Children & Young People's MHST Supervisor/Practitioner (Qualified)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Job: You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for managing and providing clinical and case management supervision to other team members. You will also hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions in schools. Primarily the team members will include Qualified and Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners, who will deliver group and individual low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people and some support packages for parents/caregivers.

The post holder will have an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will use evidence-based therapeutic models. Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, and colleges). The work will also include training for education professionals and developing the teams ability to serve the needs of the whole school community including children and young persons caregivers.

You will work with CYP and families from different cultural backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities. You will also work closely with colleagues and partners in the Local Authority, SET CAMHS, education settings where interventions are being delivered and other relevant mental health providers.

Key Responsibilities

Supervision and Management

Provide clinical and case management supervision, including support through observations and modelling, to team members who are undertaking EMHP training in CBT evidence-based practice

Support the EMHPs to develop and maintain a working relationship with education settings

Support the EMHPs in delivering a Whole School Approach service

Support the EMHPs to develop their clinical progression during and after training

Support the EMHPs in assessing, reporting and managing any client risk

Support the EMHPs to ensure data is inputted to EPR (Iaptus) within 48 hours of clinical contact

As required, liase with educational settings

As required, liase with training university regarding trainee EMHP progress

As required attend any MHST partnership meetings

As required attend any meetings representing MHST and/or Mind in West Essex

Clinical and Client Care

Assess and develop evidence-based treatment plans to meet the mild - moderate needs of CYP with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties

Support children and young people, their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties

Work in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development oftheir careplans, includingspecific interventionsand agreeing outcomes

Deliver evidence-based, low intensity interventions for CYP aged 5-18 with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties

Show evidence in a variety of forms that at all timesassessment and intervention is provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity

Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others and support supervisees to do the same

Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary

Maintain comprehensive records of all training and clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision-making

Ensure outcome measures (e.g. SDQ, RCADS) are routinely embedded in your clinical work and that of those you line-manage

Complete all requirements relating to data collection and report clinical outcomes and service access data into the digital patient record system

Promote the mental and emotional health of children and young people in education settings, through clinical interventions in the care pathway

Demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team

Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal educational benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance

Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services

Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence

Teaching Training and Supervision

To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working within the network of schools and across a range of professions, agencies and settings, where appropriate

To receive regular clinical and case management supervision

Supervise and support safeguarding cases held by team members that you line-manage, in line with relevant organisational safeguarding policies and procedures

Provide quality assurance for the data submitted by team members that you line-manage

Monitor and track progress against access targets for your caseload and that of the team members you line-manage and develop plans to reach access targets

Within education settings actively promote the whole school based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well being

Professional

Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to Mind in West Essex policies and procedures

Ensure that confidentiality is always protected

Develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues

Develop and maintain an up to date awareness of the entire Mind in West Essex offer

Ensure that any risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone the post-holder comes into contact with during their professional duties are communicated and shared with appropriate parties in order to maintain individual safety and the public interest

Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development

Participate in individual appraisal and respond to agreed objectives

Keep all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and the requirements of the post and ensure personal development plans maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments

Attend relevant educational opportunities in line with identified professional objectives

Ensure adherence to organisational policies and procedures and that interventions are developed and delivered in accordance with NICE guidelines and clinical standards

Person specification

Essential

MHST Low intensity Supervisor qualification

Familiarity with CBT evidence-base, both within clinical training and delivering interventions

Direct clinical experience (autonomously providing assessment, developing treatment plans and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions) with CYP aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties

Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to CYP

Experience of supervising team members

Experience of routine clinical outcome monitoring

Experience of clinical risk assessment

Understanding of child development and psychosocial influences

Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health team/environment

Experience of providing clinical supervision and case management

Experience of supervising safeguarding cases

Experience of working in education settings

Experience of delivering Low Intensity/Psycho-educational interventions to groups of CYP, educational staff and/or parents/caregivers

Experience of engaging a range of stakeholders (young people, families, mental health providers, schools, Local Authority staff etc.)

Experience of involving parents/caregivers in the wellbeing of CYP

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills and excellent time management

Experience of using Microsoft Office package

Experience of using EPR systems (IAPTUS) To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording and report writing

No criminal record that prevents work with our client group or which would harm our reputation, an enhanced DBS will be required

Valid UK driving licence and/or access to transport to visit various sites and educational settings throughout the day on a daily basis (some occasional travel across West Essex and Hertfordshire).

Desirable

• Experience of working within the third/voluntary/charity sector

• Ability to develop and deliver effective presentations and promotional talks

• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly to a range of individuals and audiences

• Relationship building and motivational skills

• Excellent organisational/project management skills

• Ability to implement monitoring/evaluation procedure and produce accurate/informative reports
• The ability to work as part of a team and contribute to bringing the team on board with the task in hand

This Job Description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid or exhaustive but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which an individual operates.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MHST Low intensity Supervisor qualification

Desirable

• n/a

Experience

Essential

• Familiarity with CBT evidence-base, both within clinical training and delivering interventions
• Direct clinical experience (autonomously providing assessment, developing treatment plans and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions) with CYP aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties
• Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to CYP
• Experience of supervising team members
• Experience of routine clinical outcome monitoring
• Experience of clinical risk assessment
• Understanding of child development and psychosocial influences
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health team/environment
• Experience of providing clinical supervision and case management
• Experience of supervising safeguarding cases
• Experience of working in education settings
• Experience of delivering Low Intensity/Psycho-educational interventions to groups of CYP, educational staff and/or parents/caregivers
• Experience of engaging a range of stakeholders (young people, families, mental health providers, schools, Local Authority staff etc.)
• Experience of involving parents/caregivers in the wellbeing of CYP
• Excellent communication skills
• Organisational skills and excellent time management
• Experience of using Microsoft Office package
• Experience of using EPR systems (IAPTUS) To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording and report writing
• No criminal record that prevents work with our client group or which would harm our reputation, an enhanced DBS will be required
• Valid UK driving licence and/or access to transport to visit various sites and educational settings throughout the day on a daily basis (some occasional travel across West Essex and Hertfordshire).

Desirable

• Experience of working within the third/voluntary/charity sector
• Ability to develop and deliver effective presentations and promotional talks
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly to a range of individuals and audiences
• Relationship building and motivational skills
• Excellent organisational/project management skills
• Ability to implement monitoring/evaluation procedure and produce accurate/informative reports
• The ability to work as part of a team and contribute to bringing the team on board with the task in hand

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mind in West Essex

Address

Wellbeing Centre, 10-11 Corner House

Bush Fair

Harlow

Essex

CM18 6NZ

Employer's website

https://www.mindinwestessex.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)