Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for 2 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs/EWP/CWP) to work with some of our Kingston Schools and for 1 EMHP to work with some of our Richmond schools.

2 posts available in Kingston and 1 in Richmond.

Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) are an exciting development, located in schools and AFC offices. We provide a whole school approach to mental health; including individual and group work with students and parents, staff training and consultation and policy and ethos advice.

• The team is part of the broader Emotional Health Service (EHS) and links closely with AFCs other education and social care teams.
• Our service covers Richmond and Kingston boroughs. We have a strong sense of team and collaboration to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing to achieve positive outcomes.
• The MHST is a dynamic service of Counselling & Educational Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Dramatherapists, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Music Therapists, Art Therapists, Systemic Practitioners, Counsellors, Education Wellbeing Practitioners (EWPs) and Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs).
• The post holder will also be part of a team of clinicians who can provide access to clinical supervision, peer supervision, line management

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a successful candidate with the qualities below:

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

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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.