Job overview
Ealing MHST is looking for a qualified or about to qualify Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP), who is keen to join an innovative early intervention team that provide direct interventions for mild-to-moderate low mood, anxiety and behaviours that challenge, into schools; as well as wider whole school approach interventions, such as group work, workshops, wellbeing assemblies and classroom interventions.
Our team has grown significantly over the last two years, and we place a lot of emphasis on wellbeing and creating an environment where people want to stay and develop. We have a lot of positive feedback from staff about the team and continue to value their contributions and feedback to further support the development of the team.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of this role is to deliver evidence-based brief interventions to children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. As part of our core offer to schools, we also work with groups of children, young people, parents, and teachers raising awareness of common mental health difficulties and any available support.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •Successful completed (or about to complete) an HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course
Desirable criteria
2. •A further relevant degree qualification
3. •Teaching qualification
4. •Youth Mental Health First Aid trained
Skills / competencies
Essential criteria
5. •Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
6. Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
7. Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
8. Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
9. Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
10. Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately
11. Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
Desirable criteria
12. •Ability to teach others about mental health issues
13. •Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
Knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Knowledge of educational environments
15. Knowledge of safeguarding issues
16. Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
Desirable criteria
17. Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams
Specialist experience
Essential criteria
18. Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
19. Experience of working with anxiety disorders
20. Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
21. Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
Desirable criteria
22. Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children’s emotional wellbeing
23. Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
24. Experience of working with looked after children
25. Experience of working with other vulnerable groups