Educational Mental Health or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Educational Mental Health Practitioners or Children's Well-Being Practitioners to join our MHST North Team, based at North End House.

EMHPs and CWP's have a key role as members of the Mental Health Support Team, who have the responsibility for delivering schools' overarching approach to providing mental health and well-being support for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

EMHPs and CWP's have the responsibility for delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.

To support and facilitate staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.

Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes., Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Essential

• EMHP-BSc Hons and Successful completion of a Health Education England commissioned 1 year Post Graduate Diploma (Educational Mental Health Practitioner)


• CWP- Successfully completed academic course of study in line with the CYP IAPT Low Intensity National Programme and will be qualified as a CWP.


Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Desirable

EMHP- Evidence of CPD in child and adolescent mental health and / or education

Experience

Essential

• EMHP- Ability carrying out 1 : 1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children


• EMHP- Ability to conduct group parenting programmes


• EMHP- Ability takes appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.


• CWP- Evidence of working with young people who have experienced a mental health problem


• CWP- Experience of delivering low intensity CBT and parent led CBT within children and young people's services


• CWP- Demonstrates high standard in written communication


Desirable

• EMHP- In Providing training with education staff in an education setting


• CWP- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes. Evidence of working in the local community and Experience of delivering psycho-educational groups and parent led CBT


Skills

Essential

• Effective communication and positive interpersonal skills.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - both written and verbal.


• Sound value-based practice which empower individuals and promotes wellness and is recovery focused.


Desirable

• Commitment to ensure core skills and knowledge is updated on a yearly basis.
  
  We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.


From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood.

Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.