Job summary
Due to further expansion of Bexley Mental Health Support Team we are excited to be recruiting an additional supervising practitioner to join our existing well established team.
Mental Health Support Teams are part of a National initiative aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving the general culture of emotional support within primary and secondary schools.
Bexley MHST work in collaboration with education settings supporting a whole-system approach to promoting good mental health and wellbeing. Offering evidence based early intervention, signposting and supporting a whole school approach based on education settings individual needs and working together with existing services, e.g. counselling, educational psychology, school nurses, pastoral care, educational welfare officers, public health, the local authority, including children's social care, and NHS CAMHS services to support children and young people to thrive.
Main duties of the job
The MHST supervising practitioner will support the delivery & supervision of targeted CBT informed early interventions, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions are used to support young people's mental health and wellbeing. The post holder will also provide leadership within the team focused on service delivery - providing a high quality, safe and responsive mental health service to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals in accordance with Children and Young People's IAPT principles and in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.
We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is passionate about mental health support in schools, with a demonstrated track record of CAMHS clinical and leadership experience. You will have experience of supervising clinicians and be able to evidence clinical leadership skills and abilities. You will be a CAMHS professional and registered with a professional body (i.e. nurse, social worker, OT, psychology. psychotherapy).
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
The MHST supervising practitioner will support the delivery & supervision of targeted CBT informed early interventions, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions are used to support young peoples mental health and wellbeing. The post holder will also provide leadership within the team focused on service delivery providing a high quality, safe and responsive mental health service to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals in accordance with Children and Young Peoples IAPT principles and in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.
For further enquiries please contact: Jenny Eldred, Bexley MHST Team Manager (jenny.eldred@nhs.net).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The MHST supervising practitioner will support the delivery & supervision of targeted CBT informed early interventions, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions are used to support young peoples mental health and wellbeing. The post holder will also provide leadership within the team focused on service delivery providing a high quality, safe and responsive mental health service to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals in accordance with Children and Young Peoples IAPT principles and in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.
For further enquiries please contact: Jenny Eldred, Bexley MHST Team Manager (jenny.eldred@nhs.net).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Mental Health or oCQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification oDip or BSc OT or oDoctorate in clinical psychology or oSystemic Psychotherapy/Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Desirable
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of students and junior staff as appropriate
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Mental Health or oCQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification oDip or BSc OT or oDoctorate in clinical psychology or oSystemic Psychotherapy/Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Desirable
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
- The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of students and junior staff as appropriate
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
