MHST Specialist Schools Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

We invite you to consider being involved in this exciting opportunity to be a part of delivering the governments vision and commitment of having integrated Mental Health Teams in schools as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.  This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a new approach to meeting children and young people’s mental health needs as early as possible in an evidenced based way utilising both targeted and holistic/systemic approaches.   Our MHSTs support children and young people with emerging or mild-moderate mental health difficulties and ‘Getting Help’ within the Thrive Framework by delivering targeted evidence-based interventions in schools. The MHSTs also work together with their schools to co-produce and deliver Whole School Approach work and offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to School Professionals, being the ‘link’ between the school and wider EWB and MH services within Surrey.

Subject to reasonable adjustments for any disability, the post holder must possess a valid driving license for use in the UK and have access to a car or motorcycle for work purposes.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Each MHST is co-located in a carefully selected group of schools within their Borough of Surrey, with services delivered across a cluster of schools for each area. You will be part of the Specialist Schools Team (SS MHST) who will work Surrey Wide Specialist schools (based in Leatherhead).

The Specialist Schools Mental Health Support Team has been coproduced with children and young people (CYP), families and schools to support CYP attending specialist schools in Surrey. Specialist schools include those offering specialist provision for CYP with diagnoses of Learning Disabilities/Developmental Delay, Autism Spectrum Condition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or significant Social, Emotional or Behavioural needs. Our Team currently comprises of Education and Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Supervisor, RTT ASC/LD and the clinical Lead.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This exciting opportunity means we are looking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our MHST Specialist schools Team in Surrey. As a Senior Practitioner you will be responsible for delivering interventions directly to CYP and their families, providing consultation, advice and training to other professionals and the management and supervision of junior members of the Team. The clinician will be a professional who has experience and a passion for providing direct intervention’s to yp with ASC and LD and special education needs.

We are looking to build a multi-disciplinary MHST team whose strength will come from the variety of skills and experience brought by each team member. As such we would welcome applications from candidates with a range of experience and from range of professional backgrounds including but not exclusively Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapists, Child Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nurses.

We are looking for measured, inspiring, motivated, dynamic, experienced, forward thinking clinicians who are flexible and able to work effectively with partners in education, multiagency partners, children, young people and their families.

Please refer to the job description attached.