Specialist Educational Mental Health Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Job

Effective triaging of referrals across the Black Country.

Provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to the service.

Develop, implement and review a range of evidence based treatment plans informed by clinical assessment and the specific needs of the individual within their wider social context.

Provide clinical supervision, leadership to the assigned MHST and staff from all locality teams where appropriate.

Contribute to the development and delivery of CPD programmes for staff.

Working with MHST Team Leads to ensure delivery of the MHST action plan, highlight risk and plan mitigation, escalating where necessary

Reviewing the referral pathways, ensuring they are informed and being effectively utilised

Lead on developing relationships with other services that support CYP

Working closely with other professionals in schools, developing referral pathways and planning engagement with the schools.

Contribute and support strategic planning, ensuring the needs of children, young people, their parents/carers and schools is informing the development of the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated mental health practitioner who is experienced in mental health problems and psychiatric disorders, accredited by the BABCP and will be expected to carry out in-depth mental health assessments including risk assessments where required. Applicants must have a passion for developing and working closely with other professionals in schools in order to develop referral pathways. The post holder must have experience of working with a wide variety of children and young people in a range of clinical settings.

Experience in leadership role is important however we are looking for a candidate with the essential skills and values required to clinically lead and proactively support a busy team which is always adapting and changing according to need. This is an exciting time to join the service and this role will be key in driving forward the service and developing whole school approaches to mental health. Experience of recent working with schools and delivering mental health promotional collaborative work in such an arena is vital in order to be able to fulfil the role. Applicants must also have experience of providing case management supervision to CAMHS staff, student or other team professionals.

Applicants will be need to have a genuine interest in working within Children and Young peoples mental health and wellbeing within the schools environment. Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network and show enthusiasm when working with other agencies such as Schools, Public Health, Local Authorities amongst others as and when required.

We are committed to equal opportunities and the development of our staff and will provide a robust induction programme. We also provide regular supervision and training for all our staff.

As a service we are committed to being representative of the communities we serve and overcoming any barriers women may have in accessing our service. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds who meet the specific criteria of the post, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, disability, religion/ belief or sexual orientation.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the Black Country and remotely from home.

This post is subject to an enhanced childrens and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Black Country Healthcare is encouraging positive workplace who welcomes staff, with a desire to perform at a high level.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, following the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (covering Wolverhampton and Sandwell) and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and a talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving. We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Why is this the place to work?

• Good transport links around the midlands
• Flexible working
• NHS discount schemes
• Working together with the local community to support patients and staff
• Good performance outcomes
• Training opportunities
• Excellent staff support facilities, dedicated Health & wellbeing team, reflective practice, supervision, and debrief sessions
• Opportunities to work with other services within the trust
• New, up and coming digital processes and support

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Core profession (HCPC, Social Care, Nursing or recognised degree level or broad based health and social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and attributes).
• Post graduate (Masters and above) level study.
• Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
• Holds a CBT supervision qualification and can supervise High and low intensity practitioners or be prepared to achieve this within one year
• Able to travel across the Black Country with ease

Desirable

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised therapies/interventions.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Canalside

Abbotts Street

Bloxwich, Walsall

WS3 3AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)