Overview
The role will support the delivery of all interventions within the MHST teams, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions, using CBT based principles and a CBT informed framework, are used to support young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and to ensure early help and access to specialist services is seamless and transparent. The post holder will need to be flexible with a clear understanding of THRIVE and how all providers and organizations build on collaborative working with children, young people and families at the heart of all we do. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings. To find out more about working in CAMHS, CLICK HERE for our video. The post holder will be working across schools supporting trainee EMHPs in the borough of Hillingdon by providing supervision, consultation, mental health assessments and evidenced based mental health treatments to children, young people and their families. They will provide support to frontline children's services in developing their capacity in early identification and intervention with children's mental health need. Promoting the emotional and mental health of children, young people and their families in the community, facilitating appropriate access to specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision. As a senior supervisor will be working as part of the leadership team to lead and manage the service. We are looking for a committed senior supervisor/MH Practitioner with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. You will work together with the MHST Lead in developing the Hillingdon MHST service providing supervision to junior staff, liaising and consulting with schools, ICB and other community agencies and ensuring the best possible outcomes for children who have emotional difficulties.
Responsibilities
* Lead and manage the day to day operational running of the MHST teams (with support from the Clinical Lead/Supervisor and CAMHS management structure). This may include recruitment, managing performance, ensuring team meetings take place, and management of healthroster.
* Hold a caseload and undertake the role of lead professional for children/young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings.
* Work as an autonomous and accountable practitioner, including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for the child or young person.
* Develop and disseminate packages of care that include a variety of evidenced based interventions and work with parents and teaching staff on an individual and group basis.
* Work collaboratively with young people and their families, incorporating the use of outcome measures within their work.
* Offer specialist support, consultation and training to staff within the service and other agencies where appropriate.
* Provide opportunities to undertake CYP IAPT supervisory training to become a supervisor for the Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP) at UCL, subject to qualifications and course start date.
* Provide supervision, consultation and clinical leadership to the MHST team, and contribute to service development in partnership with senior colleagues.
Qualifications and requirements
* Committed senior supervisor/MH Practitioner with a passion for working with children, young people and their families.
* Ability to develop leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues.
Additional information
There will be opportunities to further develop leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues. The post holder may have the opportunity to undertake a CYP IAPT supervisory course to become a supervisor for EMHP at UCL, depending on existing qualifications and course start date. The work involves collaborating with schools, ICB and other community agencies to achieve the best outcomes for children with emotional difficulties.
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