Mental Health Clinician/ Art Psychotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a permanent role based in the Richmond EHS Cluster team but working across Kingston and Richmond schools with Specialist Resource Provisions for Children with Social Emotional & Mental Health concerns. You will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and put them at the centre of all you do. You will provide high quality clinical work and liaison with school partners. Your role will focus on delivering weekly art therapy groups in the school provisions. You will be involved in the development of this role. You will receive clinical supervision and line management within the service alongside CPD opportunities. You will be part of a large network of 10 Art Psychotherapists in the EHS

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values (trust, empower. respect) to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
• Able to use a range of digital hardware or software to support your work effectively i.e. microsoft or Google software.
• Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking.
• Able to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
• Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strength based approach.
• Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field i.e. social work, leadership and management.
• Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in leading a team, undertaking line management, performance management and change management.
• Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
• Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
• Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform own decision making.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people
• Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Childrens Act) and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role (in this role it will include knowledge of and understanding of the KS2 and KS3 national curriculum).
• A proven track record as a successful strategic leader within the public sector, with direct experience of leading the commissioning of services for children and families.
• Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ

Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)