Job summary
Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Band 6 - EMHP, CWP
We are seeking to recruit two experienced senior wellbeing practitioners to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.
Main duties of the job
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
- Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
- Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision to trainees and or newly qualified EWPs and holding small caseload of clinical work while acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, project work, and other tasks as/when required.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.
In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.
The service embraces continual improvement and wellbeing of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The successful candidates must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest.
The successful candidates must have the ability to complete PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young Peoples Mental Health and Wellbeing or PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner. Further information about these courses can be found on the Anna Freud website.
For further information about this role, please contact Joint Service/Clinical Lead: Ify Ezefedi ifeyinwa.ezeifedi@nhs.net.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The successful candidates must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest.
The successful candidates must have the ability to complete PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young Peoples Mental Health and Wellbeing or PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner. Further information about these courses can be found on the Anna Freud website.
For further information about this role, please contact Joint Service/Clinical Lead: Ify Ezefedi ifeyinwa.ezeifedi@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/Training
Essential
- Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
Desirable
- Registration with BABCP and/or BPS
- A minimum of an upper second-class honours, Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a relevant subject e.g. psychology or other health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree is required
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified EMHP/CWP with CYP and families in an MHST for a minimum of 2 years
- Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of working with schools
- Experience working as part of an MHST
Desirable
- Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
- Experience of service development
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of consultation
- Experience of teaching/training other professionals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Other
Essential
- The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest
- Ability to complete PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing or PG Dip Senior Wellbeing Practitioner
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/Training
Essential
- Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
Desirable
- Registration with BABCP and/or BPS
- A minimum of an upper second-class honours, Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a relevant subject e.g. psychology or other health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree is required
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified EMHP/CWP with CYP and families in an MHST for a minimum of 2 years
- Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of working with schools
- Experience working as part of an MHST
Desirable
- Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
- Experience of service development
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of consultation
- Experience of teaching/training other professionals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Other
Essential
- The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest
- Ability to complete PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing or PG Dip Senior Wellbeing Practitioner
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).
