Job summary
Support and Help In Education (SHINE) Mental Health Support teams has an exciting opportunity to join the team providing support across the Fylde Coast. Assisting with transforming children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing services, providing early intervention and faster access to the right support at the right time.
As the team continues to develop, there is now the opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner's (EMHP) to join our existing teams to deliver increased support across the Fylde Coast. As part of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), the practitioner will work in both education and healthcare settings to support children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health needs, along with their families and carers.
The postholders will work under the direction of the Service Lead and other senior staff within the team, across primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and our Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) within the Fylde Coast footprint. Joint working with Options4CYP (Children and Young People) and other teams in the wider Fylde Coast system will be essential, to support the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of the children and young people.
Main duties of the job
To work with children and young people to assess and deliver 1 to 1 and group interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties
To work with families and carers to increase good mental health.
To deliver and integrate a whole school approach into the ethos of allocated schools.
To complete consultations to advise staff on how to support children and young people and signpost to relevant services.
To undertake and engage in regular caseload management supervision and clinical skills supervision
To use electronic clinical systems to keep accurate notes and other records.
See job description for full details.
About us
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents -it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Some evening and weekend work will be needed to meet the needs of the service.
As this is a school-based service, the post holder will be expected to take their annual leave predominantly in the school holidays.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with children and young people to assess and deliver 1 to 1 and group interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties
To work with families and carers to increase good mental health.
To deliver and integrate a whole school approach into the ethos of allocated schools.
To complete consultations to advise staff on how to support children and young people and signpost to relevant services.
To undertake and engage in regular caseload management supervision and clinical skills supervision
To use electronic clinical systems to keep accurate notes and other records.
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Successful completion of the NHSE commissioned Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or willingness to complete the PG Cert in EMHP at a designated HEI
- Professional Registration with an approved organisation such as BABCP or BPS
- Proven record of previous academic attainment.
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- 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 and/or behavioural difficulties
- Experience of the delivering low intense cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to children/young people.
- Knowledge of the educational system in England
- Knowledge of children and young people, gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
Desirable
- Experience of working in or with school/education settings
- Experience of working with anxiety disorders
- Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
- Experience of providing specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. High intense CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
- Knowledge of educational environments
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Computer literate
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Self-motivated
- Team Player
- Ability to keep clinical records to a high standard in line with policies
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
- Ability to undertake and record Routine Outcome Measures.
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately in line with school/college and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals policies and procedures.
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
Desirable
- Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
- Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
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
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mental Health Support Team
26 Talbot Road
Blackpool
FY1 1LF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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