Job responsibilities
The Service:
Following on from the governments green paper Dec 2017 Transforming
children and young peoples mental health provision. Mind in West Essex has successfully
implemented the Trailblazer programme, establishing a Children and Young
Peoples (CYP) Mental Health Support Team.
The CYP Mental Health Support Team works with children, young people and
their families, experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues such as low
mood and anxiety. The Mental Health Support Team works with educational
settings to develop the whole-school approach to mental health, and to
strengthen the links between education, health services and families across
West Essex.
Purpose of the Job:
The post holder will
work within Mind in West Essex providing low intensity CBT based interventions
in:
Child Anxiety; indirect work with parent/carer
Challenging Behaviour; indirect work with parent/carer
Adolescent anxiety; direct work with young person
Adolescent Low Mood; direct work with young person
The post holder will
also deliver evidence-based group sessions in:
Emotional regulation for
primary aged children
Child Anxiety for
parent/carers of primary aged children
Challenging Behaviour for
parent/carers of primary aged children
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.
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
To
support educational establishments in developing a whole-school approach
to mental health
To engage with partnership organisations and
stakeholders in co-production
Key Task Areas and
Responsibilities:
The successful post holder will;
Clinical and Client
Care
Be
supervised and supported to assess and deliver outcome focused,
evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and
young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties
through guided self-help.
Have
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.
Demonstrate
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.
Demonstrate
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, show accurate assessments of risk to client 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.
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 ones 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.
Develop and maintain an up
to date awareness of the entire Mind in West Essex offer.
Training &
Supervision
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
following supervisor feedback.
Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve
competencies and practice.
Disseminate research and service evaluation findings through
presentations and supervisory discussions.
Attend additional training relevant to the post, either online or
in-person.
Professional
Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice
according to Mind in West Essex and the educational settings. 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
work towards these.
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:
To
understand, promote, keep up to date and comply with all policies and
procedures and guidelines of the organisation (in particular Safeguarding
and Data Protection).
To
undertake any other tasks, duties or projects which may arise from time to
time and as directed by your line manager.
Person Specification:
Essential Criteria:
PG
Dip Educational Mental Health Practitioner.
Registered with the BABCP/BPS or be eligible
for registration.
No criminal record that prevents work with our
client group or which would harm our reputation.
Valid UK driving licence and/or access to
transport across West Essex and Hertfordshire. Note: on occasions travel
may be to more than one venue in a day.
General Abilities and Knowledge
Evidence
of the ability to work calmly and remain resilient whilst under pressure
Excellent
communication skills, the ability to inspire and organise people
Understanding
of the issues faced by people experiencing mental health problems
The
ability to use a range of office based software packages and IT systems
The
ability to work with/support other Mind in West Essex staff as
requested.
This Job Description
will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not
intended to be rigid or exhaustive but should be regarded as providing
guidelines within which an individual operates.
