Senior Clinical Supervisor

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Training & Supervision

The trainees will undertake a postgraduate diploma training for 1 year, hosted by Kings College London (KCL) for CWP and UCL for CBT.

The CWP trainees will be trained over the course of a year to offer brief, focused evidence- based interventions in the form of low intensity support and guided self-help to young people who demonstrate mild/moderate:
• Anxiety (primary and secondary school age)
• Low mood (adolescents)
• Common behavioural difficulties (working with parents for under 8s)

The CBT trainees will be trained in high intensity evidenced based interventions for anxiety difficulties and low mood.

During the first term, the trainees will spend more time at the University training, and more days will be allocated to work within their teams as the year progresses to put their skills into practice under close supervision. To properly support and supervise the expanding psychological workforce, we are seeking to recruit a Band 8a Clinical Supervisor to provide intense supervision and support for the trainees within our service. The Supervisor will work closely with our service heads and leads across our 4 areas (Barking & Dagenham, Havering. Redbridge and Waltham Forest) to support the trainees to meet their training requirements, further development and service needs.

Who are we seeking?

We are looking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic senior clinician/supervisor with high CBT skills who is passionate about the success of the CWP and CBT programme, delivering high quality and evidence based low-intensity interventions and ensuring that outcomes are captured and fed back into our clinical work. New supervisors coming into these roles will be expected to access a Post Graduate Certificate in CYP-IAPT Supervision (CWP/CBT) course. This training starts in January 2025 and will be fully funded.

Please contact our Strategic Clinical Lead Abi Oppong-Boateng for an informal conversation - abigail.oppong-boateng@nelft.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Appropriate qualification to be an existing senior CYPMHS clinician i.e. Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, specific psychological therapy or related field

Desirable criteria

• Qualifications and training in Evidenced-Based interventions i.e. CBT

Experience

Essential criteria

• Two years post qualification experience
• Experience of supervising CYPMHS clinicians and trainees
• Experience of working with evidence based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions
• High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children
• Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the CYPMHS Service Manager in general team tasks/development as required
• Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations with clients and /or professionals
• Motivated and innovative
• Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• CWP-RTT Band 8a JD & PS 2024 supervisor new (PDF, 615.0KB)
• NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, 38.4KB)