Job summary
1 year fixed term and/or possible secondment opportunity.
Our MHST's highly regarded Team Lead will be taking an extended leave of absence for a year starting in early 2022. We, therefore have an exciting opportunity for a senior clinician who wishes to develop their leadership skills in a busy established MHST with 2 wave 1 teams now in their fourth year, and a recently established Wave 6 team, who are about to complete their training year.
In addition to 12 Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) posts, the team has a number of CYP-IAPT trained supervisors from a range of CAMHS professions, including a specialist worker to service our local Special Needs Schools provision. We also have 3 Educational Psychologists on secondment for part of their working week from our local Educational Psychology Service, and a full time administrator and communications officer.
We have gained a training place to support the development of a senior EMHP post starting in 2023.
The MHST works closely with our Wellbeing and Mental Health Service in Schools (WAMHS) who offer whole school approaches alongside the MHST to schools in City & Hackney. In the next year we will be working to construct an integrated schools service with the guidance of our service users and communities.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for confident CAMHS professionals who are keen to develop their skills in leading the provision of evidence based interventions to children and young people both within schools. You will have a demonstrable track record of providing collaborative and supportive interventions with children, young people, families, and parents/carers . You will be either a Nurse, Social worker, OT or Psychologist with the requisite professional registration. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of our multicultural community.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues and we will continue to develop the service together. We would be pleased to consider colleagues in ELFT through secondment with the agreement of your current manager.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD & PS for more information on this vacancy or please get in contact to discuss further.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD & PS for more information on this vacancy or please get in contact to discuss further.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Qualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Family Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
- CBT qualification
Desirable
- Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.
- Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. systemic, DBT, IPT etc.
- Management or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a senior post in CAMHS
- Previous experience of supervising clinicians and operational leadership functions
- Previous experience working with schools in mental health capacity.
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
- Experience in crisis work
Desirable
- Delivery of parenting programmes - WebsterStratton, Triple P, NVR etc.
- Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting programme
- Supervising Children's Wellbeing Practitioners as part of IAPT programme
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner city area
- Experience of supervising in and/or managing a
- school MHST
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Keyboard/computer skills
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Keyboard/computer skills
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Self-motivated, assertive and flexible
- Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks.
Desirable
- Knowledge of development of inter agency partnerships
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Qualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Family Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
- CBT qualification
Desirable
- Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.
- Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. systemic, DBT, IPT etc.
- Management or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a senior post in CAMHS
- Previous experience of supervising clinicians and operational leadership functions
- Previous experience working with schools in mental health capacity.
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way
- Experience in crisis work
Desirable
- Delivery of parenting programmes - WebsterStratton, Triple P, NVR etc.
- Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting programme
- Supervising Children's Wellbeing Practitioners as part of IAPT programme
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner city area
- Experience of supervising in and/or managing a
- school MHST
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Keyboard/computer skills
- Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Keyboard/computer skills
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Self-motivated, assertive and flexible
- Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks.
Desirable
- Knowledge of development of inter agency partnerships
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).
