Job summary
The Mental Health Practitioner /supervisor role in Mental Health Support Team is to work directly with children and young people, offer parent-led support, one to one work, working with children and young people in group work using evidence based interventions and to offer workshops to parents and children and young people and education staff.
The role will be required to offer weekly Low Intensity supervision for EMHPs and trainee EMHPs and be part of a team offering clinical skills supervision. (opportunity in time to completed the low intensity supervisors course).The role will also support consultations and screening of referrals coming into MHST. You will be expected to carry a caseload, to supervise junior members of the team and to offer workshops and groups.
It would be preferable for the post holder to have completed the Low Intensity Supervisor's Course, a Postgraduate Certificate qualification and be able to demonstrate an ability to work clinically with children and young people.
Must be a car user and have a car available to travel.
Main duties of the job
Key Duties/Responsibilities
- To act at all times in accordance with the respective professional Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and occupational protocols.
- To contribute to the development and provision of services to children and young people.
- The post holder will be expected to supervise and offer clinical skills sessions to junior staff and support trainees within the team.
- To perform all aspects of the role in accordance with Trust policies and other national bodies.
- To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and care delivery for service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will include the provision of highly skilled professional care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion and ensuring co-production with service users, families and carers and the education staff.
- To provide advice to other members of staff and trainees and act as a role model and to provide consultations and signposting to those within the community.
- To provide leadership, management and supervision / appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and lead / coordinate / supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.
About us
As a health and wellbeing organisation here at team NHFT we are dedicated to continually innovate and strive to make a difference to our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas with safe, quality care. We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.
Here at NHFT we pride ourselves on our 54321 roadmap, pictured here which encompasses our PRIDE values, leadership behaviours, teams, enablers and our mission all of which are driven by our vision of 'being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care'. We are extremely proud to say this has also been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and our CQC rating of Outstanding for team NHFT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
qualifications and training
Essential
- Core professional qualification relevant to mental health and children and young people e.g. nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, children's nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work. Substantial experience post qualification. Or trained in a relevant area i.e. qualified CWP or EMHP with minimum 2 years post qualified experience.
- significant CAMHS/MHST/Mental Health setting
- supervisors qualification/currently completing
Desirable
- Qualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- Therapeutic qualification
- Mentorship experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- oCognitive Behavioural Therapy clinical interventions/ approaches experience
- oProviding supervision experience or transferable skills
- oSubstantial experience as a band 5 clinician or equivalent
- oExperience of collaborative and multi-disciplinary working
- oExperience of effective engagement with families and carers
- oExperience of managerial and clinical leadership/transferable skills
- oExperience of managing safeguarding presentations in children and young people
- oExperience in assessing and managing risk
- Experience of developing and facilitating groups/workshops
Desirable
- oQualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- oExperience of working in a community and/or educational environment
skills and abilities
Essential
- oTo have good inter-personal skills with members of the public and users of the service, being sensitive to their needs and comments, i.e. complaints/suggestions/compliments.
- oThe ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, information to children/young people and their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- oKnowledge and skills in the use of IT, Word/Excel/Outlook.
- oAbility to work in partnership across agencies and services.
- oAbility to undertake auditing/data collection
- oAbility to prioritise workload and make autonomous decisions, excellent clinical decision making
- oSubstantial experience of working in a clinical setting.
- oHas received training (either formal of through experience) to carry out both operational and clinical risk assessments within scope of practice.
- Sound knowledge of ROMs and their application
Desirable
- oSound knowledge of National Legislation and local policies and initiaves and drivers and other legislation related to the care of children and young people educational provision and mental health
- oKnowledge of NICE, CQC standards and regulations
- oAbility to use SystmOne
qualifications and training
Essential
- to have received accreditation or waiting accreditation after applying
Person Specification
qualifications and training
Essential
- Core professional qualification relevant to mental health and children and young people e.g. nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, children's nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work. Substantial experience post qualification. Or trained in a relevant area i.e. qualified CWP or EMHP with minimum 2 years post qualified experience.
- significant CAMHS/MHST/Mental Health setting
- supervisors qualification/currently completing
Desirable
- Qualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- Therapeutic qualification
- Mentorship experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- oCognitive Behavioural Therapy clinical interventions/ approaches experience
- oProviding supervision experience or transferable skills
- oSubstantial experience as a band 5 clinician or equivalent
- oExperience of collaborative and multi-disciplinary working
- oExperience of effective engagement with families and carers
- oExperience of managerial and clinical leadership/transferable skills
- oExperience of managing safeguarding presentations in children and young people
- oExperience in assessing and managing risk
- Experience of developing and facilitating groups/workshops
Desirable
- oQualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- oExperience of working in a community and/or educational environment
skills and abilities
Essential
- oTo have good inter-personal skills with members of the public and users of the service, being sensitive to their needs and comments, i.e. complaints/suggestions/compliments.
- oThe ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, information to children/young people and their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- oKnowledge and skills in the use of IT, Word/Excel/Outlook.
- oAbility to work in partnership across agencies and services.
- oAbility to undertake auditing/data collection
- oAbility to prioritise workload and make autonomous decisions, excellent clinical decision making
- oSubstantial experience of working in a clinical setting.
- oHas received training (either formal of through experience) to carry out both operational and clinical risk assessments within scope of practice.
- Sound knowledge of ROMs and their application
Desirable
- oSound knowledge of National Legislation and local policies and initiaves and drivers and other legislation related to the care of children and young people educational provision and mental health
- oKnowledge of NICE, CQC standards and regulations
- oAbility to use SystmOne
qualifications and training
Essential
- to have received accreditation or waiting accreditation after applying
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
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Newland House/Towcester/Brackley
Newland House, Campbell Square
Northampton
NN1 3EB
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
