We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMHS practitioner to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).

THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.

The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:

1. Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.

2. Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.

3. Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.

Main duties of the job

The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision and line management to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the post-holder's training and interests), acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to well-being, project work and operational management and data tasks as required.

THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.

In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face-to-face and remote working as appropriate.

The service embraces continual improvement and well-being of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.

For further information about this role, please contact Joint Team Leads: Ify Ezefedi ifeyinwa.ezeifedi@nhs.net and Dr Lisa Walker lisajayne.walker@nhs.net

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• Recognised qualification in mental health (e.g. clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, CBT therapist)
• Registration with HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years
• Specialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
• Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
• Substantial experience of supervising others (particularly in CBT)
• Experience of line managing staff
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of working with schools
• Experience of service development

Desirable

• Formal training in supervision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
• Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
• Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tower Hamlets CAMHS

18 Greatorex Street

London

E1 5NF

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