NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Mid Essex MHST

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Job summary

MHST's are a new service designed to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties within education settings. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of Children and Young People's Mental Health Practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners.

MHSTs aims to:

Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions
Support schools in developing their whole school approach to mental health
Provide timely advice to school staff and to liaise with other services to help children and young people get the right help and stay in education.

Mid Essex supports up to 36,000 young people across a variety of different education settings.

The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional and ideally have formal CBT training for example:

Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
Children Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
Children and Young People-IAPT (CYP-IAPT)
Qualified CBT Therapist

Or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinical experience. The candidate should be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC)

The role of Senior Mental Health Practitioner will cover Mid Essex (Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon) and we currently have vacancies for 2 WTE.

Main duties of the job

The responsibilities of the Senior Mental Health Practitioner are:

To work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
To support and deliver CBT to the CYP either within a group setting or on an individual basis.
To support and provide groups for parents/guardians/carers of the CYP within the MHST
To support and provide Whole School Approaches
To confidently and effectively manage a caseload of Children and Young People (CYP) with mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Provide supervision and caseload management to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs)
To undertake further educational development as part of the role.
To work as part of a Multidisciplinary team across the MHST and with other professionals
Being able to work as part of a team and autonomously.
To ensure that there is accurate documentation, and that Routine Outcome Measures are completed.
Appropriately raise safeguarding concerns were identified and to support colleagues with this process.

About us

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Base:

The role requires the candidate to be able to work agilely being within the Educational settings and in a NELFT base. The base for Mid Essex is located at Stapleford House in Chelmsford.

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Date posted

07 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

395-MH237-23-B

Job locations

Mid Essex (covering Braintree/Chelmsford & Maldon areas)

Chelmsford

CM2 0QX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see person specification and job description for full details and responsibilities required for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see person specification and job description for full details and responsibilities required for this role.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, EMHP, CWP) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.

Desirable

To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
To have completed formal CBT training (e.g. CYP-IAPT)

Experience

Essential

Experience delivering CBT interventions to CYP and their families
Experience running therapy groups and/or training events
Experience of working with schools to support CYP emotional well-being needs

Desirable

Ability to confidently liaise with a variety of professional (Educational settings, Social Care, Charities etc...)
The applicant must have 2 years post qualification experience in an equivalent role

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, EMHP, CWP) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.

Desirable

To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
To have completed formal CBT training (e.g. CYP-IAPT)

Experience

Essential

Experience delivering CBT interventions to CYP and their families
Experience running therapy groups and/or training events
Experience of working with schools to support CYP emotional well-being needs

Desirable

Ability to confidently liaise with a variety of professional (Educational settings, Social Care, Charities etc...)
The applicant must have 2 years post qualification experience in an equivalent role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Mid Essex (covering Braintree/Chelmsford & Maldon areas)

Chelmsford

CM2 0QX

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Mid Essex (covering Braintree/Chelmsford & Maldon areas)

Chelmsford

CM2 0QX

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)