Job summary
CAMHS Practitioner Band 7 - Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Family Therapist, Mental Health, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse ,Occupational Therapist (
We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMHS/MHST practitioner to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.
Main duties of the job
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
1. Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
2. Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
3. Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision and line management to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the postholder's training and interests), acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, project work, other tasks as/when required.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.
In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.
The service embraces continual improvement and wellbeing of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest.
For further information about this role, please contact THEWS Joint Team Lead: Ify Ezefedi
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
4. Recognised qualification in mental health ( clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, Educational Psychologist CBT Health Nursing, Mental Health Social Worker with CBT training at experience)
5. Registration with HCPC and/or profession-specific regulatory body
Knowledge
Essential
6. Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
7. Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
8. Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
9. Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Experience & Training
Essential
10. Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years
11. Specialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
12. Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
13. Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
14. Experience working with schools
15. PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing
16. Experience of supervising EMHP/CWP practitioners for 2 years
Desirable
17. Experience of routine outcome monitoring
18. Experience working as part of an MHST
19. Experience of service development
20. Formal training in supervision
21. Experience of line managing others
22. Experience of consultation
23. Experience of teaching/training other professionals
Other
Essential
24. The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest