Job summary
Our
CAMHS Future in Mind MHST (Mental Health Support Team) is a growing and
developing service which provides early intervention to improve the lives of
children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic qualified Education Mental Health
Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team. You must have a relevant
EMHP Post Graduate Diploma qualification and be registered and accredited with
a professional body such as BPS or BABCP.
The
successful applicant will be allocated a number of education settings alongside
their Senior School Practitioner in which they will have the opportunity to
develop strong working relationships and provide support to the school
community. With appropriate supervision, you will work as an autonomous and
responsible practitioner, offering CBT informed evidence-based interventions
whilst also promoting a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.
At
the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward
to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities of the
Education Mental Health Practitioner include:
Delivering evidenced based
interventions to children, young people, parents/carers through individual and
group work.
Carrying out holistic and
child-centred mental health assessments.
Developing and Delivering
psychoeducation sessions to children, young people, parents/carers through
assemblies, classroom, and parent sessions.
Ensuring children/young people
play an active part in decision making about the support they need.
Providing advice/consultation
to education staff to support children/young people getting the right help at
the right time.
Supporting education settings
in developing and embedding whole school approaches to mental health through
collaboration and coproduction within the school.
Participating in the delivery
of training programmes for education settings and community services.
Developing local
knowledge of services particularly in relation to mental health to enable
effective signposting and planning.
All employees of
the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to
protect patients
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The Children and Young Peoples
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) is a service
transformation programme delivered by Health Education England and partners
that aims to improve existing children and young peoples mental health
Services (CYP MHS) working in the community. Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner
training will benefit from being integrated fully within CYP MHS and linked to
the CYP IAPT collaborative, which brings a valuable organisational
infrastructure.
As part of Mental Health Support
Teams (MHSTs), Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) will work in both
education and healthcare settings to support children and young people with
mental ill health. The new roles support the Governments priority of increasing
access to and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children
and young people.
The post is for a team player
who has already qualified through the Education Mental Health Practitioner
framework.
For full Job Description, please see the attatched in Supporting Information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The Children and Young Peoples
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) is a service
transformation programme delivered by Health Education England and partners
that aims to improve existing children and young peoples mental health
Services (CYP MHS) working in the community. Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner
training will benefit from being integrated fully within CYP MHS and linked to
the CYP IAPT collaborative, which brings a valuable organisational
infrastructure.
As part of Mental Health Support
Teams (MHSTs), Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) will work in both
education and healthcare settings to support children and young people with
mental ill health. The new roles support the Governments priority of increasing
access to and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children
and young people.
The post is for a team player
who has already qualified through the Education Mental Health Practitioner
framework.
For full Job Description, please see the attatched in Supporting Information.
Person Specification
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to deliver low intensity evidenced based interventions under supervision to children and young people.
- Ability to devise and deliver group-based interventions to children and young people.
- Ability to delver parent led interventions where children have a mental health need.
- Computer literate.
- Ability to keep clinical records to a high standard.
Desirable
- Skilled at engaging and building relationships with children, young people and parents.
- Ability to work collaboratively with young people, parents, colleagues and partner agencies.
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Good working knowledge of nationally agreed routine outcome measures within the CYP-IAPT Programme.
- Working knowledge of the educational system.
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and legal framework.
- Knowledge and experience of capacity and consent issues when working with young people.
- Knowledge of the whole school approach to mental health.
Desirable
- Knowledge of other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions; both in type and severity.
- Knowledge of service pathways and remits and ability to navigating these processes.
- Knowledge of how contextual factors affect children and young peoples mental health and impact this can have on delivering effective interventions.
Qualifications
Essential
- HEE PG Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice for children & young people or PG Diploma in Psychological Wellbeing Practice for children and young people.
- Relevant qualification or experience within an educational setting.
Desirable
- Relevant degree qualification.
Experience
Essential
- At least one years experience of delivery of low intensity evidenced based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
- At least one-year experience of work within both health and educational settings.
- Experience of consultation and liaison with education and multidisciplinary colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of service development.
- Experience of forging new working relationships within complex interagency framework.
Person Specification
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to deliver low intensity evidenced based interventions under supervision to children and young people.
- Ability to devise and deliver group-based interventions to children and young people.
- Ability to delver parent led interventions where children have a mental health need.
- Computer literate.
- Ability to keep clinical records to a high standard.
Desirable
- Skilled at engaging and building relationships with children, young people and parents.
- Ability to work collaboratively with young people, parents, colleagues and partner agencies.
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Good working knowledge of nationally agreed routine outcome measures within the CYP-IAPT Programme.
- Working knowledge of the educational system.
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and legal framework.
- Knowledge and experience of capacity and consent issues when working with young people.
- Knowledge of the whole school approach to mental health.
Desirable
- Knowledge of other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions; both in type and severity.
- Knowledge of service pathways and remits and ability to navigating these processes.
- Knowledge of how contextual factors affect children and young peoples mental health and impact this can have on delivering effective interventions.
Qualifications
Essential
- HEE PG Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice for children & young people or PG Diploma in Psychological Wellbeing Practice for children and young people.
- Relevant qualification or experience within an educational setting.
Desirable
- Relevant degree qualification.
Experience
Essential
- At least one years experience of delivery of low intensity evidenced based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
- At least one-year experience of work within both health and educational settings.
- Experience of consultation and liaison with education and multidisciplinary colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of service development.
- Experience of forging new working relationships within complex interagency framework.
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.
