Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

Teesside Mind Ltd

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Job summary

This exciting opportunity is to work for Teesside Mind and join the existing InsideOut Mental Health Support Team, delivering evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in the South Tees.

InsideOut MHST is delivered by a consortium of partners, the majority of which are from the voluntary and community sector. Consisting of the following organisations; Teesside Mind, The Link, The Junction, ABC Counselling, Changing Futures Northeast and Time 4 You. The following members of the consortium are recruiting a total of 2 Trainee EMHPs who will train and co locate together as part of the InsideOut Mental Health Support Team. Employing organisations include Teesside Mind and the Junction. The role is fulltime 37.5hrs a week. Please see the employing organisations websites for further information on the roles...

www.teessidemind.org.uk
www.thejunctionfoundation.com

Successful candidates will be offered a full-time educational programme specifically for the role in partnership with Northumbria University. To enable this, all applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health. Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the educational system is highly desirable.

Main duties of the job

The training programme for this post is due to start in September/October 2024, is 12 months in duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning across mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary schools, and further education colleges. Delivery of the programme will be provided through a combination of taught days within the University, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services.

During training, the post-holder will work under supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

On successful completion of training, trainee EMHPs will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP as autonomous and responsible practitioners within their scope of practice, alongside education colleagues. EMHPs will play a key role as members of InsideOut MHST, who will have the responsibility for delivering schools overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.

As this is a full-time training post, you will be expected to make a separate application to the university mentioned later on in the recruitment and selection process.

About us

Teesside Mind has been working in local communities to improve mental health and wellbeing for over 25 years. The environment in which we operate has changed hugely over this time, and the importance of good mental health has never been as widely understood.

One of our proudest achievements in the last 3 years has been collaborating with Primary Care colleagues on the development of Social Prescribing on Teesside. In addition our recent merger with Redcar and Clevelend Mind has enabled us to offer more services to more people across Teesside.

Our communities are facing real challenges because of the legacy of Covid on peoples health and wellbeing, and pressure on resources. Some people are still less well served than others. Young people and people affected by poverty find it most difficult to get help. Our work wont stop until this has changed. There is much more we need to do. Can you help us?

Ours is a vibrant organisation to work for and our staff are our most important asset. We are compassionate, trustworthy and determined. We use evidence-based interventions, backed up by policies, training and clinical support to help people lead full and happy lives.

Date posted

08 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,779 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0486-24-0004

Job locations

The Mind Centre

92-94 Lothian Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 2QX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Deliverables

To allow the post holder, under supervision and with support, to develop knowledge and practice skills in;

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems

Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services

Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing

Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services

To develop an understanding of what schools already do to support the emotional well-being and positive mental health of students.

And to evidence development of those skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an academic award and demonstrable practical ability.

Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention

1.Be educationally supervised, supported and assessed oneself to assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

2.Developing 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.

3.Developing and practicing 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.

4.Developing and learning the skills required in order to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate parents/carers to collaborate and coproduce their own agreed plan of care.

5.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.

6.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.

7.Under supervision, undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others.

8.Learn, understand, rationalise and adhere to the protocols within the educational service to which the postholder is attached.

9.Engage along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service.

10.Engage in robust managerial and clinical supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual postholder within the role, and working safely within that scope.

11.Gain and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help.

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

13.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.

14.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.

15.Complete all requirements relating to data collection.

16.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.

17.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

1.Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments.

2.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.

3.Apply learning from the training program directly to practice through the course.

4.Receive practice tutoring from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.

5.Prepare and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.

6.Respond to and evidence the implementation of improved practice because of supervisor feedback.

7.Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and practice.

8.Be involved in the evaluation of the course

9.Disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and supervisory discussions.

Professional

1.Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to both the postholders employer and the Higher Education Institution in which they are enrolled.

2.Ensure appropriate adherence to any new recommendations or guidelines set by the relevant departments.

3.Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.

4.Ensure that any risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone the postholder comes into contact with in the course of their professional duties are communicated and shared with appropriate parties in order to maintain individual safety and the public interest.

5.Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

6.Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

7.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.

8.Attend relevant educational opportunities in line with identified professional objectives