We are looking to recruit a full-time assistant psychologist within the Mental Health Support Team in Kent. These posts will be based in either Thanet and South Kent Coastal or Maidstone and surrounding areas, in Kent.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new service designed to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing in educational settings. They are made up of Children and Young People's Mental Health Practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners.
MHSTs aims to: Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions. Support schools in developing their whole school approach to mental health. Provide timely advice to school staff and liaise with other services to help children and young people get the right help and stay in education. This advert is likely to attract a high number of applicants and will close early once a maximum number of applicants has been reached.
We are asking candidates to utilize the person specification to outline: What experience you have working with children in a community setting. Please also stipulate your choice of location.
Kent and Medway Mental Health Support Teams | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
The role will involve working with children, young people, families, and schools to support the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. It will also involve taking an active role in audit, evaluation, and research relevant to the work of the MHSTs.
The post holder will support the provision of evidence-based psychologically informed direct and indirect support to children, young people, families, and education staff under the supervision of a qualified clinician. This will involve working according to a plan agreed with a qualified practitioner psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. The post holder will also assist with clinically related administration, conduct audits, collect statistics, and develop audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.
The post holder will support their peers and team manager and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.
The post holder will contribute to the work of all Kent & Medway MHSTs working in schools, colleges, and specialist education settings. This will involve supporting individual and group work with children, young people, and families; liaison with education settings; facilitating outcome monitoring and service audit and evaluation; supporting with research; and supporting with other service development and delivery related tasks.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
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