Senior MH practitioner / Supervisor MHST

The role for MHST will support the delivery of all interventions within the MHST teams, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions, using CBT based principles and a CBT informed framework, are used to support young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and to ensure early help and access to specialist services is seamless and transparent. The post holder will need to be flexible with a clear understanding of THRIVE and how all providers and organizations build on collaborative working with children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
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To find out more about working in CAMHS, CLICK HERE for our video., The post holder will be working across schools supporting trainee EMHPs in the borough of Hillingdon by providing supervision, consultation, mental health assessments and evidenced based mental health treatments to children, young people and their families. They will provide support to frontline children's services in developing their capacity in early identification and intervention with children's mental health need. Promoting the emotional and mental health of children, young people and their families in the community, facilitating appropriate access to specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision. As a senior supervisor will be working as part of the leadership team to lead and manage the service., We are looking for a committed senior supervisor/MH Practitioner with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. You will work together with the MHST Lead in developing the Hillingdon MHST service providing supervision to junior staff, liaising and consulting with schools, ICB and other community agencies and ensuring the best possible outcomes for children who have emotional difficulties.
As one of the senior members of the team, you will work alongside senior CNWL staff and contribute to the service's development, as we continue to strive to be an accessible, responsive and innovative service with patient care and patient experience at its heart. There will be opportunities to further develop your leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues., + Day to day operational running of the MHST teams, with support from Clinical Lead/Supervisor and CAMHS management structure. This may include managerial tasks such as recruitment, managing performance, ensuring team meetings take place, and management of healthroster.
+ Holding a caseload and undertaking the role of lead professional for children/young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings.
+ Working as an autonomous and accountable practitioner. This involves the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care for the child or young person.
+ Developing and disseminating packages of care which may include variety of evidenced based interventions and work with parents and teaching staff on an individual and in a group setting.
+ Working collaboratively with young people and their families incorporating the use of outcome measures within their work.
+ Offering specialist support, consultation and training to staff within the service and other agencies where appropriate.
+ The post holder may have the opportunity to undertake a CYP IAPT supervisory course to become a supervisor for the Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP) at UCL depending upon existing qualifications and experience and course start date.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

To play a senior role in our wave 11 MHST teams, providing clinical leadership to the MHST team, and supporting the development of the MHST alongside senior colleagues within the service.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
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