Clinical Supervisor/CBT Therapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum ( Incl of HCAS) + 5.5% 2024/25 Pay Award |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2024 |
| Location: | Bracknell, RG12 9NE |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6642369/371-CFS352 |
Summary
INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only
An exciting opportunity has become available for a full timeB6Clinical Supervisor/CBT Therapistto join the CAMHS Getting Help Team in Bracknell.
Getting Help Teams (GHT) and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are part of an exciting project funded by NHS England, Health EducationEnglandand partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community in response to the government’s Green Paper2017for Young People’s Mental Health.
The supervising practitioner role will focus on providing day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP)Band 4/5 including trainees. The role will be working alongside community partners and developing relationships between thelocal authority Early Help community partners,MHSTcolleaguesandEducationalsettings.
The role will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the GHT(in line with the THRIVE Framework), providing high quality, safe and responsive specialist mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals provided in accordance with Children and Young People’s IAPT principles, in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.
1. To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence-based interventions (such as Low Intensity CBT) and Routine Outcome Measures.
2. To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties in schools
3. To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuringhigh standardsof practicein accordance withnational guidelines and trust policy.
4. To provide day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP).
5. Toprovidespecialist mental health advice,consultationand signpost, using an outcome-based triage model, with schools and community.
6. To provide training to school staff,parentsand carers in conjunction with colleagues.
7. To train and mentor students and less experienced members of the team.
8. To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• Being confident in assessing and delivering, high quality, outcome focused, evidence-based low intensity interventions to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Being caring, compassionate,diligentand emotionally resilient.
• The ability to supervise, junior colleagues and trainees.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate tocontact YaniChocalingumyani.chocalingum@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024
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