Job summary
Main Area: Mental Health Support Team for Children and Young People in Education (MHST)
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Site: East Lancashire
Base: Burnley General Hospital
As this is a school based service delivery, the post holder will be expected to take their annualleave in the school holidays other than in urgent circumstances.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, suitably qualified and experienced person with the ability,
commitment and passion to support children and young people with their mental health andemotional wellbeing.
In line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the MHST deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across educational and healthcare sectors.
The Mental Health Practitioner will work in educational settings, schools and colleges, as part of NHS led Mental Health Support Teams and will be based in either East Lancashire or Blackburn with Darwen.
The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment and short-term clinicalintervention of children and young people referred to service and provide a range of appropriate,evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.
Main duties of the job
Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children
and young people in education settings experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Working in partnership, support children, young people and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties, principally anxiety and low mood.
Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage
issues related to mental health and wellbeing whilst improving access to mental health services.
To support schools in developing strategies/activities to promote emotional well-being and positivemental health to the school community.
Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
Signpost referrals to the relevant service.
Undertake assessments of risk to self and others.
To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including mentalhealth care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mentalhealth services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium securecare.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the communityalongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
At ELCAS (East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Services) our vision is to be a centre ofexcellence providing high quality Child and Adolescent psychological and mental health servicesthat exceed people's expectations.
We have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Quality Network for Community
CAMHS (QNCC) since 2016. In 2019 the CQC rated us as Outstanding in providing Effective,Caring, Responsive and Well-led services, and as Outstanding overall.
For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FoundationTrust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential criteria 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 Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, neurodiversity and/or learning difficulties/disabilities. Experience of working with anxiety disorders & affective (mood) disorders Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families Access to private transport for work purposes
Desirable Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare and/or education setting Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
Education
Essential criteria Successful completion of relevant CBT IAPT Course Membership with accredited body and hold accreditation
Desirable Qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential Knowledge of educational environments Knowledge of safeguarding issues Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence Ability to carry out 1:1/group therapeutic mental health interventions with children and/or families Ability to deliver presentations and to teach others about mental health issues Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
Desirable Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams Knowledge of educational environments including Specialist Learning Environments (SEN/PRUs) Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential criteria 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 Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, neurodiversity and/or learning difficulties/disabilities. Experience of working with anxiety disorders & affective (mood) disorders Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families Access to private transport for work purposes
Desirable Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare and/or education setting Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
Education
Essential criteria Successful completion of relevant CBT IAPT Course Membership with accredited body and hold accreditation
Desirable Qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential Knowledge of educational environments Knowledge of safeguarding issues Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence Ability to carry out 1:1/group therapeutic mental health interventions with children and/or families Ability to deliver presentations and to teach others about mental health issues Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
Desirable Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams Knowledge of educational environments including Specialist Learning Environments (SEN/PRUs) Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Successful completion of relevant IAPT Course
- Membership with accredited body and hold accreditation
Desirable
- Qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of educational environments
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues, capacity, consent and Gillick Competency issues.
- Good assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options with clear clinical reasoning skills
Experience
Essential
- Previous evidence of experience in CYP mental health.
- Evidence of working with childhood, emotional and psychological development.
- Confident in delivering group work and group presentations
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Successful completion of relevant IAPT Course
- Membership with accredited body and hold accreditation
Desirable
- Qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of educational environments
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues, capacity, consent and Gillick Competency issues.
- Good assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options with clear clinical reasoning skills
Experience
Essential
- Previous evidence of experience in CYP mental health.
- Evidence of working with childhood, emotional and psychological development.
- Confident in delivering group work and group presentations
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
