Education Mental Health Practitioner / Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Each team is led by a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist who offers both individual and group supervision weekly. We have a dynamic and innovative service with a strong focus on continuing professional development, collaboration between teams, peer and wider service support, creativity around resource development and including student voice in our service development. The teams have good links with the wider NHS CAMHS network and school staff. In addition to their usual clinical work, EMHPs and CWPs are offered opportunities to take on a team lead role, undertake an audit if they are interested in doing so and / or take on a mentoring role for new trainees. We take a keen interest in ensuring that both professions remain on a steep learning curve in order to remain happy and fulfilled in their roles and have increasing options for career development within the service. Postholders will work primarily with parents of primary school aged children and young people referred by secondary schools, providing low-intensity interventions for anxiety, depression or behavioural difficulties. We pride ourselves on offering extremely good supervision (both individual and group supervision weekly) and learning opportunities with additional contact with senior staff available throughout the week as needed to manage risk and urgent issues. There is a strong peer support network across all the 12 schools based teams within the Trust and there are a number of whole service learning events and social events between all the different teams each term.,

• To deliver a variety of guided self-help interventions for children, young people and their parents through individual sessions or groups
• To undertake patient-centred assessments which identify areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
Make decisions, jointly with the supervisor, on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, refers unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the person's treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
• Offer workshops and groups to parents and / or young people
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high-volume low-intensity psychological treatments. This may include guided self-help CBT, information about other self help resources. This work may be face to face, using online portals, telephone or via other media.
• To adhere to an agreed activity and throughput contract relating to the overall number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• To attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
• To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• To keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
• To work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
• To assess and integrate issues surrounding school and family life into the overall therapy process.
• To operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
• To prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
• To respond to and implement supervision suggestions and instructions by supervisors in clinical practice.
• To engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice.
Professional
• To ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
• To ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
• To be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems.
• To ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisors on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
• To participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
• To keep up to date all records in relation to Continuing Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
• To attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
Training and Development
• To undertake mandatory and statutory training as required by Trust policy.
• To receive regular professional supervision and training from the EWP supervisor
• To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Performance Appraisal and Development Review (PADR).
• To undertake personal development as identified in the personal development plan.
  
  Qualification as an EMHP or CWP - applicants will not be considered unless they have completed a registered training course
• Strong communication skills
• The ability to work cohesively and collaboratively both within a small team and within the wider school cluster
• Ability to work independently in schools while understanding your own limits
• The ability to use feedback, reflect and adapt accordingly
• Strong organisational skills, including thoroughly preparing for weekly supervision and keeping all clinical notes up to date
• Good experience of working with children, young people & parents and an understanding of how to talk with them
• Commitment to using data and relevant measures to assess clinical outcome
  
  A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
SWLSTG MH Trust is a lead provider within the South West London Trailblazer programme with ten Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) across Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth, in addition to two CWP teams. We pride ourselves on running an inclusive, creative service and are looking for enthusiastic and committed qualified EMHPs and CWPs to join us on either a full time or term time only basis working in one of our Merton or Sutton teams., We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.