MHST Locality Clinical Lead - North East Essex

MHST Locality Clinical Lead - North East EssexNHS AfC: Band 8aJoining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overviewWe are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our fast-growing fast-paced Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in North East Essex.MHST’s are a new service designed to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties within education settings. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners.MHSTs aims to:Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventionsSupport schools in developing their whole school approach to mental healthProvide timely advice to school staff and to liaise with other services to help children and young people get the right help and stay in education.North East Essex (covering Colchester and Tendring ) supports up to 28,000 young people across a variety of different education settings with further expansion planned for 2025.Main duties of the jobWork in partnership with schools, to support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.Work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.To oversee the formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children, and young people being supported by the senior team members - using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service, individual and group.Working for our organisationProbationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThis MHST Locality Clinical Lead post is designed to support the clinical development and delivery of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Essex. We are looking to recruit an applicant with expertise in the delivery of CBT to children and young people (CYP) and their families to manage anxiety, low mood, and behavioural problems.Experience delivering supervisionusing a CBT framework is highly desirable, as is experience conducting clinical audits and evaluating research data to inform the delivery and development of clinical services.The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based CBT interventions in schools/colleges and providing supervision to members of the senior clinical team in South East Essex. They would be expected to hold a small case load of cases with moderate levels of complexity and to oversee the clinical delivery and development of MHSTs across schools in their locality. The post holder will be responsible for developing the MHSTs to facilitate wider service transformation within the local child mental health system – this will be in conjunction with service leads and managers. The aim is to foster the integration of clinical and educational principles to support CYP with mental health concerns and develop pathways that encourage a positive needs-based approach to accessing mental health provision for CYP.The post holder would be expected to work closely with the other Locality Clinical Leads based in Essex, as well as the Educational Lead and Strategic Clinical Lead. They would also be expected to contribute to the training opportunities available for more junior members of staff to support their development. For Clinical Psychology applicants the supervision of Assistant Psychologists and DClinPsy Trainees would form part of this role, as part of increasing access to psychological therapies for CYP and supporting psychological workforce development. There would be opportunities to contribute to local DClinPsy training courses, as well as opportunities to support others in the service undertaking research to inform best practice and improve clinical careTeaching, Training and SupervisionThe successful candidate may have the opportunity to attend the CYP-IAPT Supervision course to fulfil the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic, and practice-based assessments.Support senior staff in the co-delivery of training sessions. This will include attendance at practice skills sessions, involvement in formative feedback sessions with teaching staff, and co-production of elements of the curriculum.Service Development and ManagementUnder the direction of the Clinical & Strategic Lead, to support the strategic and practical development of the MHST initiative within the service and wider children’s mental health system.To manage and screen referrals into the MHST.To help manage the day-to-day running of the Mental Health Support Team at an operational level.To regulate and manage the case load of the seniors and EMHPs.To take a lead in monitoring clinical outcomes and activity data from the work of the new team.Flexible WorkingAre you a registered mental health professional who is looking for flexible working arrangements with a supportive, understanding employer? Come join our outstanding team working at North East Essex MHST. At NELFT, we realise that many staff have busy and demanding commitments outside of their working life and are unable to commit to the traditional shift patterns. With this in mind, we are proud to be able to offer a variety of flexible working options. Whatever your availability, whether it is for certain shifts or set days, we offer guaranteed employment, full time or part time, to suit your requirements.If you are wanting a fixed term contract for an extended period with a defined start and end date. You tell us what shifts suit you. Want to just work term time?We can offer a permanent contract where paid/unpaid leave can be taken during school holidays or other defined periods. You tell us what shifts suit youRetire and Return – have you retired but want to return. Tell us what shifts you want to work that will suit you.If you are unable to commit to traditional shift times and patterns - we can accommodate flexible hours such as later start times and/or earlier finish times e.g., 9:30am - 15:00pm. You tell us what shifts suit you. Working at NELFT, you will be supported to work in friendly teams by caring managers and clinical leads with a passion for high standards.Development of our staff is key to running our service effectively, and we will invest our time in your professional development. If you are currently working outside of the NHS or in secondary care, you will receive training and comprehensive support to get you off to a flying start. All you need to do is tell us what suits you.BaseThis post is largely agile working, ability to work independently within your home environment is an important factor. Some travel around the county is also expected. A nominal base of 900 The Crescent, Colchester is given although this is negotiable.This role will include working with the locality-based Clinical Leads and the Educational Lead, under the guidance of the Clinical & Strategic Lead. Excellent opportunities will be available for training and professional development, with regular supervision and access to other support via NELFT.Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.Person specificationExperience• Experience of working in community mental health settings.• Experience of working with / in schools• Experience of clinical leadership• Experience of supervising staffQualification• Qualified & Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Psychologist, Family Therapist, Drama Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, CBT Therapist, Educational Psychologist.• Registered with the relevant governing body (e.g., NMC, BABCP, UKCP etc...)Working with partner agenciesExperience of working with other stakeholders, effectively managing and maintaining positive relationshipsWorking closely with Education.Experience of providing clinical supervision.Extensive experience of providing supervision in a clinical setting.Experience of working within a CAMHS serviceWe believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link .As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.Equal opportunities employerWe are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email ##### with usYou are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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