MHST Senior Supervisor and Locality Lead

We are looking for a Clinical/ counselling/Educational psychologist or BABCP accredited CBT therapist to join us to oversee the Thanet MHST teams and to work closely with other Clinical Leads and Operational colleagues to support clinical delivery across the Locality area (Folkestone, Dover, Thanet) and service as a whole. The post holder will oversee the clinical offer in the area, including relationships and partner working in schools. This post will see the applicant overseeing and supporting both CBT group skills supervision and individual supervision for Trainees and qualified staff.

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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 Intervention 2. Whole School Approach 3. Consultation and Liaison, This post is to support the clinical development and service delivery of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Kent & Medway. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based CBT interventions in schools/colleges and providing supervision to practitioners in the team. They will also be responsible for supporting schools to develop a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health using a range of different evidence-based and theoretical approaches (e.g. systemic and attachment theory).

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).