Mind in West Essex – mental health support team supervisor/practitioner

Our Children and Young People's (CYP) Mental Health Support Team is working with children and young people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes working with parents/caregivers of primary school age pupils and with schools and colleges to develop the support they offer the whole school community.

What you'll do

In this role you'll:

• Offer clinical and case management supervision, including support through observations and modelling, to team members who are undertaking educational mental health practitioner (EMHP) training
• Support the EMHPs to develop and maintain a working relationship with education settings
• Support the EMHPs in delivering a whole school approach service
• Support the EMHPs to develop their clinical progression during and after training
• Support the EMHPs in assessing, reporting and managing any client risk
• Support the EMHPs to ensure data is inputted within 48 hours of clinical contact

About you

We're looking for someone with:

• Qualification (for example PG Cert, PG Dip) in delivering evidence based-therapeutic interventions to children and young people (candidates with degree level qualifications and relevant experience will also be considered)
• Familiarity with CBT evidence base, both within clinical training and delivering interventions
• Direct clinical experience with children and young people aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties
• Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to children and young people
• Experience of supervising team members
• Experience of routine clinical outcome monitoring
• Experience of clinical risk assessment 

How to apply

For more information about the role, and the benefits of working for us, click apply now at the top of this page. This will take you through to the Mind in West Essex website.