The Ealing Mental Health Support Team is seeking to recruit one Agenda for Change Band 6 Senior Practitioners/Supervisors. The posts offer an opportunity for experienced Educational Mental Health Practitioners to progress to a more senior role while continuing to develop further their clinical skills.

The successful candidates will be providing supervision to trainee EMHPs and will be working with children, young people, and their families across Ealing primary and secondary schools. They will be supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues and signposting those with more complex difficulties to specialist help.

We would like to hear from candidates who have been qualified for at least 2 years and share our passion for enhancing the mental health provision within the local community.

The successful candidates will join a friendly, supportive, and enthusiastic team, working at local schools.

The successful candidates will have a comprehensive induction to the trust and the team. They will have weekly supervision by an experienced supervisor and ongoing, easily accessible, support with clinical matters.

Within the Ealing MHST, there is a strong peer support structure and buddy system available to all new starters.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be working as Senior Practitioners/Supervisors delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people, and families within school settings.

As part of formal supervisor training, they will provide clinical and skills-based supervision with the support of a team lead.

We invite applications from qualified EMHPs with significant experience interested in developing their clinical and supervisory skills.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

The link below will also provide useful information.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services staff share their stories of working for the NHS. (youtube.com)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CYP-MH Post-Graduate Diploma or Certificate (CWP/EMHP) with two years post qualification experience within an MHST or CWP service

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD relevant to working with CYP in schools or community settings

Experience

Essential

• oExperience and ability to function as a practitioner in CYP mental health services.
• oDemonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with CYP's with mild to moderate mental health problems and their families using CBT or CBT informed GSH.
• oExperience of managing and prioritising a caseload.
• oEvidence of good practice in CAMHS assessment facilitation, including assessing: risk behaviour, impact of the lived experience, systemic functioning and managing difference in the clinical space.
• oEvidence of providing culturally adapted interventions.
• oExperience in design and delivery of workshops, groups and interventions to CYP target audience.

Desirable

• oWorking with families in a diverse environment
• oExperience in working as part of an MDT
• oExperience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology
• oExperience of supervising junior staff or trainees
• oExperience in working with children and adolescents with Special Educational Needs.
• oExperience of working with children and adolescents with learning disability or ASD

Knowledge / Skills /Abilities

Essential

• oMental Health disorders in children and young people
• oThe Children Act 1989, 2004 and The Mental Health Act 1983, 2007, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
• oLondon Child protection procedures
• oInformation governance including rules around GDPR as it relates to clinical confidentiality, information sharing and academia.
• oAbility to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary
• oAbility to work under pressure.
• oGood written and verbal presentation skills
• oEvidence of competency in clinical judgement
• oAbility to work to short deadlines, take on new concepts and be innovative.
• oProven ability as a reflective practitioner and ability to effect change based on lessons learnt.
• oDemonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• oGood IT skills and able to manage to digital resources.
• oAbility to provide virtual and face to face interventions according to target audience needs.
• oProven ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions.
• oSkills in teaching and supporting parents.

Desirable

• oEvidence of organisational skills to deliver targets and meet deadlines
• oProven ability to work flexibly within a changing environment
• oSkills in teaching and supporting trainees.
• oResearch, audit and quality improvement methodologies

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Ealing MHST CAMHs

Ealing

Ealing

UB1 3EU

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222-LS-CAMHS-605