Our CAMHS Future in Mind MHST (Mental Health Support Team) is a growing and developing service which provides early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems. The successful applicant will be allocated a number of education settings alongside their Senior Practitioner in which they will have the opportunity to develop strong working relationships and provide support to the school community. With appropriate supervision, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, offering Low Intensity CBT interventions whilst also promoting a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Responsibilities
* Deliver evidence-based interventions to children, young people, parents/carers through individual and group work.
* Carry out holistic and child-centred mental health assessments.
* Develop and deliver psychoeducation sessions to children, young people, parents/carers through assemblies, classroom, and parent sessions.
* Ensure children/young people play an active part in decision making about the support they need.
* Provide advice to education staff to support children/young people getting the right help at the right time.
* Support education settings in developing and embedding whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and co-production within the school settings.
* Participate in the delivery of training programmes for education staff and settings.
* Develop local knowledge of services particularly in relation to mental health to enable effective signposting and planning.
Qualifications
* Appointment requires an EMHP postgraduate qualification.
* Registered with a professional body such as BPS or BABCP.
* Strong knowledge of Low Intensity CBT interventions.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups; we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
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