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MHST Clinical Lead - Psychologist / Family Therapist / BABCP CBT

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust, Maidstone

MHST Clinical Lead - Psychologist / Family Therapist / BABCP CBT

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NELFT North East London Foundation Trust, Maidstone

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 4 days ago, 14 Nov | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e553c63185ad46b1bf1750fc5453cc0d

Full Job Description

We are seeking 2 Clinical Leads, each working 0.8wte to join our service and support us to continue to expand and develop our clinical offer. We are looking for Clinical/Counselling or Educational Psychology/ BABCP accredited CBT/ Family Therapy/ Child Psychotherapy colleagues with a passion for Early Intervention emotional wellbeing and mental health support to get in touch if they feel this role would suit them., The post holder will join the established senior leadership team within Kent and Medway MHST to support with the following areas:

  • Leading, with senior clinical and operational colleagues, on the development and implementation of MHSTs across Kent & Medway in line with the transformation agenda for children and young people's mental health services.
  • Ensuring evidence-based practice by engaging in and establishing links between higher education institutions, NELFT research and development, NELFT quality improvement and the clinical offer provided by Kent & Medway MHSTs.
  • Promoting the service-user voice and meaningful coproduction in Kent & Medway MHSTs.
  • Ensuring county wide consistency in the clinical delivery of the service and continuously monitoring and reviewing to ensure high quality and ensuring the offer is up to date with the newest research and evidence base.

    Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new government initiative to help increase children and young people's access to support for emotional wellbeing and mental health. MHSTs are part of the national Children and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme.
    • MHSTs are a resource in addition to the already existing support in any particular education setting. MHSTs have three main functions: 1. Targeted interventions. 2. Whole School Approach . 3. Consultation and Liaison. Please see our website for details. MHSTs are continually expanding across Kent & Medway. Please take a look at our currentlist of schools. Please see our Website for examples and explanations of our work. Kent and Medway Mental Health Support Teams | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

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