Job summary
The MHSTs are a new service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. They are made up of senior clinicians, CAMHS Practitioners and EMHPs or also known in SLaM as Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs) . They will be based across education settings as an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and wellbeing, support earlier intervention, enable appropriate signposting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions. The MHSTs will partner with their education settings to design a bespoke offer, based on the school's individual needs and will work with the mental health services that are already in place.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be employed by the MHST to deliver emotional wellbeing interventions using Guided Self Help strategies. You will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP, as an autonomous and responsible practitioner within your scope of practice, alongside education and health colleagues.
You will be confident in providing Guided Self Help to young people and families in anxiety, low mood and challenging behaviours. You will be flexible and creative in responding to the needs of the school populations, with excellent support from your team and supervision. You will also be able to adapt to working remotely and prioritising access to services and resources.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave.We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance.We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development.There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
- Car lease.Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
- Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
- NHS discounts.With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be employed by the MHST to deliver emotional wellbeing interventions using Guided Self Help strategies. You will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP, as an autonomous and responsible practitioner within your scope of practice, alongside education and health colleagues.
You will be confident in providing Guided Self Help to young people and families in anxiety, low mood and challenging behaviours. You will be flexible and creative in responding to the needs of the school populations, with excellent support from your team and supervision. You will also be able to adapt to working remotely and prioritising access to services and resources.
The MHST are a friendly and supportive team who have developed a close partnership with Lambeth schools in providing low intensity interventions, creating workshops and groups and adapting services to meet the needs of schools, young people and families in Lambeth in line with CYP-IAPT principles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' post graduate diploma
- Successful completion of Certificate in Children's Wellbeing Practice (CWP), with post qualification experience as a CWP and experience of working in schools
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self-Help, CBT, parent work)
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child and young person including educational, social care, family and health
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents, teaching staff and young people
- Experience of adapting resources to be able to deliver online
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
- Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments and screenings of children and young people
Desirable
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children, young people and their families
- Ability to teach others about mental health
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St John's Angel Town Primary School
85 Angell Town Road
London
SW9 7HH