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Achieving For Children

Educational Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

We are currently recruiting for 4 qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) orChild Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) to work in our Kingston and Richmond Mental HealthSupport Teams

  • 2 posts available in Kingston
  • 2 posts available in Richmond

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within a service providing a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. It aims to engage in preventative work and offers low intensity early interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and / or behavioural difficulties.

About us

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

We are responsible for the entire range of children's education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. There's never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.

Details

Date posted

14 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,577 to £37,443 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0458-24-1482

Job locations

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work with children, young people of all ages and families from a rangeof different cultural backgrounds.They will utilise interpreters when necessary and shouldbe committed to equal opportunities. The post holder will also be part of a team ofclinicians who can provide access to clinical supervision, peer supervision, linemanagement and CPD.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work with children, young people of all ages and families from a rangeof different cultural backgrounds.They will utilise interpreters when necessary and shouldbe committed to equal opportunities. The post holder will also be part of a team ofclinicians who can provide access to clinical supervision, peer supervision, linemanagement and CPD.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1 year Education Mental Health Practitioner course, or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) course

Experience

Essential

  • - Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and / or behavioural difficulties, including anxiety disorders and affective (mood) disorders
  • - Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families e.g. guided self-help and time-limited therapy
  • - Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
  • - Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people
  • - Ability to carry out mental health assessments of children and young people and carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
  • - Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
  • - Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
  • - Ability to make an assessment of risk, to record and communicate it appropriately and take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
  • - Have good IT skills, including the use of database or spreadsheet packages
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1 year Education Mental Health Practitioner course, or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) course

Experience

Essential

  • - Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and / or behavioural difficulties, including anxiety disorders and affective (mood) disorders
  • - Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families e.g. guided self-help and time-limited therapy
  • - Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
  • - Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people
  • - Ability to carry out mental health assessments of children and young people and carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
  • - Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
  • - Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
  • - Ability to make an assessment of risk, to record and communicate it appropriately and take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
  • - Have good IT skills, including the use of database or spreadsheet packages

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Highly Specialised Clinician

Alix Diemont

alix.diemont@achievingforchildren.org.uk

Details

Date posted

14 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,577 to £37,443 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0458-24-1482

Job locations

42 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BW


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