. Contribute
to the training and development of trainee Education Mental Health
Practitioners (EMHPs) within the team, through observations, modelling,
co-facilitation, training, and ongoing support
12. Provide
high quality and evidence based low intensity clinical supervision and support
to EMHPs (including during their training year)
13. Completion
of any relevant EMHP low intensity supervision training at Sheffield University
Schools:
14. Promote the
mental and emotional health of children and young people in education settings,
through development of a whole school approach to mental health
15. Work with the
school / college senior mental health lead and existing service providers, to
map what provision is already in place in settings and where the gaps are.
16. Train others
to help children and young people, parents/carers and teachers to identify and
manage stress and anxiety.
Other:
17. Building
and maintaining good, effective working relationships with community partners
and stakeholders
18. Taking
a pro-active approach to ensuring safeguarding concerns are managed and raised
appropriately
19. Ensuring
that all casework records are kept confidentially and in line with Northpoints
policies & procedures, including the Iaptus patient management systems
20. To
use appropriate outcome measure and client satisfaction evaluation forms to
evaluate the impact of intervention and team performance
21. Any
other duties as required by the evolving nature of the project (primarily keeping
integrated case management information, undertaking relevant assessments,
completing monitoring and evaluation reports, attending team meetings/other
forums, providing supervision to other relevant staff).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Summary of role: Each clinician and supervisors will be
responsible for the low intensity clinical supervision of a small number of
Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). This may include support to
trainee EMHPS to help them complete their year 1 training programme. The
clinician & supervisors will also hold a client caseload.
Duties: The
main duties and responsibilities of the post will include:
Service:
1.
Liaising with other MHST, Open Minds
(CAMHS) and other professionals, including the Single Point of Access in order
to support effective joint working, information sharing, transition and rapid
onward referrals to appropriate agencies.
2.
Support the development and use of
evidence-based resources for use in schools
3.
Attend multi-disciplinary and
multi-agency meetings relating to children and young people receiving
interventions as necessary.
Support:
4.
Enabling and providing pro active
identification and assessment within the MHST of identified vulnerable groups,
especially those at risk of exclusion, to support them, school staff and
parents to stay in education as well as accessing suitable external support.
5.
Providing consultation and advice to
school and education staff and other professionals to enable self-management
and in school, day to day support, especially for those at risk of exclusion
and other vulnerable groups. This will be mainly for those children and young
people who have more complex or unidentified needs than EMHPs can support,
especially in the training year.
6.
Provision of direct, short term
evidence based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and
families. This will be mainly for those children and young people who have more
complex or unidentified needs than EMHPs can support whose needs are better met
within the MHST.
7.
Delivery of group interventions where
appropriate
8.
Providing support to parents and
families referred into the service including discussions and consultations to
parents about young people and providing signposting information to other
potential services
9.
To support and empower children, young
people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
10. To
provide support and training to other professionals
EHMP
Support/Supervision:
11. Contribute
to the training and development of trainee Education Mental Health
Practitioners (EMHPs) within the team, through observations, modelling,
co-facilitation, training, and ongoing support
12. Provide
high quality and evidence based low intensity clinical supervision and support
to EMHPs (including during their training year)
13. Completion
of any relevant EMHP low intensity supervision training at Sheffield University
Schools:
14. Promote the
mental and emotional health of children and young people in education settings,
through development of a whole school approach to mental health
15. Work with the
school / college senior mental health lead and existing service providers, to
map what provision is already in place in settings and where the gaps are.
16. Train others
to help children and young people, parents/carers and teachers to identify and
manage stress and anxiety.
Other:
17. Building
and maintaining good, effective working relationships with community partners
and stakeholders
18. Taking
a pro-active approach to ensuring safeguarding concerns are managed and raised
appropriately
19. Ensuring
that all casework records are kept confidentially and in line with Northpoints
policies & procedures, including the Iaptus patient management systems
20. To
use appropriate outcome measure and client satisfaction evaluation forms to
evaluate the impact of intervention and team performance
21. Any
other duties as required by the evolving nature of the project (primarily keeping
integrated case management information, undertaking relevant assessments,
completing monitoring and evaluation reports, attending team meetings/other
forums, providing supervision to other relevant staff).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification relevant to the specialist field
Desirable
- Relevant post-qualification training
- Membership/registration of relevant professional body
- Supervision qualification
- CBT qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to meet the competencies identified as a pre-requisite for EMHP supervisor training (set out in EMHP Supervision Course Information from Sheffield University)
- Must demonstrate knowledge of current relevant safeguarding and mental health legislation
- Ability to motivate, guide and support staff to develop
- Ability to provide culturally sensitive support and supervision
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to teach, train and provide clear consultation
- Ability to think clinically/therapeutically about client need
- Ability to improve services to increase efficiency and enhance patient experience
- Ability to write concise and informative reports and letters
- Ability to use and interpret outcome measures to monitor intervention effectiveness.
- Competent ICT skills in order to
- ocollect and interpret data, for reports, presentations and service performance
- oProvide online support
- oEngage in online meetings
- oRecord keeping, report writing, note taking etc
Desirable
- Familiarity with electronic patient management systems such as IAPTus, RIO, SystmOne etc.
- Awareness of relevant initiatives and frameworks, including MHSTs, Thrive Elaborated, Choice & Partnership Approach (CAPA), and CYP IAPT.
- Awareness of the relevant data requirements..
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Proactive, reliable, self-motivated and able to work independently
- Ability to prioritise workload and multi task
- Willingness & ability to attend and complete EMHP low intensity supervision training at Sheffield University
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Well organised and able to manage time effectively
- Assertive and confident
- Approachable, positive and enthusiastic
- Displays care, compassion, sensitivity and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs
- Able to demonstrate clear and inspiring leadership internally and externally, behaving as a role model at all times
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with service users and their carers
Desirable
- Ability to mediate successfully/resolve conflict situations
Experience
Essential
- 2 or more years working therapeutically, clinically or consultatively within a CYP Educational or Mental Health Setting, with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families
- Experience of working in or with education settings
- Experience of delivering CBT informed practice
- Experience of multi-agency collaborative working
- Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes
Desirable
- Experience of delivering mental health interventions in education settings
-
- Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision
- Experience in one, or both, of these areas:
- 1.low intensity cognitive behavioural interventions
- 2.whole school approaches to mental health in education settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification relevant to the specialist field
Desirable
- Relevant post-qualification training
- Membership/registration of relevant professional body
- Supervision qualification
- CBT qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to meet the competencies identified as a pre-requisite for EMHP supervisor training (set out in EMHP Supervision Course Information from Sheffield University)
- Must demonstrate knowledge of current relevant safeguarding and mental health legislation
- Ability to motivate, guide and support staff to develop
- Ability to provide culturally sensitive support and supervision
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to teach, train and provide clear consultation
- Ability to think clinically/therapeutically about client need
- Ability to improve services to increase efficiency and enhance patient experience
- Ability to write concise and informative reports and letters
- Ability to use and interpret outcome measures to monitor intervention effectiveness.
- Competent ICT skills in order to
- ocollect and interpret data, for reports, presentations and service performance
- oProvide online support
- oEngage in online meetings
- oRecord keeping, report writing, note taking etc
Desirable
- Familiarity with electronic patient management systems such as IAPTus, RIO, SystmOne etc.
- Awareness of relevant initiatives and frameworks, including MHSTs, Thrive Elaborated, Choice & Partnership Approach (CAPA), and CYP IAPT.
- Awareness of the relevant data requirements..
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Proactive, reliable, self-motivated and able to work independently
- Ability to prioritise workload and multi task
- Willingness & ability to attend and complete EMHP low intensity supervision training at Sheffield University
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Well organised and able to manage time effectively
- Assertive and confident
- Approachable, positive and enthusiastic
- Displays care, compassion, sensitivity and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs
- Able to demonstrate clear and inspiring leadership internally and externally, behaving as a role model at all times
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with service users and their carers
Desirable
- Ability to mediate successfully/resolve conflict situations
Experience
Essential
- 2 or more years working therapeutically, clinically or consultatively within a CYP Educational or Mental Health Setting, with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families
- Experience of working in or with education settings
- Experience of delivering CBT informed practice
- Experience of multi-agency collaborative working
- Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes
Desirable
- Experience of delivering mental health interventions in education settings
-
- Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision
- Experience in one, or both, of these areas:
- 1.low intensity cognitive behavioural interventions
- 2.whole school approaches to mental health in education settings.
