Main area: CYP Community Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm)
Job ref: 395-EC827-24-A
Employer: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Skyline Plaza
Town: Southend-on-sea
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Locality Clinical Lead - SE Essex Locality - MHST
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
NELFT is the largest provider of MHSTs in England. Our North East, Southend, Essex and Thurrock services cover 144 schools currently. The service is developing and expanding with an aim to cover all secondary schools in Mid and South Essex by September 2025.
The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) deliver evidence-based individual interventions and group interventions in educational settings for children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties aged 5 to 18 years old.
The South East Essex Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covers a large geographical area incorporating the districts of Southend, Castlepoint, Rochford and Canvey Island. We are an early intervention and prevention evidence-based service and as a team we are supportive and passionate in what we deliver.
Main duties of the job
The Locality Clinical Lead should:
* Have a current and in date professional registration with a regulatory body (e.g. ACP, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP).
* Have substantial experience (more than 2 years, post qualification) working therapeutically with children and families with mental health needs.
* In-depth knowledge and experience of evidence-based practice with children and families (including CBT).
* Experience of providing and receiving supervision (including CBT-informed practice).
* Clinical experience and in-depth understanding of effective use of routine outcome measures.
* Enthusiasm for and knowledge of early intervention and prevention including low intensity support for emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties in an education context.
* Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for low mood, self-harm, anxiety and common behaviour difficulties in young children in education settings.
* Knowledge and understanding of whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health.
* Experience of providing consultation in education settings.
* Experience of service development and multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
* Hold evidence of ongoing continuing professional development in a relevant subject.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Have a current and in date professional registration with a regulatory body (e.g. ACP, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP).
* Experience of providing and receiving supervision (including CBT-informed practice).
* Have substantial experience (more than 2 years, post qualification) working therapeutically with children and families with mental health needs.
Experience
* Clinical experience and in-depth understanding of effective use of routine outcome measures.
* Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for low mood, self-harm, anxiety and common behaviour difficulties in young children in education settings.
* Experience of providing consultation in education settings.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for low mood, self-harm, anxiety and common behaviour difficulties in young children in education settings.
* Knowledge and understanding of whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Skills
* Ability to apply psychological theory to understand complex interpersonal/organizational situations and to guide actions.
* Ability to form good working relationships.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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