Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Clinical SupervisorNHS
Job summary
Job summary
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.
We encourage you to download the job description for a full overview of the role and person specification.
Job description
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.
About us
Redbridge is an attractive place to work for the following reasons:
- We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive team who meet regularly to share practice and enable whole team.
- We offer an induction programme tailored to your needs, career development support and an annual service CPD programme.
- The MHST is a relatively new service, applicants will have the opportunity to shape and develop the service.
- Redbridge is situated in the north east of London offering the advantages of rapid transport links to Central London via the Elizabeth Line and Central Line, and easy access to the M11
- We have strong university links with the Anna Freud Centre, Institute of Education and Kings College London.