Job summary
Senior CYP CBT lead for the MHST programme
Under the umbrella of the Rise Children and Young Peoples mental health service Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust are expanding our Mental Health Support Teams programme.
Do you have a passion for working with Children and Young People at an Early Intervention stage to support their emotional health and wellbeing?
We want to hear from enthusiastic, motivated, and dedicated clinicians who hold excellent clinical skills and are ready to meet the challenges of delivering the best possible services to our CYP of Coventry and Warwickshire within the MHST programme.
This is an exciting time to join the MHST programme as we expand the clinical leadership structure ensuring that the programme has stability and leadership to deliver and grow.
Your role as the 8a Senior CYP CBT lead for the MHST programme will be pivotal in supporting the clinical offer, supervision, trainee/workforce development and strengthening the voice of our CYP through Routine Outcome Measures.
Main duties of the job
As the CYP CBT lead your role is to work as a Senior member of an exciting service which has been growing since the initial trailblazer of 2019.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS trust are proud to lead the way in our MHST programme across Coventry and Warwickshire. Under the Rise umbrella of all CYP NHS Mental Health services our MHST programme continuous to build and grow in its reach.
We are committed to working in partnership with our education and commissioner colleagues to ensure the MHST programme is successful and meets the needs of our CYP.
Your role will be one of the senior clinical leaders of the MHST service strengthening the clinical offer and structure. You will be expected to oversee and enable the teams to provide a high-quality service to the CYP their families and the school staff.
You will be expected to hold a caseload, support the CYP patient flow through supervision and work collaboratively with the leadership team and external stakeholders.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the post holder you will deliver services that are responsive to local and national directives and need, promoting a learning culture that leads to improved delivery and ongoing evaluation. You will in your role be key in considering workforce, outcomes and caseload flow so as to ensure as a service we are delivering a robust and continually improving approach, in order to promote the development, welfare and secure the wellbeing of children and young people and their families.
This role is both an internal clinical lead role as well as an outward facing post. As post holder you will exert necessary influence at operational and clinical levels and will support strategic development of services as required. The post holder will work collaboratively with the other CYP service leads, the professional leads as well as colleagues within the local authorities to deliver services in line with the regulatory frameworks of CQC and Ofsted.
Rise provides specialist emotional wellbeing and mental health interventions for children and young people with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD and PTSD across Coventry and Warwickshire. Our Anxiety and Depression pathways are comprised of a multi-disciplinary team that shares a passion for using formulation-led CBT in a creative way to help children, young people and families. We place a strong emphasis on supervision and believe in an ethos of compassionate support for one another as clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the post holder you will deliver services that are responsive to local and national directives and need, promoting a learning culture that leads to improved delivery and ongoing evaluation. You will in your role be key in considering workforce, outcomes and caseload flow so as to ensure as a service we are delivering a robust and continually improving approach, in order to promote the development, welfare and secure the wellbeing of children and young people and their families.
This role is both an internal clinical lead role as well as an outward facing post. As post holder you will exert necessary influence at operational and clinical levels and will support strategic development of services as required. The post holder will work collaboratively with the other CYP service leads, the professional leads as well as colleagues within the local authorities to deliver services in line with the regulatory frameworks of CQC and Ofsted.
Rise provides specialist emotional wellbeing and mental health interventions for children and young people with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD and PTSD across Coventry and Warwickshire. Our Anxiety and Depression pathways are comprised of a multi-disciplinary team that shares a passion for using formulation-led CBT in a creative way to help children, young people and families. We place a strong emphasis on supervision and believe in an ethos of compassionate support for one another as clinicians.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or recognised equivalent qualification such as the Postgraduate Diploma in CBT. or Doctoral degree in:- Systemic Family Psychotherapy or Psychotherapy
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of all the evidence-based CBT models, evidence for their use and detailed knowledge of common mental health problems.
- Working knowledge of arrangements for children's health services and early help including knowledge of legislation, SEND, statutory guidance, government policy, practice guidance and best practice.
- Ability to implement local policies and procedures relating to children and families.
- Ability to communicate effectively and influence others including presentation, oral, written and IT skills.
Experience
Essential
- Has extensive experience working as a qualified CBT practitioner and delivering CBT interventions to children and young people.
- Substantial experience in a supervisory role with the ability to supervise, mentor, and support staff.
- Expertise in collecting and evaluating clinical outcomes and data.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or recognised equivalent qualification such as the Postgraduate Diploma in CBT. or Doctoral degree in:- Systemic Family Psychotherapy or Psychotherapy
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of all the evidence-based CBT models, evidence for their use and detailed knowledge of common mental health problems.
- Working knowledge of arrangements for children's health services and early help including knowledge of legislation, SEND, statutory guidance, government policy, practice guidance and best practice.
- Ability to implement local policies and procedures relating to children and families.
- Ability to communicate effectively and influence others including presentation, oral, written and IT skills.
Experience
Essential
- Has extensive experience working as a qualified CBT practitioner and delivering CBT interventions to children and young people.
- Substantial experience in a supervisory role with the ability to supervise, mentor, and support staff.
- Expertise in collecting and evaluating clinical outcomes and data.
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
