Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMHS practitioner to provide clinical supervision to practitioners in the Tower Hamlets Education Well-being 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.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This service is based in a newly refurbished office in the vibrant borough of Whitechapel.
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 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.
Main duties of the job
This role involves supportingand developing the abilities of practitioners to deliver CBT-informed interventions for mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, low self-esteem, OCD and behaviour difficulties to parents and young people in secondary and primary schools.
The role as clinical supervisor, involves overseeing the assessments, formulations and intervention plans for the parents, children and young people the practitioners work with; holding in mind a wider range of therapeutic modalities (e.g. systemic), in order to maximise outcomes.
This role also involves ensuring that the recording and reporting of clinical work by practitioners is consistent with the policies and protocols of the NHS and Trust, and that clinical and goal-based outcome measures are being used as required by MHSTs.
Please note that this is a supervisory post and will not involve direct work with children and young people.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.
For further information about this role, please contact MHST Team Lead: Ify Ezefedi
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
1. Recognised qualification in mental health (e.g. clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, CBT therapist Educational Psychologist, mental health nurse, mental health social worker, Occupational therapist)
2. Registered with relevant professional body
3. EMHP/CWP Supervision Training or SWP Training Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years in MHST
5. Specialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
6. Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
7. Experience of supervising others (particularly in CBT)
8. Management experience including experience of line managing staff
9. Experience of routine outcome monitoring
10. Experience of working with schools
11. Experience of service development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
12. 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
13. 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
14. Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
15. Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education