Mhst Clinical

Are you a qualified and experienced mental health professional, with a background working in child and adolescent services?

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic MHST Clinical & Team Lead to provide clinical oversight and leadership of our two established MHST's in Cambridge North and Ely.

In this role you will lead your team in the provision of a high-quality early intervention service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. You will lead the teams in delivering evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of young people referred to the service. You will utilise your skills and knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and child and adolescent mental health practice, and knowledge of Whole School Approaches to mental health, in order to lead the MHST(s).

You will join a supportive service that already has four other Clinical and Team Leads, who have launched their MHST’s so a ready support system is available. The MHST’s sit within CCS NHS Trusts Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service.

Although Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is the main theoretical model of the MHST’s, and you will be expected to support the development of junior team members in their delivery of CBT informed guided self-help, diversity of clinical backgrounds is welcomed and encouraged. The successful post holder will need experience of working within services that have utilised the CBT approach.

To provide, lead, manage and clinically supervise the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST). As MHST’s are based within schools, to ensure children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support.

You will ensure the ‘voice of the child/young person’ is pivotal in all aspects of clinical practice and development. Co-production will underpin the MHST’s.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding - and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

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**Responsibilities**:
The post holder will be responsible for the work of the MHST’s and will support them to deliver their service provision

Ensure needs-led, evidence-based interventions from the MHST’s and, where relevant, other services that support local and national priorities, policies, and relevant clinical guidelines.

Manage pathways and referral routes ensuring that the formal route for referring children/young people to ‘Getting Help’ and ‘Getting More Help’ is effective; communication and information sharing mechanisms are in place, and that working collaboratively with all relevant agencies (health, social care, locality teams, education and voluntary) creates smooth progression for children, young people, and their families/ carers without unnecessary delay

Ensure accessible management information is regularly used for service improvement and reporting via SystemOne data sets and the EHWS database.

To develop and present reporting of impact, outcomes, and feedback around the service as well as service productivity.

To support with the roll out of further MHST’s within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

To be accountable as the Lead Clinician for the direct delivery of an effective MHST service and ensure this fits with the iThrive model across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Develop an open culture; facilitated by research, development and best practice which enables staff to take critical and innovative approaches.

Ensure the service is delivered in accordance with the contract and that all key performance indicators and outcomes are met and are presented and reported within agreed frameworks.

To lead effectively, with enthusiasm and by example, within Trust principles (HEAR) via effective communication, service model and structures facilitating staff, stakeholder, and service user involvement.

To support schools for postvention work in the event of deaths by suicide. To work in a collaborative way with other agencies to support education staff at this highly difficult time.

Ensure that locality professionals are supported in guiding children, young people, and their parents/carers to the resources available to meet their needs.

Attend CCS NHS Trust performance meetings, where appropriate, to represent the service/clinical speciality.

Responsible for the implementation of the delegated actions from service plans, through effective communication and briefings to staff and other stakeholders.

Communication

As the post holder will be working within the community, they will establish and maintain positive relationships with professionals, agencies, charities, and teams who also provide services to children and/or adolescents in the community. These rela