Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMH/CMHS 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 job
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision and line management to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the postholder's training and interests), and acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, with other tasks as required.

About us
Our 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. THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This service is based in a newly refurbished office in the vibrant borough of Whitechapel. As a result of the COVID pandemic, 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 wellbeing 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.

Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for further details of role requirements. For further information about this role, please contact Ifeyinwa.ezeifedi@nhs.net or rachel.siddall1@nhs.net

Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised qualification in mental health (Clinical/Educational Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Mental Health Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Senior EMHP, OT)
• Registration with relevant professional body/ BABCP or BPS
• Completed either the PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing or the PG D: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
• Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
• Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years
• Specialist 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 people
• Experience of supervising others (particularly in CBT)
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience working with schools
• Experience of service development
• Experience of line management

Desirable

• Experience working as part of an MHST

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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