Clinical Lead | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

The MHST delivers evidence-based interventions supporting emotional wellbeing, primarily in an educational setting. This includes group interventions, individual interventions, consultation, and training and incorporates full assessments of care needs and risk assessments. The aim of the MHST is to support a whole school approach to develop, build, and support emotional well-being. We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages. We can offer you:

• Regular clinical and professional supervision including opportunities to meet as a team including peer reflection and Intervision
• Regular appraisal, personal development planning and opportunities for continuing professional development.
• Opportunities to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team and learn from other evidence based frameworks and approaches.
• Opportunities to provide clinical supervision and line management to other members of the MHST as appropriate.
• Opportunities to connect with local and national networks, · To provide complete clinical oversight of the MHST service
· To ensure clinical oversight of all resources, documentation, and processes · To provide leadership within the MHST and provide clinical line management and supervision as professionally appropriate in the team. · To ensure the MHST are meeting current need and working towards a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing · To provide CPD training to continually develop the team's learning to fulfil their role. · To provide a qualified highly specialist community service to children and young people with learning disabilities and/or an autistic spectrum disorder who present with challenging behaviour, toileting, feeding and/or sleeping concerns and/or mental health difficulties, and to their families across all sectors of care. · To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance for their practice within the service. · To actively contribute to the establishment and development of MHST. · To establish effective working relationships with care providers on the client's pathway including Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Child Development Centers, Social Care and Education. · To engage self in the clinical network & care pathway for the client group and actively contribute to the further development of such networks/pathway. · Inconjunctionwiththe MHST Operational Lead, the PALMS' Service Lead, the MHST CYPMHS Commissioning Manager andothermembersofthemanagementteam,tomaintain and developtheMHST for Special Schools across Hertfordshire and West Essex. · Toprovideahigh-qualityservicetomeettheneedsofchildrenandyoungpeople (CYP)ineducationalsettingsandtheirparents/carers. · Inadditiontoprovidingspecialistskillsandexperienceindeliveringinterventionsinaneducationalsettingthe post holderwillprovideformalandinformaleducationandtrainingtoothermembersoftheteam, otherdisciplines,andteams. · Thepostholderwillalso provide clinical supervision to the EMHPs and other MHST colleagues as appropriate providingclinicalLeadershipandadviceacrosstheMHSTService.

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We are seeking to appoint a forward-thinking Clinical lead who is committed to the successful delivery of the project.The post is permanent and full time (Flexible or part time working will be considered), based in St Albans with regular planned travel across Hertfordshire and West Essex. The ideal candidate will be:
• Able to oversee all clinical interventions and resources within the service
• Provide clinical supervision to Band 5,6 and 7 staff
• Provide learning and development opportunities for the whole team
• Assess and manage risk and safeguarding.
• Able to establish and maintain effective inter-agency and inter-team communication.
• Able to plan and to lead workshops and therapeutic groups
• Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings where there is a highly emotive atmosphere.