Job summary
SWLSTG MH Trust has a long history of providing schools in Merton with a targeted mental health service, meeting mild - moderate mental health within schools. It is a buy-in service with each school typically buying in a clinician for a day per week.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly specialist part time 0.6wte psychologist to oversee, lead and provide supervision for the TAMHS team. At present this is a small team of 2 art therapists and a CBT therapist with potential for growth according to the demand. The lead clinician will link in closely with the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Merton, which currently offer an early intervention / prevention service within schools, to ensure a joined up, cohesive service delivery within the borough. Regular supervision will be offered by the borough MHST Clinical Psychologist Lead and additional service development support will be offered by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
In addition to running the team there are opportunities for direct clinical work; offering school staff consultation, training and reflective practice groups; running parent webinars and group work. We also offer the opportunity to train in EMDR.
We pride ourselves on running an inclusive, creative schools service and would be willing to consider a term time only contract if preferred (ideal for working parents).
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the TAMHS service and supervision of the staff, including taking responsibility for managing risk and safeguarding issues. The role will also include taking a link liaison role with the schools who buy into TAMHS, promotion of the service and working jointly with the MHSTs and wider CAMHS teams to ensure joined up service delivery. There will be some scope for joining with the whole school approach to mental health work, consultation and training / workshop opportunities offered by TAMHS and the MHSTs within schools.
Applications will be welcomed from qualified Psychologists who have good previous experience of working in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services.
This post will require:
Qualification and registration as a Clinical / Counselling / Educational Psychologist
Strong communication skills
The ability to work cohesively and collaboratively both within a small team and within the wider school and CAMHS systems
Strong organisational skills and an interest in service development
Good experience of direct clinical work with children, young people & parents
Experience of or strong interest in delivering mental health interventions in school settings
Experience of supervising
Commitment to using data and relevant measures to assess clinical outcome
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey
As TAMHS is based across a number of schools in Merton, this post will need to be flexible in travelling to different sites in Merton as appropriate. The MHSTs have bases within a local primary and secondary school and there is scope for this post to be regularly based alongside them in order to access peer support
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews.
Formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship
Implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family.
All staff exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
Provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers
Contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs.
Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.
Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care.
Monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluate
Maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements.
Demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews.
Formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship
Implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family.
All staff exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
Provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers
Contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs.
Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.
Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care.
Monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluate
Maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements.
Demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist under the domain of Clinical Psychologist, or
- Qualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist having successfully completed a training course recognised/accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or equivalent, and registered with ACP or
- Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy, and post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession with demonstrable practice over a minimum of four years. oRegistered mental health nurse, with postgraduate qualification in CBT (PgDip, MSc or equivalent) with eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees.
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach.
- Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
- Further training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
- Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of service development or of a leadership role.
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist under the domain of Clinical Psychologist, or
- Qualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist having successfully completed a training course recognised/accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or equivalent, and registered with ACP or
- Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy, and post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession with demonstrable practice over a minimum of four years. oRegistered mental health nurse, with postgraduate qualification in CBT (PgDip, MSc or equivalent) with eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees.
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach.
- Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
- Further training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
- Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of service development or of a leadership role.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
