MHST Mental Health Practitioner Supervisor

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation in Children's and Young Peoples (CYP) Mental Health, with a chance to make a difference in young lives in the creation of a new Wave 7 team. You will play an important part in a forward-thinking service delivering interventions into schools and other settings in the central areas of Milton Keynes.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering interventions within a new Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in identified schools and colleges and for the supervision of Education Mental Health Practitioners in the team.

The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (eg Nurse, Social Worker or OT) and will have some level of formal CBT training, or have completed the HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice or Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Wellbeing Practice for children and young people; and have previous consolidated post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues. In addition, you will have extensive experience of delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups.

You will be expected to work in schools closely with school staff to support CYP, their families and staff to foster a whole school approach to mental well-being.

Main duties of the job

The MHST Mental Health Practitioner Supervisor will play a key role in

• Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders
• Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education setting to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
• Developing and delivering evidence-based time limited interventions to young people within education settings
• Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
• Providing clinical supervision to trainee Education Mental Health practitioners

Applicants who have not yet completed the PG Certificate in Supervision for Children and Young People's Services (CBT/PT/EMHP/CWP) or equivalent, will be required to successfully undertake the training at the earliest opportunity. Funding is provided for the course at the University of Reading commencing in November 2022.

Continued employment in this post is conditional on the successful completion of the course and a 13-week probationary period. The successful candidate will require to be available to commence training from November 2022 and will be expected to travel from their work base in Milton Keynes to the University of Reading site to attend training on all days as required in the first year of employment. The position will be based in Milton Keynes and candidates must be within amanageable commuting distance to Milton Keynes to be able to sustain continuity of employment during training and following successful completion of the training.

About us

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

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