Band 6 CAMHS Supervising Mental Health Practitioner MHST

The Mental Health Practitioner in the Mental Health Support Team will provide therapeutic interventions to families and young people in school settings. The role may include day to day clinical and supervisory support for the Education Mental Health Practitioners and Trainees (EMHPs/CWPs). The post holder will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the MHST, providing high quality, safe and responsive evidence based mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals provided in accordance with Children and Young Peoples IAPT principles, in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system. The Mental Health Practitioner will have clinical supervisory responsibility for EMHP within the MHST provide clinical supervision to the education mental health trainees/practitioners in line with the university training on supervising and will also work as part of a senior team, supporting the Senior practitioner and
service development leads to set up the new pathway. The post holder will work alongside community partners and develop relationships between the MHST and educational settings offering advice and consultation to schools. The Mental Health Practitioner will be one of the first points of contact for the MHST for many partner agencies and contribute to the formation and delivery of care plans for young people within the MHST team in line with the agreed clinical thresholds. They will facilitate referral to other services where appropriate but will support and work with colleagues in schools and Wellbeing partnership boards to manage children and young peoples needs without specialist referral whenever possible. It is desirable for the post holder to have successfully completed supervision training or be willing to successfully undertake and successfully complete the CYP-IAPT supervisory training course if appropriate and if this training becomes available.