Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainee

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social enterprise within the NHS seeks Trainee EMHPs in Plymouth to enhance mental health support for children and young people. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions in educational settings, collaborating with parents, and adhering to best practices. Candidates should have a psychology degree and exhibit strong communication skills.

Benefits

Protected CPD time

Training pathways

Leadership programs

Funding for qualifications

Qualifications

• Able to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level or equivalent.
• Expectation to study for 12 months towards Low Intensity CBT qualification.
• Evidence of working with people who have suffered from a mental health problem.

Responsibilities

• Assess and deliver outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people.
• Work in partnership with educators and families to support mental health difficulties.
• Manage caseload effectively in a collaborative approach.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Self-reflection

Education

Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree

Foundation Degree level education

Job description

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

37.5 hours per week.

In 2017, the Government published its Green Paper for Transforming children and young peoples mental health, which detailed proposals for expanding access to mental health care for children and young people, building on the national NHS transformation programme which was already underway.

The proposals were focused on providing additional support through schools and colleges and reducing waiting times for treatment. Following a 13-week public consultation, during which the Government received more than 2,700 responses, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education published its Response to the Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Green Paper Consultation.

These core commitments are delivered through a joint and collaborative programme led by the Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and NHS England and NHS Improvement, with support from Health Education England and Public Health England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Livewell Southwest has been successful in implanting these plans into 25 schools across Plymouth, we are now looking to recruit 2 further trainee EMHP, to continue this valuable and amazing work.

Main duties of the job

1. Assess and deliver outcome focused,evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and youngpeople experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at alltimes in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of thesetting in which the post-holder is deployed.

2.Workin partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild tomoderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families andeducators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

3.Workin effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, theirfamilies and their educators in the development of plans for the interventionand agreed outcomes.

4.Supportand empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and theireducators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

5.Operateat all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respectsdiversity.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

1. Assess anddeliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settingsfor children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental healthdifficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respectto the education function of the setting in which the post-holder isdeployed.

2. Work inpartnership to support children and young people experiencing mild tomoderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families andeducators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

3. Work ineffective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, theirfamilies and their educators in the development of plans for the interventionand agreed outcomes.

4. Support andempower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and theireducators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

5. Operate atall times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respectsdiversity.

6. Acceptreferrals within educational settings according to agreed local and nationaland local protocols.

7. Undertakeand record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk managementprocesses in line with locally agreed procedures including the safeguardingprotocols of the educational setting and Local Safeguarding Board guidance.

8. Adhere toall regulations, processes and procedures within the educational service towhich the postholder is attached within the educational setting where thepost-holder working including (but not limited to) HR policies, trainingrequirements, referral protocols, and emergency procedures. Signpostreferrals of children with more complex needs to a locally identifiedappropriate relevant service

9. Throughcase management, supervision and any other relevant local pathway, escalatecases where the level of need or risk is beyond the scope of practice of thepostholder.

10. Provide arange of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments,primarily guided self-help.

11. Practice,evidence and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload inconjunction with the requirements of the team.

12. Attendmulti-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals orchildren and young people in treatment, where appropriate.

13. Keep clear,professionally coherent records of all activity in line with both health andeducation service protocols and use these records and outcome data to informdecision making.

14. Completeall requirements relating to data collection.

15. Assess andintegrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employmentinto the overall therapeutic process.

16. Work withina collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.

17. Contributeto the development of individual or group clinical materials or trainingmaterials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as fallswithin own degree of competence, and under direction of the wider team.

18. Continue toapply learning gained on the training program directly to practice.

19. Prepare andpresent case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreedand scheduled basis to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations ofthe trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.

20. Respond toand implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in practice.

21. Engage inand respond to personal development supervision to improve competences andpractice.

22. Todisseminate research and service evaluation findings in appropriate formatsthrough agreed channels.

23. Ensure themaintenance of standards of own professional practice according to both thepostholders employer and the Higher Education Institution in which they areenrolled.

24. Ensureappropriate adherence to any new recommendations or guidelines set by therelevant departments.

25. Ensure thatconfidentiality is always protected.

26. Ensure thatany risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone thepostholder comes into contact with in the course of their professional dutiesare communicated and shared with appropriate parties in order to maintainindividual safety and the public interest.

27. Ensureclear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor andsenior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professionaldevelopment.

28. Participatein individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

29. Keep allrecords up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and therequirements of the post and ensure personal development plans maintains upto date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service deliverymodels/developments.

30. Attendrelevant educational opportunities in line with identified professionalobjectives.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

Other Requirements

• High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
• Advanced communication skills
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation

Training

• Able to attend university course at Exeter campus or online
• Able to complete academic components of the course

Experience

• Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication
• Able to write clear reports and letters.
• Experience of working in Primary Care Services
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice

Qualifications

• Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level or the equivalent
• Knowledge acquired through Foundation Degree level education
• Expectation to study for 12 months towards Low Intensity CBT qualification
• Evidence of working with people who have suffered with a mental health problem
• Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree

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.