Job summary
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply
Mental Health Support Teams are part of a national initiative between NHS England and the Department for Education aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. There is a specific focus on early intervention, improving access and supporting the general culture of mental health and wellbeing support within all primary and secondary schools.
Bexley Mental Health Support Team has been operational since January 2021, working alongside education colleagues and community partners the Mental Health Support Team is part of Bexley CAMHS schools pathway.
We are looking to recruit three Education Mental Health Practitioners to join our now fully established team.
We seek to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
EMHP Role
The post holder will work within Bexley education settings providing low intensity manualised CBT informed guided self-help intervention to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety or low mood. The post holder will also offer manualised parent interventions to primary age pupils and support a comprehensive psycho-educational groups and workshops programme across a range of local schools. They will also support the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing across educational settings.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must have completed the required EMHP post graduate training and have previous experience working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting to be considered for this post.
The service offers a range of internal and external training opportunities to support professional development and a specific menu of CPD courses have been identified to support EMHP role development with a commitment from the Trust to support ongoing learning.
Flexible working arrangements are also considered.
For further enquiries or an informal visit to the service please contact: Jenny Eldred, MHST Team Manager, Bexley CAMHS (jenny.eldred@nhs.net) or tele: 0203 260 5200.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must have completed the required EMHP post graduate training and have previous experience working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting to be considered for this post.
The service offers a range of internal and external training opportunities to support professional development and a specific menu of CPD courses have been identified to support EMHP role development with a commitment from the Trust to support ongoing learning.
Flexible working arrangements are also considered.
For further enquiries or an informal visit to the service please contact: Jenny Eldred, MHST Team Manager, Bexley CAMHS (jenny.eldred@nhs.net) or tele: 0203 260 5200.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology or related subject
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' post graduate diploma
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work)
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
- Experience of working with cultural diverse populations and adapting services to improve access.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology or related subject
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' post graduate diploma
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work)
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
- Experience of working with cultural diverse populations and adapting services to improve access.
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
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).
