Children's Mental Health Team Lead

2 weeks ago

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to progress within an operational capacity within the NHS. We are seeking enthusiastic registered professionals to undertake the role of Team Lead within the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).

The MHST's work in partnership with schools and colleges to support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people. Key responsibilities include reviewing job applications, interviewing, and planning induction packages.

Key Responsibilities
  • Sickness and absence management
  • Roster management, support with annual leave requests, flexible working requests, and study leave
Clinical Responsibilities
  1. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive, and specialist MHST service for children and adolescents
  2. To complete assessments and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families
  3. To undertake a range of generic clinical work, guided self-help, targeted group work, and workshops under the Whole School Approach (WSA)
  4. To monitor and guide the team in ensuring we meet safety benchmarks set by NELFT and the CQC
  5. The Team Lead will ensure that a high-quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is provided equitably across all schools who work in partnership with the MHST programme
Person Specification
  • Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical psychology) with appropriate registration of a professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC)
  • Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes (e.g. CYP-IAPT training)
  • Experience of working with children/young people within mental health provisions
  • Experience of providing supervision
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
  • Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety

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