Qualified Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Support Team Supervisor / Practitioner

You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for managing and providing clinical supervision to other team members. You will also hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions in schools. Primarily the team members will include qualified and Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners, who will deliver group and individual low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people and some support packages for parents/caregivers. As part of this programme, you will need to be successful in your application to attend and receive training in supervision, provided by a University to support this area of your work. Training course is one year's duration and requires approximately 20 days attendance at university over the year along with course work and assignments. Additional study time and support will be provided. Note, successful completion of this training is a requirement for this role. The post holder will have an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild - moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will use evidence-based therapeutic models. Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, and colleges). The work will also include training for education professionals and developing the team's ability to serve the needs of the whole school community including children and young person's caregivers. You will work with CYP and families from different cultural backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities. You will also work closely with colleagues and partners in the Local Authority, EWMHS, education settings where interventions are being delivered and other relevant mental health providers. Key Responsibilities Supervision and Management

• Provide clinical and case management supervision, including support through observations and modelling, to team members who are undertaking EMHP training in CBT evidence-based practice
• Support the EMHPs to develop and maintain a working relationship with education settings
• Support the EMHPs in delivering a Whole School Approach service
• Support the EMHPs to develop their clinical progression during and after training
• Support the EMHPs in assessing, reporting and managing any client risk
• Support the EMHPs to ensure data is inputted to EPR (Iaptus) within 48hours of clinical contact
• As required, liase with educational settings
• As required, liase with training university regarding trainee EMHP progress
• As required attend any MHST partnership meetings
• As required attend any meetings representing MHST and/or Mind in West Essex
  
  Following on from the government's green paper Dec 2017 'Transforming children and young people's mental health provision.' Mind in West Essex is part of a national 'Trailblazer' programme.
Our Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Mental Health Support Team is working with children and young people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes working with parents/caregivers of Primary School age pupils and working with schools and colleges to develop the support they offer the whole school community. It aims to strengthen the links between education, health services and families in Harlow and Epping Forest.