MHST Senior Clinician and Supervisor - Mid Essex | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, Pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM2 0QX |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6238130/395-EC211-24 |
Summary
We are looking for an experiencing Mental Health Practitioner with a UK Professional Registration to join our fast-growing fast-paced Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Mid Essex.
MHST’s are a new service designed to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties within education settings. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners.
MHSTs aims to:
• Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions
• Support schools in developing their whole school approach to mental health
• Provide timely advice to school staff and to liaise with other services to help children and young people get the right help and stay in education.
The applicant will work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
To support the Locality Clinical Lead with the formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children, and young people using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service, individual and group.
To effectively manage a caseload of CYP with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Completion of thorough assessments, risk assessments, care planning and reviews. The applicant must ensure that there is accurate documentation, and that Routine Outcome Measures are completed.
Appropriately raise safeguarding concerns were identified and to support colleagues with this process.
Provide caseload management and supervision to Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioner's and Senior Mental Health Practitioner's.
To support in the delivery of evidence-based CBT.
To work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team within your locality but also with other MHSTs within Essex
The applicant should be able to work as part of a team and autonomously.
Further training will be expected for any successful applicant who does not hold a supervisor qualification.
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
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The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional and ideally have formal CBT training for example:
• Qualified CBT Therapist
• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
• Children and Young People-IAPT (CYP-IAPT)
Or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinical experience which includes delivery of CBT interventions and fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BABCP etc…).
The role of Senior Clinician and Supervisor will cover the Mid Essex area (Braintree, Chelmsford & Maldon), and we currently have vacancies for 2 WTE.
Please see person specification and job description for full details and responsibilities required for this role.
Base
This post is largely agile working, ability to work independently within educational settings or at NELFT sites is important. Some travel around the county is also expected. A nominal base of Stapleford House, Chelmsford is given.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024