Mental Health Practitioner/Supervisor
Job overview
The Mental Health Practitioner /supervisor role in Mental Health Support Team is to work directly with children and young people, offer parent-led support, one to one work, working with children and young people in group work using evidence based interventions and to offer workshops to parents and children and young people and education staff.
The role will be required to offer weekly Low Intensity supervision for EMHPs and trainee EMHPs and be part of a team offering clinical skills supervision. (opportunity in time to completed the low intensity supervisors course).The role will also support consultations and screening of referrals coming into MHST.You will be expected to carry a caseload, to supervise junior members of the team and to offer workshops and groups.
It would be preferable for the post holder to have completed the Low Intensity Supervisor’s Course, a Postgraduate Certificate qualification and be able to demonstrate an ability to work clinically with children and young people.
Must be a car user and have a car available to travel.
Main duties of the job
Key Duties/Responsibilities- To act at all times in accordance with the respective professional Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and occupational protocols.
- To contribute to the development and provision of services to children and young people.
- The post holder will be expected to supervise and offer clinical skills sessions to junior staff and support trainees within the team.
- To perform all aspects of the role in accordance with Trust policies and other national bodies.
- To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and care delivery for service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will include the provision of highly skilled professional care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion and ensuring co-production with service users, families and carers and the education staff.
- To provide advice to other members of staff and trainees and act as a role model and to provide consultations and signposting to those within the community.
- To provide leadership, management and supervision / appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and lead / coordinate / supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.
Working for our organisation
As a health and wellbeing organisation here at team NHFT we are dedicated to continually innovate and strive to make a difference to our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas with safe, quality care.We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.
Here at NHFT we pride ourselves on our 54321 roadmap, pictured here which encompasses our PRIDE values, leadership behaviours, teams, enablers and our mission all of which are driven by our vision of ‘being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care’.We are extremely proud to say this has also been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and our CQC rating of Outstanding for team NHFT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
qualifications and training
Essential criteria- Core professional qualification relevant to mental health and children and young people e.g. nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, children’s nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work. Substantial experience post qualification. Or trained in a relevant area i.e. qualified CWP or EMHP with minimum 2 years post qualified experience.
- significant CAMHS/MHST/Mental Health setting
- supervisors qualification/currently completing
- Qualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- Therapeutic qualification
- Mentorship experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria- • Evidence of continued professional development
- • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy clinical interventions/ approaches experience
- • Providing supervision experience or transferable skills
- • Substantial experience as a band 5 clinician or equivalent
- • Experience of collaborative and multi-disciplinary working
- • Experience of effective engagement with families and carers
- • Experience of managerial and clinical leadership/transferable skills
- • Experience of managing safeguarding presentations in children and young people
- • Experience in assessing and managing risk
- Experience of developing and facilitating groups/workshops
- • Qualification/experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management
- • Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
skills and abilities
Essential criteria- • To have good inter-personal skills with members of the public and users of the service, being sensitive to their needs and comments, i.e. complaints/suggestions/compliments.
- • The ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, information to children/young people and their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- • Knowledge and skills in the use of IT, Word/Excel/Outlook.
- • Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services.
- • Ability to undertake auditing/data collection
- • Ability to prioritise workload and make autonomous decisions, excellent clinical decision making
- • Substantial experience of working in a clinical setting.
- • Has received training (either formal of through experience) to carry out both operational and clinical risk assessments within scope of practice.
- Sound knowledge of ROMs and their application
- • Sound knowledge of National Legislation and local policies and initiaves and drivers and other legislation related to the care of children and young people educational provision and mental health
- • Knowledge of NICE, CQC standards and regulations
- • Ability to use SystmOne
qualifications and training
Essential criteria- to have received accreditation or waiting accreditation after applying
Important Information
By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.
You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours.
Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy.For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.