Qualified EMHP or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join a well established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Fenland.
*Please only proceed to application if you are a qualified EMHP or CWP*
The Education Mental Health Practitioner role is an opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors.
Mental Health Support Teams work in collaboration with education settings to provide early intervention to children, young people and their families/carers for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
The MHST also work with school staff to support a 'whole school approach' to mental health and positive well-being.
With office in Wisbech, Fenland MHST supports all schools and colleges in Wisbech, Whittlesea, Chatteris and March. The role requires the applicant to travel around the area to their allocated schools.
You will be working in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people (CYP) are actively encouraged. The approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and a passion for working with CYP in education settings.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner in education and health care settings alongside a team of mental health professionals and within the scope of their job description.
The post holder will carry out assessments, develop and deliver evidence-based interventions to children, young people, parents and carers. The interventions address mild to moderate mental health difficulties (anxiety, worries and fears, behaviour, low mood).
The post holder will also be responsible for working in collaboration with school staff to support a 'whole school approach' to mental health and positive well-being.
The post holder will receive regular supervision to support them in their work.
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in which the post-holder is deployed.
2. Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
3. Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
4. Work with and support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health initiatives.
5. Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.
6. Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
7. Accept referrals within educational settings according to agreed local and national protocols.
8. Undertake and record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk management processes in line with locally agreed procedures including the safeguarding protocols of the educational setting and Local Safeguarding Board guidance.
9. Adhere to all regulations, processes, and procedures within the educational service to which the postholder is attached.
10. Through case management, supervision, and any other relevant local pathway, escalate cases where the level of need or risk is beyond the scope of practice of the postholder.
11. Provide a range of information and support for evidence-based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help.
12. Practice, evidence and demonstrate an ability to manage one's own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team.
13. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.
14. Keep clear, professionally coherent records of all activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.
15. Complete all requirements relating to data collection.
16. Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education, and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.
17. Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.
18. Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as falls within own degree of competence, and under direction of the wider team.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' (EMHP) course OR Children's Wellbeing Practitioner course (CWP).
* Teaching qualification.
Experience
* Experience of working with children and young people, their families, and others.
* Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy).
* Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting.
* Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas.
Knowledge & Skills
* Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions with children and families.
* Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.
* Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.
* Ability to teach others about mental health issues.
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.
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year, pro-rata.
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