We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMHS practitioner to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.Main duties of the jobThe role involves delivering all three MHST functions. It includes providing clinical supervision and line management to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the post-holder's training and interests), acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to well-being, project work, and operational management and data tasks as required.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.
In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face-to-face and remote working as appropriate.
The service embraces continual improvement and well-being of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
About usOur mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job responsibilitiesPlease refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.
Person SpecificationEducation/ Qualification/ TrainingRecognised qualification in mental health (e.g. clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, CBT therapist)Registration with HCPCExperienceExperience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two yearsSpecialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young peopleSubstantial experience of supervising others (particularly in CBT)Experience of line managing staffExperience of routine outcome monitoringExperience of working with schoolsExperience of service developmentFormal training in supervisionKnowledge and SkillsKnowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problemsKnowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their familiesKnowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivationKnowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in educationDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
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