Specialist Educational Mental Health Team Lead
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Education Mental Health Team Leader to work in the Mental Health Support Team (Reflexions)
Band 7 37.5hrs working in Dudley (at times there is a need for across Black Country working)
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced accredited mental health practitioner to be part of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Support Teams across the Black Country but mainly working in Dudley.
This team provides the opportunity to further develop work within the field of young people's mental health and wellbeing with a focus on the development of whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing and the development of the think family approaches within the schools environment.
The mental health support teams provide CBT, guided self-help, parenting and whole school approaches, and also offers support to young people through partnership working with external agencies.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be knowledgeable and experienced in staff related matters such as sickness management, supervision, performance-related issues, and staff wellbeing. A good understanding of mental health problems in children and young people, including carrying out mental health assessments and risk assessments, is essential. The postholder will also need to be the link worker between the team and the CAMHS services to ensure that children and young people receive the most appropriate care and interventions. Experience in multi-agency working is important, along with the ability to provide support, advice, and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
The post holder will work in partnership with the Locality Clinical Leads and will further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between Education, Local Authority, CCG, and the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Excellent communication skills are essential.
Job Responsibilities
Applicants should be experienced in children and young persons' mental health at a senior level with the required leadership and clinical skills to support the Mental Health Support Team. Experience of recent working with schools and delivering mental health promotional collaborative work is beneficial in order to fulfill the role.
This post is subject to an enhanced children's and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Closing Date for applications is 23rd August 2024.
Person Specification
Criteria
* Core profession (HCPC, Social Care, Nursing or recognized degree level or broad-based health and social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and attributes).
* Postgraduate (Masters and above) level study.
* Management of staff experience including supervision and sickness/performance monitoring.
* Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity, while maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
* Qualification and registration in CBT.
* CYPIAPT Supervisor training for high intensity CBT required or willing to undertake.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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