Assistant Education Mental Health Practitioner (AEMHP)

NHS; Redcar; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected charity in mental health is seeking an Assistant Education Mental Health Practitioner to join their InsideOut Mental Health Support Team. The role involves supporting emotional wellbeing activities for children and families, delivering interventions, and fostering partnerships with schools to enhance mental health support. Applicants should possess relevant degrees and experience working with children. This position provides an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people within a collaborative and multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with children and young people in group activities and 1-2-1 support.
• Post qualification experience as a practicing counselor/psychological therapist.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of emotional wellbeing activities to children and families.
• Provide evidence-based brief interventions under supervision.
• Develop school strategies for promoting emotional well-being.

Skills

Assessment and risk understanding

Understanding of children's mental health

IT competency

Effective communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Psychology or related field

Membership of a relevant professional body

Job description

TheJunction is a respected charity working to make a difference to the lives ofchildren young people and their families. We are proud of our reputation andbelieve that all of our workers are key to establishing positive relationships,building trust, self-belief, a sense of family and belonging.

Thepost-holder will be employed by The Junction and will work into the InsideOutMental Health Support Team, alongside a wider team of practitioners. TheAssistant Education Mental Health Practitioner (AEMHP) is an active member ofthe team working with others to support the delivery of mental health andemotional wellbeing activities and to deliver positive outcomes for children,young people and their families.

The postholder will deliver a range of delegated activities as part of amultidisciplinary team to support children, young people and their families byoffering age-appropriate information and advice on a range of emotional health,lifestyle and behaviour related issues. The role will deliver alongside themore senior members of the team delivering Care planning meetings, Whole SchoolApproach, training and group work.

Main duties of the job

As part of the wider team, support the delivery of emotionalwellbeing activities to individual and/or groups of children, young people andfamilies.

Deliver a range of evidence based brief interventions (i.e.brief advice, guided self-help, signposting) on a range of emotional health andwellbeing related issues under the direction of the EMHP and/or SeniorPractitioner.

Deliver the Whole School Approach (WSA) including audits andaction plans and support the wider team to deliver a range of WSA activitiesincluding psychoeducation groups, assemblies, workforce training etc.

To support schools in developing strategies/activities topromote emotional well-being and positive mental health.

Actively work towards developing and sustaining effectiveworking relationships with schools, education settings and partner agencies inaccordance with Joint Working Agreements

About us

There are a range of services withinThe Junction all working towards shared goals and all focused on making adifference to the lives of children, young people and their families, including:

Youth Employment Services

Youth Services

Children and Young Peoples Emotional Wellbeingand Mental Health Services

We pride ourselves on being able toprovide multiple specialist services under one roof with each serviceinteracting together to provide the best possible seamless service to childrenand young people. We employ multi-disciplinary teams of professionals withbackgrounds in psychology, social work, counselling, youth work and youthunemployment as well as other qualified and experienced practitioners who:

Understand the issues facing children and youngpeople

Have the skills to effectively support them

Can deliver outcome focused interventions

We have developed a unique servicedelivery model to ensure that clients are able to access a service thatsupports their individual needs. However, the ethos of The Junction ensures ourservices do not work in silos, although we recognise the need for serviceidentities and separate lines of accountability to stakeholders.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be employed by TheJunction Foundation and will work into the InsideOut Mental Health SupportTeam, alongside a wider team of practitioners. The Assistant Education MentalHealth Practitioner (AEMHP) is an active member of the team working with others to support thedelivery of mental health and emotional wellbeing activities and to deliverpositive outcomes for children, young people and their families

The post holder will deliver a range of delegated activities as part ofa multidisciplinary team to support children, young people and their familiesby offering age-appropriate information and advice on a range of emotionalhealth, lifestyle and behaviour related issues. The role will work alongsidethe more senior members of the team delivering Assessments, Whole SchoolApproach, Training and Group Work.

We hope that the successfulcandidate will complete the Education Mental Health Practitioner qualificationwhen a space is available at Northumbria University.

As part of the wider team, support the delivery of emotionalwellbeing activities to individual and/or groups of children, young people andfamilies.

Deliver a range of evidence based brief interventions (i.e.brief advice, guided self-help, signposting) on a range of emotional health andwellbeing related issues under the direction of the EMHP and/or SeniorPractitioner.

Deliver the Whole School Approach (WSA) including audits andaction plans and support the wider team to deliver a range of WSA activitiesincluding psychoeducation groups, assemblies, workforce training etc.

To support schools in developing strategies/activities topromote emotional well-being and positive mental health.

Actively work towards developing and sustaining effectiveworking relationships with schools, education settings and partner agencies inaccordance with Joint Working Agreements

Keep clear, professionally coherent records of all activityin line with both health and education service protocols and use these recordsand outcome data to inform decision making.

Complete all requirements relating to data collection.

As appropriate, assist and lead in the development andproduction of resources for the benefit of children and young people, ensuringthat they are age appropriate.

Contribute to the setting of targets/action plans and workrelated to these, to assist service development.

Liaise with other staff and agencies to further meet theneeds of children and young people in accordance with the service criteria,policies and procedures. Strengthening the relationship with school staff (suchas SENDCO, Pastoral Lead, Head Teacher etc), Mental Health Providers (such asStatutory CAMHS, other Voluntary Sector Organisations), Social Care and otherrelevant services.

Take part in the delivery of training (as appropriate),consultation with and guidance to, others, pertaining to the level ofdevelopment.

Responsible forsafeguarding children, promoting the welfare of children and young people atall times and operating within local policies and procedures. Under guidanceand support taking appropriate safeguarding action to protect children andyoung people at risk of significant harm.

Training andSupervision:

To apply learning from induction, directly into practice.

Engage in and respond to personal development supervision toimprove competences and practice.

Prepare and present information to supervisors within theservice on an agreed and scheduled basis to ensure safe practice and thegovernance obligations of the service. Respond to and implement supervisionsuggestions by supervisors in practice.

Professional:

To adhere to all TheJunctions Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.

To act in a professionalmanner at all times whilst representing the service.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates and understanding of assessment and risk
• Demonstrates an understanding of childrens mental health
• A clear understanding of local safeguarding policies and procedures and commitment to the safeguarding of children and young people
• IT competent- Demonstrates competency in using The Google suite and Microsoft Office
• Experience in using database systems to record sessions and notes

Qualifications

• Holds a Psychology or other Health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree
• Holds a recognised membership of a relevant professional body (i.e. HCPC/BACP/BABCP/BAAT/UKCP/BPS)

Supervision

• Demonstrates a willingness to undertake clinical supervision and case management
• Shows responsibility for continuous professional development
• Demonstrates commitment to deliver high quality services.

Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people delivering group activities and 1-2-1 support
• Post qualification experience as a practising counsellor/psychological therapist
• Demonstrates an understanding of CYP IAPT (children and young people Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)
• Experience of delivering of mental health/wellbeing advice, Whole School Activities and support to children, young people and their families
• Demonstrates an understanding of The Junction and InsideOut services, including referral pathways and criteria for access
• Experience of working within a childrens mental health service
• Experience of working within educational establishments

Personal Qualities

• Ability to work within a dynamic and developing service
• Shows a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of both service, children, young people and families
• Demonstration of self-motivation and motivation of others
• Ability to work confidently and competently under pressure
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience of writing case records, report writing and presentation skills
• Demonstrates an ability to effectively build and manage relationships with key stakeholders
• Demonstrates a consistently positive attitude to working within The Junction and InsideOut Teams

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.