The Mood and Anxiety Pathway Lead will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. arts psychotherapist, psychologist, family therapist, child, and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) clinical, management and leadership experience. Where appropriate they will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Post holders operating at Band 7 in a clinical or clinical leadership role must be able to demonstrate adherence and competence to evidence-based clinical models, hold an autonomous caseload, clinically supervise and register with/meet the requirements of any applicable accrediting body.
Post holders must demonstrate significant experience and will be from a range of backgrounds with specific, specialist knowledge in relation to aspects of social care, education, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or educational healthcare plans as well as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
The post-holder will provide operational and clinical leadership to the Mood and Anxiety pathway and all CYPMHS clinicians working in the care pathway. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment, and systematic outcome measurement in the care pathway.
They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use the care pathway.
The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff within the care pathway.
The post-holder will manage any waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway.
The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term CYPMHS input and specialist psychological treatments. They will be an effective care pathway leader working on their own initiative. They will spend 80% of their time working clinically, allowing 20% for care pathway leadership.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
