Clinical Supervisor and Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job information Clinical Supervisor and Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner from the Company ABL Health, this latest Clinical Supervisor and Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner job vacancy is located in the city Swindon. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Healthcare field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description :

Salary:£37,267 per year

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Swindon

Contract type: Permanent

Closing Date: 31st March

Please quote job reference: ABL 730

Job Purpose:

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Be U Swindon Mental Health Support Team for a full time Clinical Supervisor and Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner to increase the services supervision capacity. Under expert supervision and as part of a dynamic and evolving mental health support team the successful post- holder will supervise, develop, and support Education Mental Health Practitioners/Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners to provide guided self-help, low intensity, brief, evidence-based CBT and to deliver groups and Whole School Approach Interventions. The role will also involve highlighting areas of need within the team and helping to develop the service and create quality improvement plans supported by, and in conjunction with, senior colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• To hold a caseload of 6 to 8 including cases of higher complexity. A group is equivalent to two individual cases.
• To work co-operatively with other professionals in children’s services, health agencies and other community-based services, including managing relationships with schools and attendance of internal and external meetings.
• To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures and to report as necessary. To keep up to date with safeguarding policies and procedures within ABL, schools and Swindon Borough Council (Safeguarding Protecting Children Policy, Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy, Safeguarding Digital and Online Working for Staff and Volunteers Policy, Parental Consent to Receive Service Policy).
• To attend and contribute to relevant meetings as identified by management.
• To monitor the waiting list for a cluster team of schools and to allocate referrals via agreed protocols within the service, with support and oversight from the Senior Management Team.
• To advise on and/or lead practice in areas of service-and cluster specialism.
• To develop and evaluate existing and new areas of specialism within the service, including care record audits, school audits, participation.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Qualification mandatory for practice: completing or completion of Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision of Psychological Therapies Practice.
• Registration as an EMHP with the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
• Post Graduate CBT or LI CBT qualification e.g EMHP, CWP or PWP or recognised qualification in CBT Informed evidence based therapeutic interventions for children/young people and their families.
• Working with other professionals and of challenging professional judgements as appropriate.
• Staff supervision.
• Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable children and young people and families (e.g. disadvantage, poverty, disability).
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and promoting the welfare of children.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to service aims.
• Able to listen to and communicate effectively with children and young people.
• Able to apply ABL safeguarding and child protection procedures and to report as necessary.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.