An exciting opportunity has become available for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) to join our dynamic and energetic award-winning Oxleas MHST service. We are recruiting to EMHP posts in our established Bexley & Greenwich Mental Health Support Teams, both of which have recently expanded.
Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting National initiative, working in collaboration with education settings, to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in response to the government’s Green Paper: Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision.
Main duties of the job
There is a specific focus on early intervention, improving access and supporting the general culture of mental health and wellbeing support within primary and secondary schools. Teams work within a Thrive framework alongside education colleagues and community partners, providing quality care to children, young people and families.
EMHP Role
The post holders will work within 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.
We seek to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.
Applicants must have completed the required EMHP post graduate training and have professional registration with either BPS or BABCP as an Education Mental Health Practitioner. Please note applicants who do not meet this criteria will not be shortlisted.
Working for our organisation
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.
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 Listen
* We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ post graduate diploma
* Professional registration with BPS or BABCP
Experience
* 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)
* Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
* Experience of working with culturally diverse populations and adapting services to improve access.
Skills
* Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
* Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Jenny Eldred Job title MHST Operational Manager Email address Jenny.eldred@nhs.net Additional information
For further enquiries or an informal visit to the service please contact:
Jenny Eldred, MHST Operational Manager. Interim Bexley Team Manager (jenny.eldred@nhs.net ) or tele: 0203 260 5200.
Alexandra Akande, Greenwich MHST Team Manager (alexandra.akande@nhs.net ) or tele: 0203 260 5211
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