Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Clinical Supervisor

Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Clinical Supervisor

Redbridge Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are hoping to recruit a Clinical Supervisor who is passionate about early intervention for CYP MH.

What is an MHST?

MHSTs are a national initiative in response to the Governments plans to transform children and young peoples mental health provision.

MHSTs have three core functions:

• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild-moderate mental health difficulties
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in the delivery of their whole school/college approach
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff and signposting to external specialist services

Redbridge MHST:

In Redbridge we believe that we are an innovative service that responds directly to our local needs. Established in 2021, our MHST sits alongside well-established outreach teams such as our Specialist Teaching Service, Educational Psychology Service, who are committed to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people and Redbridge Educational Well-Being Team (REWT) a creative and well-regarded team providing universal whole school support to our schools. Our MHST offers a consultation model of service delivery which values a systemic and relational approach.

Main duties of the job

This is a fantastic opportunity for an applicant who is passionate about supporting early intervention around children and young peoples mental health. We are seeking applicants from Educational/Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers and Systemic Family Therapists and are open to shaping the role depending on professional expertise. The main duties of the role involve:

• delivering evidence-based intervention directly to children, young people and their families, both individually and in groups.
• supervising Education Mental Health Practitioners who deliver low-intensity CBT based guided self-help interventions to children, young people and their families. This includes group supervision and individual case management supervision.
• providing whole school mental health support to school staff and the wider community. This may include a range of work from training and projects to parent/carer support and borough wide campaigns.

We welcome applicants who hold a post graduate diploma in Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Supervision, and can offer the opportunity to undertake this funded training for applicants who have not yet completed this.

Job responsibilities

The Supervisor will support the development of the MHST initiative within Redbridge, under the direction of the team manager.

The Supervisor will work closely with the senior mental health leads in schools to ensure a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. These leads will work closely with the MHSTs to ensure children and young people get the right help as soon as possible.

The Supervisor will be responsible for the caseload management & supervision of the EMHPs who will be providing direct help to children, young people and parents in educational settings by offering rapid access to low intensity, evidence-based interventions, for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

The Supervisor will oversee the formulation and support for schools, parents, children and young people being known to the MHST using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service.

The Supervisor will carry out direct joint work with children, young people and parents/carers as part of their work in the MHSTs.

The Supervisor will work in a multi-professional environment and will contribute to relevant meetings as required.

The Supervisor will contribute to the initiation, development and implementation of new responses to changing needs and demands upon the team.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology or recognised professional qualification in Family Therapy or a recognised social work qualification with further training in specific model for therapy.
• Membership of relevant professional body.

Experience

• Experience of utilising a range of professional skills at post-qualifying level in a child and adolescent mental health setting or educational setting. Evidence of understanding of educational systems and practice in England. Previous experience in supervision, preferably with CYP-IAPT Supervision training or supervising junior clinicians or trainees. Ability to deliver evidence-based intervention to children, young people and their families. Evidence of collaborative working practice with other professionals and parents/carers. Belief in involving children and young people in decisions regarding their education and clear commitment to supporting the development of children and young people. Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic, and potentially emotionally distressing caseload and demonstrate appropriate coping mechanisms. To give examples of working with diverse groups of people. Awareness of safeguarding and risk management practices when working with children and young people. Experience of working with mild to severe mental health difficulties. Broad knowledge of specialist mental health services and the wider network of mental health services. Commitment to collaborative working with other professionals and parents.
• Social Workers Discipline Only: Experience of safeguarding practice, working with children subject to a child protection plan, identifying and managing risk. Experience providing advice and support on the delivery of social learning theory based parenting interventions at a group and individual interventions within educational settings. Experience leading interventions to support groups of parents/carers
• Family Systemic Therapist/Clinical Psychologists Discipline only: Ability to apply psychology at a systems level within educational settings and borough wide. Experience working at an organisational level to facilitate change
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change. Understanding of inclusive practices which promote person centred approaches. Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the Service Manager in general team tasks/development as required. Able to describe and discuss different ways of problem solving in educational settings. Demonstrated skill in project leadership and systems change in a multi-disciplinary context.

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a year Inclusive of outer London allowance