Mental Health Practitioner/Supervisor

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Mental Health Practitioner /supervisor role in the Children’s Wellbeing Pathway is to work directly with children and young people, offer parent-led support, one to one work, working with children and young people in group work using evidence based interventions and to offer workshops to parents and children and young people. The role will be required to offer weekly Low Intensity supervision for CWPs and trainee CWPs and be part of a team offering clinical skills supervision. The role will also support consultations and screening of referrals coming into the CWP pathway. The CWP pathway works closely with and benefits from the support of the senior members of the Mental Health Support Team. You will be expected to carry a caseload, to supervise junior members of the team and to offer workshops and groups.
It would be preferable for the post holder needs to have completed the Low Intensity Supervisor’s Course, a Postgraduate Certificate qualification and be able to demonstrate an ability to work clinically with children and young people.
Must be a car user and have a car available to travel.
Key Duties/Responsibilities
To act at all times in accordance with the respective professional Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and occupational protocols.
To contribute to the development and provision of services to children and young people.
The post holder will be expected to supervise and offer clinical skills sessions to junior staff and support trainees within the team.
To perform all aspects of the role in accordance with Trust policies and other national bodies.
To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment, care planning and care delivery for service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will include the provision of highly skilled professional care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion and ensuring co-production with service users, families and carers and the education staff.
To provide advice to other members of staff and trainees and act as a role model and to provide consultations and signposting to those within the community.
To provide leadership, management and supervision / appraisal for junior staff (and sometimes other members of a multi-disciplinary team) and lead / coordinate / supervise teams of staff in the delivery and evaluation of care.
As a health and wellbeing organisation here at team NHFT we are dedicated to continually innovate and strive to make a difference to our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas with safe, quality care . We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice , a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued . We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.
Here at NHFT we pride ourselves on our 54321 roadmap, pictured here which encompasses our PRIDE values , leadership behaviours , teams , enablers and our mission all of which are driven by our vision of ‘being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care’. We are extremely proud to say this has also been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and our CQC rating of Outstanding for team NHFT.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details