Clinical Supervisor and Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to extend EMHP and CWP low intensity clinical skillset in response to feedback on the needs of children, young people and families in educational and community settings, provide opportunities for career progression and increase the services supervision capacity.

For Service Users

To hold a caseload of 6 to 8 including cases of higher complexity. A group is equivalent to two individual cases.

To work co-operatively with other professionals in childrens services, health agencies and other community-based services, including managing relationships with schools and attendance of internal and external meetings.

To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures and to report as necessary. To keep up to date with safeguarding policies and procedures within ABL, schools and Swindon Borough Council (Safeguarding Protecting Children Policy, Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy, Safeguarding Digital and Online Working for Staff and Volunteers Policy, Parental Consent to Receive Service Policy).

To advise on and/or lead practice in areas of service-and cluster specialism.

To develop and evaluate existing and new areas of specialism within the cluster/service. These may change subject to available contracts, funding or internal service restructuring.

To be responsible for any equipment/resources linked to service delivery.

To be responsible for case recording, report writing (to include reports for external agencies, e.g. courts, and complex management reports) and producing and keeping management information.

To be responsible for the requisition of resources needed by staff managed.

Read and keep up to date with relevant ABL policies and procedures.

To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment including general and Covid-specific risk assessments.

Training

MASH Open Day

Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Child Protection level 3

Any other relevant training as identified by management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification mandatory for practice: completing or completion of Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision of Psychological Therapies Practice.
• Post Graduate CBT or LI CBT qualification e.g EMHP, CWP or PWP or recognised qualification in CBT Informed evidence based therapeutic interventions for children/young people and their families.

Experience

Essential

• Direct work with children, young people and families.
• Applying safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures and promoting the welfare of children.
• Working with other professionals and of challenging professional judgements as appropriate.
• Staff supervision.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable children and young people and families (e.g. disadvantage, poverty, disability).
• Knowledge of child/young people development.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and promoting the welfare of children.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to service aims.
• Able to listen to and communicate effectively with children and young people.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Able to supervise work of others.
• Able to accurately and clearly record case notes deploying the necessary standard of writing and IT skills.
• Able to write complex reports and produce other management information which may be used for external purposes.
• Able to analyse and resolve problems occurring in relation to service users and or staff supervised, and able to apply innovative solutions where no precedents exist.
• Able to apply ABL safeguarding and child protection procedures and to report as necessary.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Nexus Business Centre

6 Darby Close

Cheney Manor

Swindon

SN2 2PN

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)