Job responsibilities
This
is a training role within the Green Paper for
Transforming children and young people’s mental health programme. The post holder will work within Mind in
West Essex providing low intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme
of training for this role. The training post will equip the post-holder to
provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management
interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and
depression and/or behavioural difficulties. The post- holder will attend all
taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified
within the EMHP curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of
the week using their newly developed skills.
The post holder will work with children, young
people and parents with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using
interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
Under supervision and with support, to develop
knowledge and practice skills in:
·
Delivering
evidence-based intervention for children and young people, with mild to
moderate mental health problems, in an education
setting.
·
Helping
children and young people within these settings who present with more severe
problems to rapidly access more specialist service.
·
Supporting
and facilitating staff in education settings to identify, and where
appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
·
Working
with and within educational environments to afford better access to specialist
mental health services.
·
Providing evidence of the development of those skills with
associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an
academic award and demonstrable practical ability.
·
Working within education settings to deliver a whole school
approach in relation to mental/emotional health. This will also include
upskilling school staff.
Clinical
and Client Care
·
Be
educationally supervised, supported and assessed to deliver outcome focused, evidence-based
interventions in educational settings for children and young people
experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, primarily guided
self-help.
·
Develop
skills in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate
mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families and educators in the
self-management of presenting difficulties.
·
Develop
and practice evidence-based skills under supervisory support of working in
partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the
development of plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.
·
Develop
and learn the skills required in order to enable children and young people in
education, and where appropriate parents/carers to collaborate and co-produce
their own agreed plan of care.
·
Show
evidence in a variety of forms that at all times assessment and intervention is
provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
·
Discuss
with supervisors and agree to accept appropriate referrals for children and
young people in educational settings, according to agreed local and national
and local referral routes, processes and procedures.
·
Under
supervision, undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others.
·
Where
risk is identified to implement appropriate procedures to maintain safety.
·
Learn,
understand, rationalise and adhere to the protocols within the educational
service to which the post holder is attached.
·
Engage
along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and
young people with more complex needs to the relevant service.
·
Engage
in robust managerial and clinical supervision, identifying the scope of
practice of the individual post-holder within the role, and working safely
within that scope.
·
Gain
and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and
support for evidence based psychological treatments.
·
Practice,
evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage one’s own caseload in
conjunction with the requirements of the team.
·
Attend
multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children
and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal educational
benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance
·
Keep
coherent records of all training and clinical activity in line with both health
and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to
inform decision making.
·
Complete
all requirements relating to data collection.
·
Show
evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of
relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with
teachers and other educational 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 clinical materials or training
materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own
degree of competence.
Training
& Supervision
·
Attend
and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including
practical, academic and practice-based assessments.
·
As well
as attendance at the University for training, fulfil private study requirements
to enhance learning and prepare assignments for examination, for at least one
day a week.
·
Apply
learning from the training program directly to practice through the course.
·
Receive
practice tutoring from educational providers in relation to course work to meet
the required standards.
·
Prepare
and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an
agreed and scheduled basis, to ensure safe practice and the governance
obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.
·
Respond
to and evidence the implementation of improved practice because of supervisor
feedback.
·
Engage
in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competencies and
practice.
·
Be
involved in the evaluation of the course.
·
Disseminate
research and service evaluation findings through presentations and supervisory
discussions.
Professional
·
Ensure
the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to both
Mind in West Essex and the Higher Education Institute (HEI) in which they are
enrolled. Ensure
appropriate adherence to any new recommendations or guidelines set by the
relevant departments.
·
Ensure
that confidentiality is always protected.
·
Ensure
that any risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone the post-holder
comes into contact with during their professional duties are communicated and
shared with appropriate parties in order to maintain individual safety and the
public interest.
·
Ensure
clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and
senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional
development.
·
Be
aware of the outcomes required of the Mental Health Support Team and ensure
these are used where appropriate in clinical work and the whole school
approach.
·
Participate
in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
·
Keep
all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and
the requirements of the post and ensure personal development plans maintains up
to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery
models/developments.
·
Attend
relevant educational opportunities in line with identified professional
objectives.
General:
·
Understand,
promote, keep up to date and comply with all policies and procedures and
guidelines of the organisation (in particular Safeguarding and Data Protection).
·
Undertake
any other tasks, duties or projects which may arise from time to time and as
directed by your line manager.
