Job Description

Do you want to make a real difference to the young people in your community? If so, then join us in this rewarding new role in prevention and early intervention mental health care.



The Mental Health in Schools Support Teams (MHST) is an initiative funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. MHST's have been set up to offer cognitive behaviour (CBT) interventions to children, young people and their families with low-moderate mental health difficulties. The interventions are (mostly) delivered in a range of education settings for children aged 5 - 18 years old, with the aim of improving access to mental health care for all young people who may need it.



AWP are working in partnership with Off the Record (OTR) to co-deliver this model in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) area with the workforce being employed equally across both organisations. We are now in the position to recruit new senior clinical roles. This will broaden our scope to offer some high intensity CBT in our region and provide high quality CYPIAPT supervision of supervision.



Offer high-intensity, evidence-based CBT interventions to children, young people, and their families within educational settings.



Provide supervision using the CYP IAPT model to practitioners (if you do not currently hold a supervisor qualification, you will be enrolled on a relevant course to obtain one).



Work as part of the MHST Leadership Team, collaborating closely with MHST Team Managers, Team Coordinators, and Clinical Service Managers to ensure effective service delivery.



Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.



We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.



We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.



Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.



At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.



Assess and deliver outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with--and giving respect to--the educational function of the setting in which the post-holder is working.



Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, along with their parents/carers, families, and educators, in the self-management of presenting difficulties.



Collaborate effectively and in an evidence-based manner with children, young people, their families, and their educators to develop intervention plans and agree on outcomes. Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators to make informed choices about the interventions offered.



Promote participation and engagement among children, young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators, actively increasing autonomy and enabling children and young people to make positive changes for themselves and future service users.



Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, in line with the core CYP IAPT principles.



Demonstrate the ability to communicate in an empathic and reassuring manner.



Communicate information in a way that is relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.



Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.