Clinical Supervisor and Senior Clinician

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking an EMHP Supervisor for their Wellbeing in Newham Schools Team. The role involves delivering mental health support to pupils, families, and staff. Candidates should have a relevant mental health qualification, a track record in CAMHS, and experience in providing evidence-based interventions. This position offers opportunities for collaboration with educational partners and the development of mental health strategies in schools.

Qualifications

• Professional registration in mental health-related profession.
• At least 2 years of experience post-qualification.
• CYP-IAPT Supervision training or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with schools for mental health interventions.
• Commission mental health consultation for education staff.
• Provide supervision and caseload management to EMHP trainees.

Skills

Experience in CAMHS

Supervision skills

CBT-based interventions

Culturally sensitive service

Education

Qualification in mental health profession

BSc, Masters or Doctorate

Registration with professional body

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has come up in the Wellbeing in Newham Schools Team (WINS) for a qualified EMHP Supervisor to join Newham's Mental Health Support Team (MHST) delivering support to pupils, their families and teaching staff in education environments across the borough. This role is a mix of clinical interventions, supervision, collaboration with partners and transformation, with the possibility of embedding your own ideas around what will work for pupils.

We are looking for confident CAMHS professionals who are keen to develop their skills in providing evidence based interventions to children and young people both within schools and in CAMHS clinic settings. You will have a demonstrable track record of providing collaborative and supportive interventions with children, young people, families, and parents/carers. You will have professional registration within your chosen profession, for example Social work, Psychology, or alternative therapies, or be a CWP/EMHP with at least 2 years experience post-qualification & an EMHP supervisor post graduate diploma. The community served is multi‑ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.

Responsibilities

• WINS colleagues, Specialist School Staff and parents/carers
• Children, young people and their families
• General Manager CAMHS
• CAMHS Senior Management Group
• Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
• Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, health, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector
• Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T etc.

To work in partnership with schools to assess and deliver a range of mental health interventions within school settings. This may involve group work or direct work with children/young people as well as offering specialist mental health-based consultation, and advice around mental health to teaching staff.

Be responsible and ensure the effective co‑ordination of clinical care provided within schools including consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.

Work with teachers and school staff to identify, support and provide consultation for children and young people with emerging mental health needs, as part of a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Build relationships across services to ensure joint delivery of care.

Contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing good quality CBT-based clinical and line management supervision and caseload management to the EMHP trainees and will continue this provision once the EMHP trainees have successfully completed their training.

Deliver Whole School Approach Training Packages.

Qualifications & Experience

Education/Qualification/Training Essential

• Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as: Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Occupational Therapist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) / Social Worker / Art Therapist / Teacher or CWP / EMHP with at least 2 years experience post‑qualification
• Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. BSc, Masters or Doctoral level
• Registration with your appropriate body (e.g. UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.)
• Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD), as appropriate with qualification period
• CYP-IAPT Supervision training or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Previous experience of working in CAMHS
• Experience of supervising clinicians and trainees
• Experience of working with evidence based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems
• Experience delivering CBT-based interventions for low mood, anxiety and other mild mental health issues
• Enthusiasm for using Routine Outcome Measures
• Experience of undertaking delegated leadership tasks and managing trainee staff effectively
• Ability to develop, manage and lead on outcomes data and data reporting for the service
• Experience of providing a culturally sensitive service
• Working autonomously with families providing an assessment and treatment service
• Experience in managing child protection concerns
• Experience of risk assessment and risk management

Desirable

• Experience of working in a school setting
• Work in a multi‑cultural setting, including working with interpreters
• Experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour
• Clinical experience of outcomes-based practice
• Enthusiasm for brief interventions in schools
• Formulation and treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and co‑working assessments and treatment
• Experience of working with families, school and other partner organisations to support young people who may be displaying behaviours that challenge
• Experience of delivering evidence-based Parent groups and specialist groups
• Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis
• Knowledge and experience with working with Child Protection issues and serious mental health problems, including challenging behaviour
• Experience of working in a culturally diverse inner‑city area

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Knowledge of practice of guided self‑help, drawing on principles of CBT and behavioural therapy
• Knowledge of evidence-informed interventions for low mood, self‑harm, anxiety and common behaviour problems in young children in education settings
• High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children
• Presentation/teaching skills; keyboard skills
• Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the Clinical Lead in general team tasks/development as required
• Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi‑agency settings
• Knowledge and skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS (e.g. schools)
• Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcome measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements
• Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
• Ability to recognise own limits and seek support for supervision as appropriate
• The ability to empathise in a complex sensitive or emotional environment

Knowledge and Skills Desirable

• Knowledge of current development in CAMHS
• Interest in developing an area of expertise
• Acquaintance with parenting literature
• Knowledge of the relevant clinical research literature and ability to apply it to the field of parent/child mental health for each service area
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, education and the Children Act and Child Protection

Other Essential

• Commitment to equal opportunities; self‑motivated, assertive and flexible
• Interest and ability to contribute to the MHST service development

Other Desirable

• Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional and physical demands of specialised therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed children, adolescents and their families/carer networks

Disclosures and Checks

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.

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 on criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Newham CAMHS & Newham Schools, 411 Barking Road, London, E13 8AL

Website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/