We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a band 7 Clinical Lead to join our developing service within our York mental health support school team. The Wellbeing in Mind service are mental health support teams who work directly into education. This is in line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people within education settings.

The band 7 Clinical Lead provides operational and clinical leadership to the York team.

Main duties of the job

Our Wellbeing in Mind team has 3 core functions:

Support the development of a whole-school or college approach to wellbeing. This can include, but is not limited to, supporting sites to develop and implement mental health and wellbeing policies, development of resources, supporting campaigns and delivering training, assemblies and PHSE curriculum.

Provide timely advice and consultation to education staff. This is designed to support teaching staff to build their skills and confidence in supporting the wellbeing needs of their students/pupils. This is offered in both a formal and informal way.

Undertake direct assessments and intervention for young people within education. We offer a low intensity service model, predominantly using cognitive-behavioural therapy.

Each function accounts for a third of the team's workload.

The successful candidate must demonstrate appropriate clinical skills. Completion of formal training within a governed psychological therapy modality is desirable, but experience of applying psychological approaches within clinical interventions is essential.

The Clinical Lead must demonstrate the ability to manage their time, prioritising and managing competing demands. Relationships and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders is vital to this role.

About us

The post holder will form part of a locality wide leadership team along with the other WiMT Clinical Leads. With support from existing Clinical Leads in our other WiMTs the post holder will take a lead role in developing new processes and pathways. They will provide management supervision to their team and support the senior leadership team in reporting the work of the team and it's outcomes to a range of stakeholders.

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will join a team with a strong culture of learning, innovation and support. We welcome people to contact us for more information.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Nationally recognised, broadly-based, health or social work qualification which must be registered with the appropriate governing body, such as the HCPC, NMC for nursing
• Degree level qualification or diploma
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• Leadership or management qualification or equivalent
• Post qualification work in core profession

Desirable

• Accredited training in a psychological therapy
• Masters level qualification

Experience Essential

• Experience of working collaboratively in a MDT
• Experience of working with young adults
• Experience of leadership/management

Desirable

• Experience of working in educational settings
• Experience of service development / improvement activities

Knowledge Essential

• Must demonstrate knowledge of safety factors in the management of self-harming behaviours and safeguarding issues and have the skills to be able to apply knowledge appropriately with complex cases.
• Ability to establish effective relationships with clients, relatives and carers.
• Ability to provide supervision to less experienced colleagues.
• Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency in case management responsibility including making properly informed independent decisions and communication these in line with Trust policy.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology and contribute in the audit process.

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