Job summary
The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is an evolving service available to certain schools in the Nottinghamshire locality. We have been a trailblazer site for the project and have been the first site nationally to have an operational team in 2019.
There are full time Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) in the team. These vacancies are available within the existing team for the Mansfield and Ashfield and the Bassetlaw localities.
Successfulcandidateswill be required to attend a virtual 12 month training programme with theUniversity of Exeter.
We are an early intervention well-being service aimed at providing support for children young people and families around low-level emotional well-being needs, such as anxiety, low mood, managing emotions, and sleep.
We link in directly with Nottinghamshire CAMHS teams and provide 'in school' sessions to promote a positive mental health. The schools included in this project will have a designated Mental Health Lead, who can refer directly into the MHST service.
We work closely alongside these staff so we support them in creating a whole school approach to mental health. This Trainee EMHP role requires successful candidates to attend University and complete aPost Graduate Diploma qualification of a CYP IAPT approved training in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment for Children and Young People (C&Y IAPT).
Main duties of the job
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service offers treatment for children and young people up to the age of 18 for mild to severe emotional and mental health needs. There are four multi-disciplinary Community Teams supporting Nottinghamshire along with specialist teams such as Eating Disorders, Head 2 Head, CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment, CAMHS Neuro, Children Looked After & Adoption, Primary Mental Health, Perinatal services and East Midlands Community Forensic Child & Adolescent Health Service (FCAMHS).
Our core purpose is to work with children and young people and their families/carers, who may be experiencing emotional and mental health disorders that have a significant impact on the child's development and cause distress to the child and/or their carers. We aim to improve the mental health of all children and young people with the provision of a timely, integrated, high quality, effective, multi-disciplinary county wide service.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands. We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for further details of the role.
- The post-holder will work a trainee as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild tomoderate mental health difficulties including anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties within a school setting.
- The post-holder will work with children, Young People and Families with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary.
- The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high quality, outcome-informed/ focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.
- The post-holder will also oversee elements of participation. This includes engaging all service users in various ways to gain feedback, participate in shaping services and running appropriate participationgroups within the services.
- The post holder will be required to be creative, flexible, adaptable, professional and motivated in all aspects of their role, both in clinical delivery and within the development of the service provision.Where appropriate to provide support for the work of other members of the multidisciplinary team and signpost children, young people and families to appropriate support. There is also a role for the potholder to promote the whole school approach to mental health and support teaching staff wellbeing.
- To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team to enhance the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people within Nottinghamshire.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for further details of the role.
- The post-holder will work a trainee as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild tomoderate mental health difficulties including anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties within a school setting.
- The post-holder will work with children, Young People and Families with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary.
- The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high quality, outcome-informed/ focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.
- The post-holder will also oversee elements of participation. This includes engaging all service users in various ways to gain feedback, participate in shaping services and running appropriate participationgroups within the services.
- The post holder will be required to be creative, flexible, adaptable, professional and motivated in all aspects of their role, both in clinical delivery and within the development of the service provision.Where appropriate to provide support for the work of other members of the multidisciplinary team and signpost children, young people and families to appropriate support. There is also a role for the potholder to promote the whole school approach to mental health and support teaching staff wellbeing.
- To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team to enhance the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people within Nottinghamshire.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to study at degree level or equivalent experience
- Proven record of previous academic attainment.
- Ability to undertake the relevant CYP IAPT approved training in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment for Children and Young People (C&Y IAPT) with associated University.
- Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Proven post qualification experience of working in and with schools.
- Experience of Multi agency work.
- Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioral and additional health or developmental needs.
- Experience of teaching groups of professionals and parents.
Desirable
- Evidence of the ability to use and provide clinical supervision.
- Community experience, working in schools and with families.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and documents pertaining to children (e.g. Children's Act, Mental Health Act, NSF, Every Child Matters, Future In Mind).
- Knowledge and experience of provision of evidence based emotional/mental health assessment.
- Knowledge and experience of the provision of different models of therapy and interventions.
- Ability to manage a defined caseload as required and participates in case management supervision.
- Organise own work schedule.
- Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedure.
- Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as an integral part of a multi-agency locality team.
- Be committed to anti discriminatory/ anti oppressive practice and equal opportunity.
Desirable
- Ability to use electronic data recording systems.
- Knowledge and application of behaviour programmes and support for parents of children with emotional health problems.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to identify training needs and prepare and deliver training packages for parents and teaching staff.
- Ability to offer individual and group therapeutic interventions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to study at degree level or equivalent experience
- Proven record of previous academic attainment.
- Ability to undertake the relevant CYP IAPT approved training in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment for Children and Young People (C&Y IAPT) with associated University.
- Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Proven post qualification experience of working in and with schools.
- Experience of Multi agency work.
- Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioral and additional health or developmental needs.
- Experience of teaching groups of professionals and parents.
Desirable
- Evidence of the ability to use and provide clinical supervision.
- Community experience, working in schools and with families.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and documents pertaining to children (e.g. Children's Act, Mental Health Act, NSF, Every Child Matters, Future In Mind).
- Knowledge and experience of provision of evidence based emotional/mental health assessment.
- Knowledge and experience of the provision of different models of therapy and interventions.
- Ability to manage a defined caseload as required and participates in case management supervision.
- Organise own work schedule.
- Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedure.
- Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as an integral part of a multi-agency locality team.
- Be committed to anti discriminatory/ anti oppressive practice and equal opportunity.
Desirable
- Ability to use electronic data recording systems.
- Knowledge and application of behaviour programmes and support for parents of children with emotional health problems.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to identify training needs and prepare and deliver training packages for parents and teaching staff.
- Ability to offer individual and group therapeutic interventions
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).
