Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Delivering outcome focused, Evidence-Based Interventions in Educational Settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Developing skills in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families, and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties. Developing and practicing Evidence-Based skills and working in partnership with children, young people, their families, and educators in the development of treatment plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes. Work in collaboration with children and young people and where appropriate parents/carers to formulate and develop agreed treatment plan. Incorporate Participation and Inclusivity when delivering services which recognises and respects diversity. Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in Educational Settings, according to agreed local and national and local referral routes, processes, and procedures. Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others. Learn, understand, rationalise, and adhere to the protocols within the educational setting to which the post holder is attached. Engage along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service. Gain and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal development, to benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection. Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services. Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence. To deliver interventions either on an individual basis or within a group format. To deliver Psychoeducation Workshops to Young People and School Based Staff.

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Health Practice for Children and Young People (EMHP Qualification)
• BABCP and or BPS registered/registerable or working towards registration

Desirable

• Training in Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Counselling or within a Psychological Therapy.
• Psychology or other Health related undergraduate degree.
• BABCP accreditation.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Employer's website

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