Borough Lead for Kingston MHST

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the Service

Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) are an exciting development, located in schools and AFC offices and provide a whole school approach to mental health; including individual and group work with students and parents, staff training and consultation and policy and ethos advice. The team is part of the broader Emotional Health Service (EHS) and links closely with AFCs other education and social care teams. Our service covers Richmond and Kingston boroughs. We have a strong sense of team and collaboration to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing to achieve positiveoutcomes. The MHST is a dynamic service of Counselling & Educational Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Dramatherpists, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Music Therapists, Art Therapists, Systemic Practitioners, Counsellors, Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs) and Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs).

About the role

As the Principal Clinical Lead for Richmond/Kingston MHST you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the heart of decision making andeverything you do. As this is an internal vacancy, this post would be in addition to 0.5fte Clinical Leadpost. You will work in partnership with the MHST Head of Service. You will assume some aspects of strategic leadership at the direction of the MHST Head of Service and in collaboration with the ICB, NHSEngland and Health Education England. When required, you may be asked to cover the Head of Servicein meetings. The post holder will be expected to be dynamic, creative and innovative to ensure effectiveand impactful delivery of services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate mental health qualification e.g PsychD Clinical / Counseling Psychology, MSc
• Systemic Psychotherapy, MSc Art Psychotherapy
• Current HCPC Registration or equivalent UK registration

• Supervisors and / or leadership qualification

Personal attributes

• A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values (trust, empower, respect) to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
• Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking. Able to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
• Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to overcome obstacles, achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children. Taking a solution focused
• and strength based approach to managing situations.
• Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.

Experience

• Significant experience of working within CAMHS and MHSTs and working with mental health difficulties including ADHD and ASD.
• Proven ability to undertake assessments of emotional well-being and risk assessments. Significant knowledge and experience in delivering evidenced-based treatment for a range of mental health
• difficulties.
• Significant experience of providing line management, managing performance and clinical supervision to other qualified staff.
• Significant experience of providing consultation and training to a wide range of professionals.
• Demonstrate the ability to establish and sustain effective multidisciplinary working within and across teams and develop effective relationships with local partners and key stakeholders. This will include children, young people and their families, schools, NHS England, Health Education
• England, DoE, CCGs and KCL.
• Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform service development.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people).
• Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Childrens Act, SEND Code of Practice) and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

The Moor Lane Centre

Moor Lane

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 2AA

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/