MHST Senior Clinician

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Senior Clinician (Band 7) to support within schools in the Norwich team, delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people and their families with mild to moderate mental health problems.

The role involves supervising Education Mental Health Practitioners, delivering CBT-informed interventions, and working within clinical governance to ensure high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising EMHPs and delivering CBT-based interventions for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and deliver evidence-based interventions to support recovery of young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Provide managerial and supervisory experience within schools and colleges as part of a national initiative to boost early intervention for child and adolescent mental health.

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinician (Band 7) to support within schools in our Norwich team, delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people and their families with mild to moderate mental health problems.

Are you ready for a real opportunity to make a difference?

Are you interested in working in early intervention services in child and adolescent mental health services?

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to join our growing service. The successful candidate will work closely with their Team and Clinical & Team Lead, to ensure that the MHST is a success.

They will join a dynamic service in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged.., In this role you will support teams in Norwich and provide a high-quality service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

This will be done through the supervision of Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), and through direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of young people referred to the service, utilising skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice, and knowledge of whole school approaches to mental health. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.

This is a unique opportunity to take on managerial and supervisory experience, whilst also engaging in important clinical work within schools and colleges.

The post would ideally be suited to a clinician looking to broaden their professional skillset, whilst being part of a national initiative to increase the numbers of children, young people and their families supported within an early intervention mental health service.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.