Job summary
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a Clinical Lead will provide the clinical leadership to ensure the implementation and delivery of the MHSTs in schools. This post will provide management and leadership for staff within the MHSTs.This post will work in partnership with the School Based Need Clinical Lead and will further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between education, Local Authority, CCG and the new Alliance. This post will report to the relevant partnership meetings.
The role is 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week), ASAP start date for 3 months.
Covering Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm (can be flexible on days).
Main duties of the job
Work in partnership with Senior leaders in schools to set up and deliver the MHSTWith Early Intervention Clinician be responsible and ensure the effective co-ordination of clinical care provided within schools including consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicatedBuild relationships across services to ensure joint delivery of careProvide clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision and caseload management to the Senior Early Intervention Clinician.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Suitable for someone who isambitious, driven and can lead the implementation of a complex programme of work whilst effectively managing multiple stakeholders. The post holder will be committed to having a deep understanding of Surreys children and young peoples mental health needs to inform and strategically shape local planning across all School Based Need services.
Please see the full job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Suitable for someone who isambitious, driven and can lead the implementation of a complex programme of work whilst effectively managing multiple stakeholders. The post holder will be committed to having a deep understanding of Surreys children and young peoples mental health needs to inform and strategically shape local planning across all School Based Need services.
Please see the full job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Child Psychotherapist, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Postgraduate (Masters and above) level of clinical study
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in completing specialist mental health assessments and formulation
- Experience of delivering CBT based interventions.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions and approaches with children and young people across a variety of care settings.
- Experience of working with children and young people, families, and carers within a mental health setting
- Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Child Psychotherapist, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Postgraduate (Masters and above) level of clinical study
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in completing specialist mental health assessments and formulation
- Experience of delivering CBT based interventions.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions and approaches with children and young people across a variety of care settings.
- Experience of working with children and young people, families, and carers within a mental health setting
- Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
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).
