Supervising Practitioner - Swanwick MHST

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a qualified position. We welcome applicants with a Core Mental Health professional and/or clinical qualification such as but not limited to EMHP, CWP, PMHW, nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work).

Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)  settings in the city of Derby and Derbyshire.

If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on

We have had an opportunity arise for a Supervising Practitioner- based from our Centre of excellence in Swanwick.

This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.

Successful candidates who do not already possess the postgraduate certificate in supervision will be supported in undertaking a year in part-time study at Derby University.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Core professional and/or clinical qualification) e.g. EMHP, CWP, PMHW, nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work) and must be committed to maintaining registration if applicable
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision (EMHP supervisor course)
• Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people and willingness to undertake PG Cert if required

• Management / supervision training
• Therapeutic post graduate qualification (ideally in low intensity CBT)
• Post Graduate qualification in a relevant discipline
• Mentorship qualification

Experience

• Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people e.g., as an EMHP/CYP-IAPT practitioner
• Experience of line management and/or delivery of clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision, ideally of practice related to education settings
• Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
• Evidence of clinical development in practice
• Experience of effective engagement with CYPF
• Risk assessment and management in the delivery of clinical services (including safeguarding)

• Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas
• Experience of providing mentorship
• Experience of organising team duties
• Experience of inducting staff members
• Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
• Experience of working in a skill mix team

Additional Criteria

• Leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff
• Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures
• Planning workload, time management
• Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
• Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and
• achieving targets
• IT skills
• Team player and a dynamic personality
• Multi-agency/disciplinary working
• Excellent communication skills and able to relate to CYPFs
• Innovative practice and ability to influence others
• Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious.
• Has a strong degree of personal integrity
• Access to own transport or evidence of ability to commute efficiently between community venues.
• Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession

• Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas
• Experience of providing mentorship
• Experience of organising team duties
• Experience of inducting staff members
• Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
• Experience of working in a skill mix team

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

Compass

Address

Compass

Swanwick

Derbyshire

DE55 1AE

https://www.compass-uk.org/