Practitioners

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking Supervisors to enhance mental health support for children and young people. You will oversee clinical supervision within educational settings, delivering evidence-based interventions and collaborating with educational professionals to promote mental wellbeing. This role requires relevant professional qualifications and experience in delivering CBT interventions for young people. Join us to make a significant difference in young lives across Hertfordshire.

Qualifications

• Formal CBT training (e.g. CYP-IAPT) is required.
• Experience with emotional and mental health issues is essential.
• UK professional registration is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Form strong working relations with stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Provide consultations to education colleagues.

Skills

Experience delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions

Experience working with young people

Comprehensive risk assessment skills

Ability to communicate sensitively

Experience in a multi-ethnic community

Education

Professional qualification in psychology, social work, or mental health nursing

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Some level of formal CBT training (e.g. CYP-IAPT)

Tools

CBT interventions

Job description

Overview

As part of Hertfordshire CAMHS transformation, our priority is simple: to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. We are recruiting two practitioners for our South and North Herts Teams. Driven by this goal and in line with NHS long term plans, we have exciting new opportunities for Supervisors to work at the forefront of innovation in Children's and Young Peoples Mental Health and to play an instrumental role in a forward-thinking service delivering interventions into schools and other settings in Hertfordshire. This role is a chance to make a difference in young lives, and as such duties will include elements of operational management in support of the Team Leader as well as clinical activity.

Responsibilities

The Senior Practitioners will play a key role in:

• Forming strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders
• Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education setting to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
• Developing and delivering evidence‑based time limited interventions to young people within education settings
• Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
• Providing clinical supervision to trainee Education and Mental Health practitioners.

Providing evidence‑based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.

Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.

Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

The post‑holder will be a mobile supervisor supporting teams with delivery of supervision, and clinical casework, across the East & North quadrants.

Supervision and Training Requirements

• Some level of formal CBT training (e.g. CYP‑IAPT)
• Previous consolidated post‑graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues
• Completed the HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice or the HEE Postgraduate Certificate Psychological Wellbeing Practice for children and young people (with at least post‑qualification practice)
• A professional qualification with professional registration in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work, counselling, mental health nursing, Psychotherapy) at degree level or equivalent.
• Or core post‑graduate training in provision of low intensity CBT, e.g. CWP /CYP‑IAPT qualification plus post qualification experience that enables the individual to provide and deliver CBT interventions at low intensity level independently.
• Or Postgraduate Diploma for Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP programme)
• Or Postgraduate Certificate in Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice
• Appropriate UK professional registration

Essential Criteria

• Experience delivering evidenced‑based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups.
• Experience of working with young people presenting with emotional/psychological difficulties and challenging behaviour.
• Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults.
• Experience and knowledge of working in a multi‑ethnic community.
• Experience of teaching and training in practice.
• Experience of peer supervision, supervising colleagues in the multi‑disciplinary team and consultation in other agency settings.
• Comprehensive risk assessment skills.
• Specific clinical skills applicable in a community or educational setting e.g. brief therapy, cognitive therapy, and anxiety management, de‑escalation.
• Confidence to work autonomously in the community and use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.
• Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situation including staff and organisational problems; child abuse; family breakdown; mental ill health and risk of self‑harm.
• Ability to communicate sensitively with children, adolescents, carers and colleagues; convey complex, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and professionals.
• Ability to communicate information to children/adolescents/colleagues at an age‑appropriate level and address psychological resistance.
• Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and liaise with other agencies and provide consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups.
• Ability to maintain high standards of record keeping, including data entry and recording.
• Commitment to equality and diversity and treat everyone with appropriate dignity and respect.
• Car driver (unless a disability prevents driving) and disclosure and barring approval.
• Able to travel independently across the Trust and to work outside office hours when required.
• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) if applicable.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision for Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) course at University, part‑time.
• Licence to work in UK (visa details for Skilled Worker visa applicants).

Desirable Criteria

• Accredited CBT qualification.
• Documented evidence of continued professional development.
• Post‑graduate training in mental health.
• Mentor / Practice Educator supervision training.
• Significant post qualification experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post.
• Knowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent’s mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding).
• Knowledge of recent developments in mental health/learning disability provision for young people including government initiatives.
• Knowledge of current developments in research and its application with regards to children and young people’s mental wellbeing.
• Facilitating clinical supervision.
• Ability to teach and train others using multi‑media materials suitable for presentation within public, professional and academic settings.
• Deliver care with respect, dignity, compassion and recovery focused.
• Delivering a range of evidence based early intervention techniques for relevant service user group.
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others.
• Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues.

Additional Information

Carer and visa eligibility details: Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa can assess eligibility via the UK visa criteria. Applicants must have appropriate UK professional registration.