This is an exciting opportunity for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join a school-based service in Surrey.

We invite you to consider being involved in this exciting opportunity to be a part of delivering the government's vision and commitment of having integrated mental health teams in schools as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

Each MHST is co-located in a carefully selected group of schools within their Borough of Surrey. We currently have established teams in all 11 boroughs (Epsom, Spelthorne, Reigate and Banstead, Elmbridge, Surrey Heath, Woking, Runnymede, Guildford, Waverley, Tandridge and Mole Valley) . We currently have a vacancy in the Spelthorne team.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work within an MHST within the wider School-based Need team delivering, high-quality brief outcome focused evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The post holder will work in schools and in community locations. This post is suitable for someone who is passionate about intervening early to support children, young people and their family who need support with managing their mental health and emotional wellbeing to enable them to thrive.

They will be expected to:

Manage a caseload and offer the provision of mental healthcare services, to young people with mental health difficulties.

Holistic assessment of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people.

Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health Workers, CAMHS, Schools and GPs to liaise and support children and young people.

Offer high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based CBT practice to individuals, workshops and groups.

Work together with their schools to co-produce and deliver whole school approach work and offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to School Professionals.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our MHSTs support children and young people with emerging or mild-moderate mental health difficulties and Getting Help within the Thrive Framework by delivering targeted evidence-based interventions in schools. The MHSTs also work together with their schools to co-produce and deliver whole school approach work and offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to School Professionals, being the link between the school and wider EWB and MH services within Surrey.

Please see the attached job description for more details.

Please note: You will be required to travel between various sites within Surrey for this role so having a driving licence and access to a car is desirable. Although we work in schools, the team operates all year around.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oSuccessful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr PG CERT/DIP in low intensity psychological interventions (for CWP/EMHP).

Desirable

• A further relevant degree qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Skills / Competencies

Essential

• oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
• oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
• oAbility to conduct group parenting programmes
• oAbility to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• oAbility to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
• oAbility to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.
• oAbility take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.

Desirable

• oAbility to teach others about mental health issues
• oAbility to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of educational environments
• oKnowledge of safeguarding issues
• oKnowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence

Desirable

• oKnowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams

Previous Experience

Essential

• oExperience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• oExperience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders

Desirable

• oExperience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• oExperience of working with children and their families in an education setting

Specialist Experience

Essential

• oExperience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• oExperience of working with anxiety disorders
• oExperience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• oExperience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Desirable

• oExperience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing
• oExperience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
• oExperience of working with looked after children
• oExperience of working with other vulnerable groups

Personal Qualities

Essential

• oExcellent oral and written communication skills
• oSelf-motivated
• oAble to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• oTeam player
• oExcellent time management and organisational skills
• oAble to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.

Desirable

• oProven commitment to continuous professional development

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unither House

Curfew Bell Road

Chertsey

KT16 9FG

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325-6571293-CYPS-A