This is an exciting opportunity to train to become a fully qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner and build the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) offering to children, families, and schools, who can have a great need for mental health support, whilst working creatively with the training to meet the children’s additional needs and support the schools.
You will be required to fully participate in the Educational Mental Health Practitioner training course, whilst receiving continual supervision and support.
Closing date for applications will be midnight on 20th October 2024 (the advert may close earlier if the maximum number of applicants is reached) with interviews running from the 8th - 13th November. Interviews will be run using MS Teams and full details and instructions will be provided to successful candidates.
The ideal candidate will be:
* Creative and flexible in their approach.
* Have a good understanding of children with additional needs learning styles, and how to adapt practice to support children and their families.
* Able to work and build relationships with a wide variety of professionals, schools, and families.
* Be able to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings.
* Have a good understanding of risk assessing and seek support from a supervisor to manage risk.
* Have good basic literacy and numeracy qualifications, at a minimum of level 2.
* Be willing and able to participate fully in supervision.
* Flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure.
* Able to work both in a team environment and autonomously.
* Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings where there is a highly emotive atmosphere.
You will be working in a variety of school environments across Hertfordshire and West Essex. We operate from 7-7 Monday to Friday.
The Mental Health Support Team is a National trailblazer scheme offering early intervention mental health support, to children and their families, within schools. The Sen’s MHST is the only MHST within the country, to offer support to SEN schools we are hosted by PALMS and work within Hertfordshire and West Essex. We currently work in 14 SEN schools offering tailored support to children with additional needs, learning disabilities, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder aged 5-18.
This is a very exciting opportunity to participate in a fully funded qualification, at the University of Reading to become a fully qualified EMHP.
The post is fixed term for one year with high potential for extension and will be full time; you must be prepared to carry out travel to the University of Reading and fully commit to complete the fully subsidised EMHP course.
We can offer you:
* Regular clinical and professional supervision.
* Regular appraisal, personal development planning and opportunities for continuing professional development. This includes specific support with regards to fulfilling the MHST role such as co-facilitating workshops.
* Regular opportunities to meet as a team.
* Regular CPD and Peer Reflection.
* Opportunities to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team including from PALMS and Crisis service, learning from other evidence-based frameworks and approaches.
* Involvement in service development.
* Opportunities to provide line management and clinical supervision to other members of the MHST team.
A full valid driving license and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
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