Schools Mental Health (MH) Practitioner (EMHP/CWP/PWP)

Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind

The closing date is 03 June 2022

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a fully qualified CYP MH Practitioner to work within a multi-disciplinary, early intervention Mental Health Support Team (MHST) to increase and improve emotional wellbeing and mental health provision within education settings for 5-25 year olds. You will be working within a successful Trailblazer site, which has emerged out of the governments December 2017 plans: Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper.

Applications encouraged from: Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs), Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), CYP Practitioners with a CYP IAPT qualification.

This is a fixed term role until 31st March 2024.

Main duties of the job

You will have an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions, employing the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). Low intensity interventions (e.g. CBT guided self-help) will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, special, alternative provision and sixth form and further education colleges). This will range from delivering evidence-based interventions for CYP and parents/carers in education settings, with mild moderate presentations, to providing psychoeducation and training for a range of stakeholders, including children and young people, parents/carers and education staff, promoting a whole school approach to mental health.

About us

Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind

We provide support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improveservices and are committed to empowering local residents, promoting wellbeing and supporting recovery.

We provide advocacy, youth services, emergency services counselling, employmentsupport, mental health networks and mental health training for employers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Delivering Interventions and Client Care

Assess and develop evidence-based intervention plans to meet the mild - moderate needs of CYP with a range of mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties, with the support of your supervisor

Work in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development of their intervention plans, agreeing interventions and outcomes

Support children and young people, their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties

Deliver evidence-based, low intensity 1:1 and group interventions for CYP aged 5-25 with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties

Ensure that at all times assessment and intervention are provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity

Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others, with support from your supervisor

Screen, triage and make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, referring unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary

Maintain comprehensive records of all training and intervention activity

Complete all requirements relating to data collection and report clinical outcomes and service access data into the digital patient record system, CYP IAPTUS

Adhere to the protocols within the education settings to which the post-holder is attached

Deliver psychoeducation and training workshops and programmes to children, young people, parents/carers and education staff

Signpost referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to relevant services

Engage in regular 1:1 line-managerial and clinical supervision

Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team

Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals and children and young people in treatment

Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other education staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services

Contribute to the development of individual or group intervention materials or training materials

Monitor and track progress against access targets for your caseload and develop plans with your supervisor to reach access targets

Develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current qualification from an accredited body to deliver evidence-based interventions for CYP

Experience

Essential

• Direct experience delivering interventions for CYP aged 5-25 with mild moderate mental health difficulties
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of clinical risk assessment
• Understanding of child development and psychosocial influences
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary mental health team
• Experience handling safeguarding concerns for CYP and adults
• Experience working in education settings
• Experience engaging a range of stakeholders (young people, families, mental health providers, schools etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Organisational skills and excellent time management
• Experience of using Microsoft Office package

Desirable

• Experience using CYP IAPTUS patient record system
• Experience of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions

Employer details

Employer name

Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind

Address

309 Lillie Road

Fulham

London

SW6 7LL

Employer's website

https://www.hfmind.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)