Following on from the government's green paper Dec 2017 Transforming children and young people's mental health provision, Mind in West Essex is part of a national Trailblazer programme.
Our Children and Young People's (CYP) Mental Health Support Team is working with children and young people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes working with parents/caregivers of Primary School age pupils and working with schools and colleges to develop the support they offer the whole school community. It aims to strengthen the links between education, health services, and families in Harlow and Epping Forest.
Main duties of the job
You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for managing and providing clinical supervision to other team members. You will also hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions in schools. Primarily the team members will include qualified and Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners, who will deliver group and individual low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people and some support packages for parents/caregivers.
As part of this programme, you will need to be successful in your application to attend and receive training in supervision, provided by a University to support this area of your work. The training course is one year's duration and requires approximately 20 days attendance at university over the year along with coursework and assignments. Additional study time and support will be provided. Note, successful completion of this training is a requirement for this role.
The post holder will have an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild to moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will use evidence-based therapeutic models. Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, and colleges). The work will also include training for education professionals and developing the team's ability to serve the needs of the whole school community including children and young persons' caregivers.
About us
The Organisation:
Mind in West Essex is a mental health charity. We are an independent organisation affiliated to Mind (the national association for mental health), an organisation with which we share common values and principles. We support people affected by mental ill health to make positive changes in their lives and to improve their emotional resilience and wellbeing.
Perks of the job
* Generous holiday pay 27 days plus bank holiday *(pro rata for part time staff) increasing with length of service
* Disability Confident Employer
* In-house Training Department all staff are offered comprehensive training including 2 Day Mental Health First Aid Training
* Flexible working arrangements (where business needs allow)
* Free eyecare vouchers if using DSE Equipment
* Free Mind in West Essex Hoody
* Free Staff Wellbeing Events
* Pension scheme with Royal London
* Expenses reimbursed as per our policy
* Staff refreshments provided at each of our offices
* DBS check paid for
* Employee Assistance Scheme - A confidential counselling service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to you and members of your immediate family
* As a mindful employer, the organisation recognises that colleagues will experience the ups and downs of family life. Parental, Bereavement & Carers leave will be considered as additional to annual leave entitlement.
* Regular whole team meetings - great way to connect to the whole Mind in West Essex family.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Supervision and Management
* Provide clinical and casemanagement supervision, including support through observations and modelling, to team members who are undertaking EMHP training in CBT evidence-based practice.
* Support the EMHPs to develop and maintain a working relationship with education settings.
* Support the EMHPs in delivering a Whole School Approach service.
* Support the EMHPs to develop their clinical progression during and after training.
* Support the EMHPs in assessing, reporting and managing any client risk.
* Support the EMHPs to ensure data is inputted to EPR (Iaptus) within 48 hours of clinical contact.
* As required, liaise with educational settings.
* As required, liaise with training university regarding trainee EMHP progress.
* As required, attend any MHST partnership meetings.
* As required, attend any meetings representing MHST and/or Mind in West Essex.
Clinical and Client Care
* Assess and develop evidence-based treatment plans to meet the mild - moderate needs of CYP with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties.
* Support children and young people, their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
* Work in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development of their care plans, including specific interventions and agreeing outcomes.
* Deliver evidence-based, low intensity interventions for CYP aged 5-18 with mild to moderate emotional and mental health difficulties.
* Show evidence in a variety of forms that at all times, assessment and intervention is provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
* Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others and support supervisees to do the same.
* Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
* Maintain comprehensive records of all training and clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision-making.
* Ensure outcome measures (e.g. SDQ, RCADS) are routinely embedded in your clinical work and that of those you line-manage.
* Complete all requirements relating to data collection and report clinical outcomes and service access data into the digital patient record system.
* Promote the mental and emotional health of children and young people in education settings, through clinical interventions in the care pathway.
* Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage one's own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team.
* Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal educational benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance.
* Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services.
* Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence.
Teaching Training and Supervision
* Provide advice, consultation and training to staff working within the network of schools and across a range of professions, agencies and settings, where appropriate.
* Receive regular clinical and case management supervision.
* Supervise and support safeguarding cases held by team members that you line-manage, in line with relevant organisational safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Provide quality assurance for the data submitted by team members that you line-manage.
* Attend and complete supervision training programme provided by course University.
* Monitor and track progress against access targets for your caseload and that of the team members you line-manage and develop plans to reach access targets.
* Within education settings actively promote the whole school-based approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being.
Professional
* Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to Mind in West Essex policies and procedures.
* Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.
* Develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.
* Ensure that any risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone the post-holder comes into contact with during their professional duties are communicated and shared with appropriate parties in order to maintain individual safety and the public interest.
* Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
* Participate in individual appraisal and respond to agreed objectives.
* Keep all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and the requirements of the post and ensure personal development plans maintain up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
* Attend relevant educational opportunities in line with identified professional objectives.
* Ensure adherence to organisational policies and procedures and that interventions are developed and delivered in accordance with NICE guidelines and clinical standards.
Person specification
Essential
* Qualification (e.g. PG Cert, PG Dip) to deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to CYP. Candidates with degree level qualifications and relevant experience will also be considered.
* Familiarity with CBT evidence-base, both within clinical training and delivering interventions.
* Direct clinical experience (autonomously providing assessment, developing treatment plans and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions) with CYP aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties.
* Knowledge and direct clinical experience of adapting interventions and delivering them to CYP.
* Experience of supervising team members.
* Experience of routine clinical outcome monitoring.
* Experience of clinical risk assessment.
* Understanding of child development and psychosocial influences.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary mental health team/environment.
* Experience of providing clinical supervision and case management.
* Experience of supervising safeguarding cases.
* Experience of working in education settings.
* Experience of delivering Low Intensity/Psycho-educational interventions to groups of CYP, educational staff and/or parents/caregivers.
* Experience of engaging a range of stakeholders (young people, families, mental health providers, schools, Local Authority staff etc.).
* Experience of involving parents/caregivers in the wellbeing of CYP.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Organisational skills and excellent time management.
* Experience of using Microsoft Office package.
* Experience of using EPR systems (IAPTUS) to maintain high standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording and report writing.
* No criminal record that prevents work with our client group or which would harm our reputation; an enhanced DBS will be required.
* Valid UK driving licence and/or access to transport to visit various sites and educational settings throughout the day on a daily basis (some occasional travel across West Essex).
Desirable
* Experience of working within the third/voluntary/charity sector.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Mind in West Essex
Address
Wellbeing Centre, 10-11 Corner House
Bush Fair
Harlow
Essex
CM18 6NZ
Employer's website
https://www.mindinwestessex.org.uk/
£36,093.92 a year plus fringe allowance of £1805 per annum
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