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 newly established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Cambridge (Cambridge City and West MHST).
*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 works with school staff to support a 'whole school approach' to mental health and positive well-being.
Cambridge City and West MHST supports a cluster of schools and colleges in the Cambridge area. The role requires the applicant to travel around the locality to 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 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 collaboratively with and respecting the education function of the setting.
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 effectively with children, young people, their families, and educators in the development of intervention plans and agreed outcomes.
4. Support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health initiatives.
5. Empower children, young people, their parents/carers, and families to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.
6. Accept referrals within educational settings according to agreed local and national protocols.
7. Undertake and record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk management processes in line with local procedures, including safeguarding protocols.
8. Adhere to all regulations, processes, and procedures within the educational service.
9. Provide a range of information and support for evidence-based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help.
10. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1-year '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 in an education setting.
Knowledge & Skills
* Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions.
* Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.
* Ability to assess and communicate risk appropriately.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure submission will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 per annum, pro-rata.
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