Education Wellbeing Practitioner (EMHP or CWP)

NHS; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is hiring an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) / Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) in London to support children's mental health in schools. This full-time role involves delivering evidence-based interventions and developing whole school approaches in collaboration with educational staff and external services.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification as an EMHP or CWP required.
• Experience working in schools and delivering mental health interventions.
• Knowledge of current guidelines for child mental health.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Support senior mental health leads in education settings.
• Liaise with external services to ensure proper support for children.

Skills

Knowledge of evidence-based interventions

Ability to engage with children and families

Excellent time management

Collaborative working

Education

Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification

Applied for registration with BABCP and/or BPS

Job description

Education Wellbeing Practitioner (EMHP or CWP)

City & Hackney CAMHS are excited to be recruiting to a new full time post for an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) / Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) in The Mental Health in Schools Support Team (MHST).

In line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the EMHP/CWP role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.

The MHST is an arm of the well-established Well-being and Mental Health Service (WAMHS), embedded in schools across City & Hackney supporting schools to implement whole school approaches to mental health. WAMHS have laid the foundations for the MHST to be able to build on whole school approaches as well as provide direct support for children, young people and parents through workshops and guided self-help interventions for young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will deliver and assess outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems, and their families, parents, and carers. They will support the senior mental health lead to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach. They will also liaise with supervisors to agree appropriate signposting and referrals for children and young people.

In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.

The service embraces continual improvement and well-being of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.

About us

The East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) provides a wide range of community and inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, older adults and forensic services to the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. In Tower Hamlets the Trust provides high standard mental health services for children and young people based on strong partnerships with the Borough's education and social care services, community health services and voluntary/third sector agencies.

Job responsibilities

The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:

• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
• Applied for registration with BABCP and/or BPS

Experience

• Experience of working with schools
• Experience of delivering evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring and feedback
• Experience working as part of an MHST
• Experience of service development
• Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
• Experience of delivering group work
• Experience of delivering teaching/training

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation and implications clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
• Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues both within and outside of the team
• Ability to engage and maintain collaborative relationships with CYP and families
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Awareness of limits of competence and ability to use supervision
• Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education

Other

• Ability to travel within the Borough of Tower Hamlets according to school allocation and need

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.

£35,964 to £43,780 a yearper annum inc HCA