Education Mental Health Practitioner Clinical Supervisor

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Clinical Supervisors, Schools Mental Health Support Team and Getting Help Team – Band 6

Locations: Slough

*EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEWLY QUALIFIED CBT THERAPIST OR EXPERIENCED QUALIFIED THERAPIST*

*Applications will also be considered from Experienced CWPs / EMHPs with substantial CAMHS and Supervision experience*

What’s special about this opportunity?

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control,

following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.

We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a ‘Good’ rating overall, being an ‘Outstanding’, well-led, organisation, and having an ‘Outstanding’ Older Adults

Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: ‘Managers across Berkshire Healthcare promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values.’ Working in a passionate team and alongside committed strategic partners in the CCG, Slough Local Authority, schools and third sector, you will be supported in your career and personal growth, with access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.

Berkshire CAMHS are excited to be recruiting two supervising practitioners for the new Schools Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Slough. The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting programme funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. Our teams are Wave 4 of MHST roll out and this opportunity allows you to join a newly created team.

Across Berkshire East there is a specific focus on developing the general culture of emotional, behavioural and mental health support within all primary and secondary schools. Working alongside community partners in the Borough Council Early Help Hub, the Mental Health Support Teams

will be integrated with community CAMHS Getting Help team, multi-agency early help services and educational settings. There will be close links with specialist CAMHS to ensure a seamless approach to care for children and young people.

About you:

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic practitioner who is passionate about CAMHS), with a demonstrable track record of CAMHS clinical experience and, ideally some supervisory experience. You will be a CAMHS professional registered with a professional body. Ideally you

will be confident in delivering high intensity CBT interventions (have / be eligible for full accreditation with the BABCP) and have some experience of supervising clinicians and will be prepared to undertake the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP supervisors training course within the CYP IAPT programme. Applications from experienced CWPs / EMHPs will also be considered, where demonstrable CAMHS and supervision experience will be key.

Working collaboratively with identified leads in the schools, the Team Lead and other senior colleagues, the supervising practitioner role for MHST will be to support the delivery of all interventions provided by the Education Mental Health Practitioners, ensuring that a wide range of evidence based interventions are used to support young people’s mental. You will support leadership and will be involved in the development of the MHST alongside the senior psychological therapist, team lead and other senior colleagues in the service and within the borough.

The post is employed by Berkshire Healthcare CAMHS but with accountability to the Berkshire East Getting Help Project Board.

What’s next?

If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, we’d love to hear from you.

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call Dr Natasha Patel, Clinical Team Lead and Senior clinical Psychologist (Slough) , East Berkshire CAMHS on 07929 185021 or email: Natasha.Patel@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.

In addition to a competitive salary, as a valued member of our team, you will receive generous annual leave, have access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (available to all permanent staff over the age of 21), support with childcare and, as a respected member of the NHS, discounts from high street retailers and restaurants.

We’d love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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