Educational Mental Health Practitioner inHoughton le Spring inHoughton le Spring PUBLISHED
WED 16 OCT 2024
The position is based primarily at the Hetton Centre but involves delivering services at various schools across Sunderland during the service's operational hours, Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Candidates should be either recent graduates from the EMHP postgraduate program or already qualified practitioners. The role emphasises collaboration within multi-professional teams, community engagement, and the promotion of positive mental health perceptions among children and young people.
We have some exciting opportunities to work in the Sunderland Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) and are seeking to recruit enthusiastic motivated individuals to be part of our growing team.
The MHST is a relatively new service and works across designated schools in Sunderland supporting children and young people with low to moderate mental health needs between the ages of 5 to 18 years.
We provide low-intensity 1:1 interventions and offer also group work.
We work with parents and carers as part of this in addition we offer schools a whole school approach and provide training/advice our school teams and other professionals.
To be considered for one of these roles - you will be due to graduate from the EMHP post graduate programme or already be a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner.
If you are interested in one of these opportunities, then we would very much like to hear from you.
If successful, you will be based locally at the Hetton Centre, and will work on a regular basis at designated schools across Sunderland.
The MHST is a service offered 52 weeks per year Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm.
The base is at the Hetton centre, but the service is delivered across school and community sites.
About us
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
To work as a member of the Mental Health Support Team in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust providing an Education based mental health service to children and young people.
This includes the direct provision of evidence-based interventions and outcome focused standards of care to children and families/carers.
The delivery of high-quality training, consultation, and support to other Education staff.
To deliver a Whole School Approach to developing positive culture of mental health within the school environment.
The service will be delivered from Education bases as an integral part of an agreed iTHRIVE multi-agency model of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service provision.
Work collaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective, evidence based and safe
This will be achieved by:
- Listening to and understanding the community.
- Bringing people together to develop a shared local vision with service users as equal partners.
- Assessing community assets, resources, needs and issues.
- Empowering community members to identify local issues and articulate solutions.
- Linking in with Community Mental Health Services (i.e. CYPS, IAPT, CTT).
The post holder will ensure they uphold our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
To promote at all times a positive image of children and young people with mental health conditions.
To promote at all times a positive image of the specialist service area and the wider Trust.
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