Job summary
The Wandsworth Mental Health Support Team is an original trailblazer team, started in January 2019 and currently comprises of 3 qualified Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs), an EWP trainee, a qualified CBT Therapist and the advertised post, which is the most senior post and supervisor within the MHST. The team works with a cluster of schools across the Southfields and Earlsfield areas in Wandsworth, offering both direct interventions within the schools and the implementation of a whole schools approach to mental health.
The advertised post is an exciting and varied role with good scope for creative and innovative working within a new national initiative to increase mental health input directly into schools. There is a very strong supervisor peer support network across the service as well as clinical supervision being offered by the borough 8B lead and service development supervision being offered by the consultant psychology lead. There is a huge amount of opportunity for developing skills and being at the forefront of an innovative service. We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and creative psychologist who is keen to expand their skills and learn on the job, with strong support offered at all levels.
The post is full time, fixed term for one year, although term time only or 0.8wte will also be considered. There is also the opportunity to move to a permanent part time post in the same team after the fixed term contract finishes.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the MHST and supervision of the staff, including managing risk and safeguarding issues. The role includes a link liaison role with schools and working jointly with wider MHSTs and CAMHS teams to ensure joined up service delivery. The whole school approach work involves working collaboratively with schools at a preventative level, meeting need as it arises. There are many opportunities for offering consultation, staff training or reflective practice sessions, parent workshops, coffee mornings and groups. The postholder will also provide specialist clinical interventions for children and young people who do not meet CAMHS thresholds. There is an opportunity to complete EMDR training in order to pick up specialist EMDR cases within the cluster if desired.
The MHSTs work within a network of child mental health resources that coordinate early help, targeted help and specialist interventions for children and young people according to presentation and need. There are good opportunities for linking in with local CAMHS and the Single Point of Access. As these services are all run by the Trust, this makes for smoother linking in and liaison across teams.
Applications will be welcomed from qualified psychologists who already have good previous experience of working in CAMHS.
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 as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
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.
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Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To promote and ensure highly specialist psychological services and skills to the team and schools
To collaboratively work with schools to implement a whole school approach to mental health, including staff consultation and training as appropriate.
To provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.
To offer clinical supervision to the EWPs and the band 6 & 7 posts, with a focus on CBT models and parenting approaches. Providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.
Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.
To offer direct interventions with 5 to 11 year olds and their parents in primary schools plus 11 to 18 year olds in secondary schools, including those who may have experienced trauma and who exhibit behaviours that may be challenging
To lead on the management of clinical risk or safeguarding issues within the team
To seek opportunities to include service user perspectives in how services are delivered.
To utilise research skills for practice evaluation and service development, as required by the service and set out in the job plan.
To work with the consultant clinical lead and school cluster lead to provide a clear team focus and goals for increasing mental health access and support across the cluster of schools.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To promote and ensure highly specialist psychological services and skills to the team and schools
To collaboratively work with schools to implement a whole school approach to mental health, including staff consultation and training as appropriate.
To provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.
To offer clinical supervision to the EWPs and the band 6 & 7 posts, with a focus on CBT models and parenting approaches. Providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.
Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.
To offer direct interventions with 5 to 11 year olds and their parents in primary schools plus 11 to 18 year olds in secondary schools, including those who may have experienced trauma and who exhibit behaviours that may be challenging
To lead on the management of clinical risk or safeguarding issues within the team
To seek opportunities to include service user perspectives in how services are delivered.
To utilise research skills for practice evaluation and service development, as required by the service and set out in the job plan.
To work with the consultant clinical lead and school cluster lead to provide a clear team focus and goals for increasing mental health access and support across the cluster of schools.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
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.
- Experience of working within a school setting
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
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.
- Experience of working within a school setting
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Springfield Hospital - Wandsworth
15 Springfield Drive London
Wandsworth
SW17 0YF
Employer's website
https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
