Job profile

Clinical Supervisor

Full Time, Permanent

Redbridge Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are keen to recruit a Clinical Supervisor -educational psychologist who is passionate of CYP Mental Health.

What is an MHST?

MHSTs are a national initiative in response to the Government’s plans to transform children and young people’s mental health provision.

MHSTs have three core functions:

• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild-moderate mental health difficulties.
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in the delivery of their whole school/college approach.
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff and signposting to external specialist services.

Redbridge MHST:

In Redbridge we believe that we are an innovative service that responds directly to our local needs. Our MHST sits alongside a well-established Educational Psychologists Service (EPS) and Redbridge Educational Well-Being Team (REWT) which is a creative and well-regarded team providing universal whole school support to our schools. We provide the functions of the MHST through a consultation model of service delivery which values a systemic and relational approach.

The opportunity:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an applicant who is passionate about supporting early intervention around children and young people’s mental health. We are open to shaping the role depending on professional expertise.  We welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified EPs.

The main duties of the role involve:

• Supervising Education Mental Health Practitioners who deliver low-intensity CBT based guided self-help interventions to children, young people and their families. This includes group supervision and individual case management supervision.
• Providing whole school mental health support to school staff and the wider community. This may include a range of work from training and projects to parent/carer support and borough wide campaigns.
• Delivering evidence-based intervention directly to children, young people and their families, both individually and in groups.

Applicants will need to hold a post graduate diploma in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Supervision or be willing to undertake the one year Post Graduate Diploma at a London University alongside the role.

Redbridge is an attractive place to work for the following reasons:

• We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive team who meet regularly to share practice and enable whole team
• We offer an induction programme tailored to your needs, career development support and an annual service CPD programme.
• The MHST is a relatively new service, applicants will have the opportunity to shape and develop the service.
• Redbridge is situated in the north east of London offering the advantages of rapid transport links to Central London and easy access to the M11. The London Borough of Redbridge is currently undergoing a regeneration project which includes the development of Cross Rail links.
• We have strong university links with the Institute of Education, The Tavistock and Portman, Anna Freud Centre, and Kings College London.

For informal inquiries please email: [email protected]

Job description and Person specification

To apply for this post please complete the online application form and attach your CV and a Covering Letter addressing how you meet the criteria for the role as stated in the person specification.

All short-listed applicants will need to demonstrate proof of right to work in the UK. At the London Borough of Redbridge, we receive a high volume of great-quality applicants, we therefore may close a vacancy earlier than advertised. Early applications are therefore encouraged.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment and welcome applications from qualified applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, colour, race, religion, or belief.