- Salary:
- £37,570 - £43,772 per annum
- Location:
- North Norfolk or King's Lynn
- Closing date for all applications:
- 19/02/2020
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Ormiston Families – Point 1 Service
This is an exciting opportunity to join Point 1 following the successful bid between Ormiston Families and NSFT to establish Mental Health Support Teams in Schools.
Lead Therapist
Full time position, 35 hours per week
Salary between £37,570 – £43,772 per annum
Based in North Norfolk or King’s Lynn with periodic visits to the hub in Norwich
The Lead Therapist will be a senior member of the team working with children, young people, families and education staff; assessing and supporting the mental health and well-being of children, young people and families. The post holder is responsible for ensuring the teams fulfil their core offer of services whilst maintaining a clinical input within their role supporting CYP with the most complex needs.
This post comes with a mandatory 1-year parallel supervisor training programme at the University of East Anglia requiring successful completion for this role. The role of the Senior Therapist within MHSTs is pivotal with high-quality supervision of trainee practitioners being key to ensuring the successful delivery and sustainability of the MHSTs. It is expected that a ‘Community of Children and Young People’s MHST supervisors will evolve, which will become a growing resource to facilitate the development of MHSTs across a wider region beyond a given CCG footprint, and this will provide further support into the future for the sustainability of the EMHP programme.
As the post holder you will have interest and ability to contribute to service development. You will have experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour. You will also have previous experience of delivering CBT-informed supervision and a professional qualification in mental health and registration.
For further information and to apply for this role please see the Application Pack and to apply please click ‘Apply Online’.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Wednesday 19th February 2020
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