Overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Lincoln, Louth and Gainsborough Mental Health Support Team as a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) at Band 5 (Agenda For Change).
This is a diverse role and an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people, and families by offering early support and intervention. The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional wellbeing problems which are of a low to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity. You will support several allocated education settings, offering support to children and young people and their families. A key part of the role is around implementing Public Health England\'s Whole School Approach, part of which will be to deliver training, workshops and assemblies to the wider educational communities and promote awareness of mental health within the educational settings.
For more information, please contact Lesley Hutton 01522 707474 or 07783 992840.
Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of young people, providing interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health needs using Low-Intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions.
* Lead in implementing the Whole School Approach within allocated settings by providing regular consultation, advice and training to professionals.
* Support and facilitate staff in education settings to identify and, where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
* Work with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.
* Use acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace existing initiatives.
There is an expectation that work occurs across the county; therefore, access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
* Education Mental Health Practitioner or Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner qualification
* Registered with BABCP or BPS as a CWP or EMHP (or applied for this)
Desirable
* A further relevant degree qualification
* Teaching qualification
* Youth Mental Health First Aid trained
Experience
Essential
* Experience of delivering low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people
* Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
* Experience of delivering whole school approach work
* Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
* Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
* Experience of working with anxiety disorders
* Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
Desirable
* Experience of the delivery of other therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families
* Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children\'s emotional wellbeing
* Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments with conflicting priorities
* Experience of working with looked after children
* Experience of working with other vulnerable groups
Skills
Essential
* Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and with families
* Ability to conduct group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
* Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
* Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness among staff
* Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
* Ability to assess risk and to record and communicate appropriately
* Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
Desirable
* Ability to teach others about mental health issues
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of educational environments
* Knowledge of safeguarding issues
* Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
Desirable
* Knowledge of the functional operation of children and young people\'s services
Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change — Band 5
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 per year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Location: Horizon Centre, Monson Street, Lincoln, LN5 7RZ
Job type: Contract
About Us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and other services in Lincolnshire. We offer flexible working options, training opportunities, and promote diversity and inclusion. We are proud of our staff networks and supportive work environment.
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