Practice Lead - Mental Health Support Team

Responsible for line

management including but not limited to coaching and developing staff, managing

minor issues of conduct and performance, carrying out year Performance

Conduct case auditing to

ensure Bromley Y professional standards are met and maintained.

To contribute to develop of

the workforce and ensure training requirements are identified and training

programmes implemented

Provide casework supervision to identified

qualified and trainee staff.

To identify, monitor and

manage risk to self or others in every contact.

To support with, develop

and manage processing of referrals into MHST, and the timely allocation to

practitioners

To respond to user

experience and support effective support whilst families and children are

waiting for interventions

To provide an evidenced

based service for children and young people as part of early identification and

intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health

needs.

To hold a small caseload

and provide evidence-based psychological interventions. This work may be face

to face, on the telephone or via other media.

Complete all data entry

as required within the service and to keep up to date and clear records of all

interventions in line with service policies and procedures.

contribute to the development of early intervention and prevention service in

Bromley for children and young people. The post represents an opportunity for a

qualified and experienced Educator and qualified

Therapeutic Practitioner, with leadership and management

experience in education settings, who is committed to the principle of the whole

school approach to wellbeing to further their career. The post holder will be

responsible for oversight of Bromley Ys Mental Health Support Team offer to schools that promotes and

supports a whole school approach in supporting the whole school community, for;

children and young people, parents and carers and school staff and adopting evidence

ethos in each school. They will also be responsible for leading on the

development of the graduated response for Emotionally Based School Avoidance

(EBSA), which will involve working with available resources and education

partners to support children, parents/carers and schools.

The post

holder will work closely with the MHST Specialist Lead, MHST Practice Leads and

Bromley Y Clinical Director to develop and continually improve the mental

health and wellbeing offer to school communities, contributing to service

development in our preventative early support offer in order to reduce wait

times and ensure children receive timely suitable therapeutic and systemic

support. The post holder will deputise where required for the MHST Specialist

Lead at network and partnership meetings.

post-holder will also work alongside MHST Practice Leads to ensure contact by

staff is maintained with the individual whilst they receive the agreed intervention

provided by Bromley Y. The post-holder will work with schools, organisations and

other charities and staff to ensure that young people from diverse backgrounds

receive a service and should be committed to diversity and ensuring access to

services for all. Some of the work will be carried out digitally from home with

the opportunity to see some children and young people at Ethelbert Road. The

majority of the work will be in schools, but may also include the community to

support Bromley children in gaining access to appropriate activities, resources

and interventions.

The post

holder must be prepared to be flexible in their working arrangements to ensure

that and all children and young people can access support at a time which suits

their needs. This may entail some evening sessions and Saturday working. In addition to prioritising safeguarding and overseeing the

assessment and management of risk the post-holder will support and line manage

qualified and trainee staff.

a long-established charity for over 60 years, which runs the Mental Health and

Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People in Bromley. We are a

supportive, inclusive, collaborative organisation

with an opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner, counsellor

or equivalent to join our Mental Health Support Team on a full-time contract.

If you are looking for a service that believes in developing and upskilling its

practitioners, this is the role for you!

Qualifications

Desirable: - Level 4 in Management, including data, systems and organisational/operational practices

Experience