Band 7 Mental Health Support Team Senior Clinician/ Supervisor

Job Description

Can you demonstrate our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity and Compassion Do you share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for allThen take a step towards LPT...Not all Heroes wear capes. Now more than ever, being an NHS Hero is something to be proud about. We’re currently looking for Senior Clinician/Supervisors for our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST) programme, providing support to Children and Families across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.Have you ever wanted to do realearly intervention The kind of work that means young people can access you quickly, locally and in places they feel comfortable inWe are looking for an experienced clinician who can bring energy and commitment to this new service.Mental Health Support Teams have three main functions:• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems• Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach• Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in educationMental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) will support children and young people, who will be based in and near schools and colleges. Each designated MHST supports a population of up to 8,000 children and young people and will be responsible for a cluster of around 20 schools and colleges each.There are three teams in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland:Leicester CityHinckley & Bosworth/North West LeicestershireMelton & RutlandAs a Senior Clinician /Supervisor you will be responsible for the caseload management & supervision of Clinicians/Supervisors and Education Mental Health Practitioners. You post holders will also be responsible for working directly with schools and being the main point of contact for the MSHT.You will support EMHPs in delivering high-quality CBT interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools.Responsible for liaising directly with schools, developing and co-producing materials for delivery/presentation, supporting the development and embedding of your MHST in schools will be critical to the success of the team.You will also have a small caseload and be actively involved in delivering universal and targeted group interventions in schools. These interventions will be CBT based, so you will need to have experience at delivering individual and group CBT interventions to children, young people and parents.Educated to degree level you’ll have experience of working with children and young people with mental health problems, e.g. counselling, family therapy, CBT; advanced knowledge of mental health assessment; experience of supervising team members and experience of providing teaching and training to professional groups.You will have excellent communication skills where you can work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and professionals from similar backgrounds as well as clients and their families / carers, as well as creatively engaging families and local communities to support meaningful co-creation and service development.You will have an innovative approach, with knowledge of performance reporting systems and the ability to prioritise your work load effectively with strong leadership skills. You will need to be a driver and have access to your own transport. Public transport will not be suitable in order to fulfil this role.You will benefit from: -A friendly and supportive working environment-A leadership and governance structure specific to the lead role and responsibilities to ensure supervision and development.Managerial supervision and Professional Development opportunitiesWorking alongside our Public Health, Healthy Together and CAMHS colleagues.This post is subject to an enhanced check with children’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.For more information please contact Imran Mahomed, Family Service Manager, MHST, or by email: Imran.Mahomed@leicspart.nhs.uk