Job summary
- Are you passionate about improving childrens emotional wellbeing?
- Would you like to join a well-established and successful Mental Health Support Team with a strong team culture and excellent support?
We have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are recruiting for aTrainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. This exciting role spans both educational settings and healthcare sectors across South Tees.
You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), known locally asInside Out. The team is located in Middlesbrough and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland local authority areas.
The role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check with barring.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.
About us
The Inside Out Team is delivered by a consortium of partners, primarily from the voluntary and community sector. You will be employed byChanging Futures North East, a charity that has supported children, young people, and families for over 25 years. We help children and families thrive through strong, healthy relationships and are proud partners in several mental health support services across Hartlepool and Teesside.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be based with the well-established and successful
trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), known locally asInside
Out. The team is located in Middlesbrough and provides mental health
support across a range of educational settings in the Middlesbrough and Redcar
& Cleveland local authority areas.
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health
Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as
trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of
a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of
stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be based with the well-established and successful
trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), known locally asInside
Out. The team is located in Middlesbrough and provides mental health
support across a range of educational settings in the Middlesbrough and Redcar
& Cleveland local authority areas.
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health
Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as
trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of
a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of
stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Work within Mental Health Support Team for schools either as trainee or qualified EMHP
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
- Delivery of group interventions for children and young people.
Personal Qualities and Specific Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
- Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Specialist Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Experience of working with anxiety disorders
- Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
- Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Work within Mental Health Support Team for schools either as trainee or qualified EMHP
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
- Delivery of group interventions for children and young people.
Personal Qualities and Specific Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
- Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Specialist Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Experience of working with anxiety disorders
- Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
- Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
