Supervisor/Senior Wellbeing Practitioner in MHST

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL

• Triage and allocate referrals via agreed protocols within the service, with support from the Senior Management Team.
• Provide signposting and self-help advice, or refer onto other services, where referrals are not appropriate for MHST.
• To offer clinical assessments and brief interventions to children and young people in the MHST population, including working with those with more complex presentations as covered by the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence-based low – intensity psychological treatments. This work may be face to face, digital or via telephone.
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
• Attend multi-agency and multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
• Work closely with CAMHS teams ensuring appropriate processes are in place (where clinically indicated) to support the pathway approach to care.
• Support EMHPs to deliver Whole School Approach work (audits of Whole School Approach, delivery of assemblies, work to promote positive mental wellbeing in the educational setting, groups etc.

TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

• Offer caseload management and clinical skills supervision to qualified and trainee EMHPs in the service.
• Support the trainees to adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• Support EMHP’s / trainee EMHPs using role modelling to assess and support children and young people with a common mental health problem in the self-management of their recovery.
• Identify training needs across the team and assist in the development of routes for CPD.
• Offer training sessions where appropriate.
• Attend locally organised and national training appropriate to the work role.
• To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist other supervisors and team members in evidence-based CBT practice.
• To develop and maintain knowledge about and links with local statutory and voluntary services to which clients can be signposted.
• Undertake and successfully complete postgraduate EMHP supervision training with the identified Higher Education Institution., where qualification not already obtained.

PROFESSIONAL

• Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating body and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
• Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in interventions and treatments for common mental health problems in children and adolescents.
• Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.
• Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
• Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuing Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
• Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

GENERAL

• To contribute to the development of best practice within the Mental Health Support Teams.
• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.

• All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients, and the general public.
• All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
• It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.