Candidates should have experience working with children and their families, knowledge of educational and safeguarding issues, and the ability to facilitate therapeutic interventions. Essential qualifications include completion of a relevant IAPT course and membership with an accredited body. The role requires a commitment to inclusive values and diversity, with an expectation that annual leave aligns with school holidays, barring urgent circumstances.
Main Area: Mental Health Support Team for Children and Young People in Education (MHST) Grade: Band 6Contract: PermanentHours: 37.5 hours per weekSite: East LancashireBase: Burnley General HospitalAs this is a school based service delivery, the post holder will be expected to take their annual leave in the school holidays other than in urgent circumstances.We are looking for an enthusiastic, suitably qualified and experienced person with the ability, commitment and passion to support children and young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
In line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the MHST deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across educational and healthcare sectors.
The Mental Health Practitioner will work in educational settings, schools and colleges, as part of NHS led Mental Health Support Teams and will be based in either East Lancashire or Blackburn with Darwen.
The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment and short-term clinical intervention of children and young people referred to service and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.
Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people in education settings experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Working in partnership, support children, young people and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties, principally anxiety and low mood.
Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing whilst improving access to mental health services.
To support schools in developing strategies/activities to promote emotional well-being and positive mental health to the school community.
Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
Signpost referrals to the relevant service.Undertake assessments of risk to self and others.
To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
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Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential criteria Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others. Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, neurodiversity and/or learning difficulties/disabilities. Experience of working with anxiety disorders & affective (mood) disorders Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families Access to private transport for work purposes
Desirable Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare and/or education setting Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
Education
Essential criteria Successful completion of relevant IAPT Course Membership with accredited body and hold accreditation
Desirable Specialist qualification in other appropriate therapy eg. FT/DBT Qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential Knowledge of educational environments Knowledge of safeguarding issues Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence Ability to carry out 1:1/group therapeutic mental health interventions with children and/or families Ability to deliver presentations and to teach others about mental health issues Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
Desirable Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams Knowledge of educational environments including Specialist Learning Environments (SEN/PRUs) Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
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