• Job Description

  Req#: B0458-31MAR25-1920?language=en&page=1122&sort=publicationDateDe

  Job summary

  The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic and progressive Tier 2 CAMH team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Art Psychotherapists. We have teams at Richmond (Twickenham base), and Kingston (Chessington base) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care. As a CAMH service we have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing.

  Main duties of the job

  This is a 12 months fixed term and part time role based in the Richmond EHS Cluster team but working across Kingston and Richmond schools with Specialist Resource Provisions for Children with Social Emotional & Mental Health concerns. The successful candidate will be:

  • Passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and put them at the centre of all they do
  • Provide high quality clinical work and liaison with school partners.
  • Focus on delivering weekly art therapy groups in the school provisions.
  • Be involved in the development of this role.
  • Will receive clinical supervision and line management within the service alongside CPD opportunities.
  • Will be part of a large network of 10 Art Psychotherapists in the EHS.

  About us

  Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

  Date posted

  31 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £44,331 to £50,574 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  B0458-31MAR25-1920

  Job locations

  42 York Street

  Twickenham

  TW1 3BW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This is a 12 months fixed term, part time role based in the Richmond EHS Cluster team but working across Kingston and Richmond schools with Specialist Resource Provisions for Children with Social Emotional & Mental Health concerns. You will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and put them at the centre of all you do. You will provide high quality clinical work and liaison with school partners. Your role will focus on delivering weekly art therapy groups in the school provisions. You will be involved in the development of this role. You will receive clinical supervision and line management within the service alongside CPD opportunities. You will be part of a large network of 10 Art Psychotherapists in the EHS

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This is a 12 months fixed term, part time role based in the Richmond EHS Cluster team but working across Kingston and Richmond schools with Specialist Resource Provisions for Children with Social Emotional & Mental Health concerns. You will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and put them at the centre of all you do. You will provide high quality clinical work and liaison with school partners. Your role will focus on delivering weekly art therapy groups in the school provisions. You will be involved in the development of this role. You will receive clinical supervision and line management within the service alongside CPD opportunities. You will be part of a large network of 10 Art Psychotherapists in the EHS

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work. Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field i.e. social work, leadership and management. Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in leading a team, undertaking line management, performance management and change management. Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery. Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with. Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform own decision making. Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Childrens Act) and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role (in this role it will include knowledge of and understanding of the KS2 and KS3 national curriculum). A proven track record as a successful strategic leader within the public sector, with direct experience of leading the commissioning of services for children and families. Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work. Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field i.e. social work, leadership and management. Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in leading a team, undertaking line management, performance management and change management. Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery. Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with. Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform own decision making. Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Childrens Act) and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role (in this role it will include knowledge of and understanding of the KS2 and KS3 national curriculum). A proven track record as a successful strategic leader within the public sector, with direct experience of leading the commissioning of services for children and families. Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Achieving For Children

  Address

  42 York Street

  Twickenham

  TW1 3BW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Achieving For Children

  Address

  42 York Street

  Twickenham

  TW1 3BW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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