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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent: 80% of the annual leave will need to be taken within school holidays as we are school based service.
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working arrangements will be considered)
Job ref
395-KM619-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
George Turle House
Town
Canterbury
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
26/07/2024

Employer heading

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

MHST Team Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Team Lead Post

NEWLY CREATED POSTS FOR SERVICE EXPANSION

Job Overview

Our service is expanding further, and we are delighted to be recruiting for team leads for our geographical patch areas.  This role is an exciting mixed operational and clinical role and we are looking for candidates with experience in Children and Young Peoples Mental Health with aspiration to progress in their career and to work in a fast paced innovative service. Please contact us for more details about the role. Candidates need to be qualified clinicians with core professional registrations (NMC, OT, Social Work, Clinical/Counselling Psychology, BABCP CBT).

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new government initiative to help increase children and young people’s access to support for emotional wellbeing and mental health. MHSTs are part of the national Children and Young People’s Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme.

MHSTs are a resource in addition to the already existing support in any particular education setting. MHSTs have three main functions:

1. Targeted Intervention

2. Whole School Approach

3. Consultation and Liaison

Our local MHST services are called Emotional Wellbeing Teams Kent and Emotional Support teams Medway. To find out more about us please see our website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/kent-and-medway-mental-health-support-teams

Main duties of the job

Applicants will need to meet the job description requirements and be able to demonstrate a passion for early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing support. As stated above these roles are mixed operational and clinical and we are looking for candidates that can strike a balance between the two perspectives. Please contact us for more details.

These roles will be based in:

- Canterbury and Faversham/Ashford

- South Kent Coastal (Folkestone and Dover/Deal)/Thanet

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Please ask us about more information during your interview.

Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. New starters will have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in CEME Campus, Rainham, Essex, RM13 8EU (please note: in order to travel to this destination you will have to make the Dartford crossing and be aware of the ULEZ charges). Candidates will need to have business insurance when travelling by car to claim both travel and above charges on expenses.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  1. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist MHST experience for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families
  2. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parent and families
  3. To undertake a range of generic clinical work, guided self help, targeted group work and workshops under Whole School Approach.
  4. To provide consultation on MHST cases to EMHP’s/CWP’s and lead by example in promoting the NELFT 5p’s
  5. To contribute to audit and research.
  6. To monitor and guide the team in ensuring we meet safety benchmarks set by NELFT and the CQC, as well as ensuring delivery of interventions are carried out in line with NICE, guidance with Routine Outcome measures to monitor efficacy of intervention.
  7. To support Operational Leads with day to day running of the service including monitoring governance and compliance.
  8. Act up in the absence of the Operational manager for short periods.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Relevant graduate qualification with recognised professional body
  • A minimum of a second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant academic subject (e.g. Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc)
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification in a complementary discipline (e.g. CBT)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial Band 6 experience within a CYP Mental Health setting or equivalent
  • Experience in offering CBT therapeutic Interventions within a CYP Mental Health Setting with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Desirable criteria
  • CAMHS or other relevant mental health experience
  • Experience in NHS or equivalent service

Experience of providing Clinical Supervision

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of CYP-IAPT Supervision course or equivalent (e.g. Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course)
  • Completion of managerial or leadership training

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and effectively within a team
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate the importance of good record keeping and working in line with local policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of MHST legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
  • Knowledge of risk management, ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
Desirable criteria
  • To guide the team to ensure safety benchmarks are met regarding delivery of interventions in line with NICE guidance and the use of ROMS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
James Lamb-Down
Job title
Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07522715309
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