Clinical Team Lead - Mental Health Support Team in Schools

Hampshire CAMHS is continuing its rollout of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in schools, with two new teams coming on board from early 2025.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Qualified CBT Therapist or Clinical Psychologist to join our brand-new Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools, which will cover the whole of the East Hampshire corridor (Petersfield, Liss, Bordon, Alton). This is a team at the very beginning of its development, joining already established teams working across the North and South East of Hampshire, who you will be working alongside.

The successful post holder will be based in Basingstoke, although will be expected to travel across the patch, and more widely for specific meetings, training etc.

The new team forms part of the wider Early Help provision, and you will be working closely with our Primary Mental Health Workforce and other MHSTs in the region as well as the locality based Community CAMHS teams. There are already 11 MHSTs established across Hampshire, and this new team (alongside a specialist team working with children in special schools) forms part of 'Wave 12' of MHSTs rolled out successfully to support early intervention for children and young people's emotional wellbeing and mental health in our school communities. Once these two new teams are established, Hampshire's schools will have approx. 50% coverage by MHSTs., You will work alongside the other Clinical Lead for MHSTs, supporting the Early Help Team Manager. This will be an opportunity to both develop your leadership skills, as well as using your clinical skills to support our young people. You will be required to provide line management and clinical supervision to our qualified and trainee clinicians.

The post holder will either possess, or be willing to work towards, CBT Supervisor Accreditation and will be the lead position for the low intensity and high intensity clinicians working within the MHST.

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.

- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.