Low Intensity Supervisor - Rugeley, United Kingdom - Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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A fantastic opportunity to become involved in our Cannock Mental Health Support Teams to deliver timely and evidence-based help to children, young people and their families within the school setting.

You will be overseeing and supervising education mental health workers to support their professional development. This will be individual and group supervision/reflective practice and clinical skills. You will work therapeutically with children and their families, providing support and treatment.

To provide evidence based CBT-informed supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs).


You will act in support of the MHST Team Leader, deputising and carrying out delegated roles, duties and responsibilities as required.


You will provide formal and informal education, training and supervision to other members of the team and other disciplines if identified as a need.

The MHSTs deliver evidence based interventions, supporting emotional wellbeing, primarily in an educational setting.

Under supervision of this post, support staff will be delivering full assessments of care needs, risk assessment and evidence based interventions.


The service will be available Monday to Friday 9-5pm, though there may be times when workshops or community work are required after school, evenings or at weekends and it is essential that you are flexible.

Youwill maintain managerial responsibility for the team caseload; overseeing referrals and the allocation of clients. You will also manage a clinical role and/or a caseload dependent upon locality need.


You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining team systems and processes for the effective operation of the team including outcome measurements, audit and annual service policy review.

You will act in support, with fellow Team Leaders in providing clinical leadership and advice across the MHST.

All staff are required to comply with the Trust's Values.


MPUFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin.

In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff.

By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

  • putting people at the heart of what we do
- empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
- delivering better health, better care in partnership


We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals.

All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

We will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working.

You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

  • To provide evidence based CBTinformed supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs).
  • Provide formal and informal education, training and supervision to other members of the team to include other services such as schools.
  • To work with a defined caseload of service users as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing assessment, care planning and care delivery for service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will include the provision of highly skilled professional care, psychological interventions, group work, clinical assessment, risk assessments / risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion.
  • Ensure coproduction with service users, families and carers and the education staff.
  • To provide specialist advice / consultation and guidance to school mental health leads, team members and trainees.
  • To liaise with all members of the MDT, schools and outside agencies in the implementation of early intervention.
  • To ensure that interventions are evidence based.
  • To provide an all age inclusive service, focussing on early identification and rapid response that supports effective clinical decision making and education of education staff.
  • Participate in risk assessment and risk management activities.
  • To contribute to the development of ideas and innovative practice and propose changes to protocols and procedures within the MHST and CAMHS where required.
  • To shape and influence developing referral pathways and access.
  • Provide a flexible service, with occasional evening and weekend working to facilitate parent pyschoeducation and community activities.
  • To perform other duties as may be necessary for the developm

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