MHST Education Mental Health / Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

CNWL; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner to join their Mental Health Support Team in Milton Keynes. This role focuses on delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people facing mild to moderate mental health challenges. As part of a collaborative team, you will work in educational settings, supporting students and staff while enhancing mental health awareness. With a commitment to patient-centered care, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on young lives. Join a diverse team that values your contributions and provides avenues for career development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Opportunities for career development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Qualified EMHP or CWP with experience in CYP Mental Health Services.
• Postgraduate experience in delivering CBT interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver low intensity evidence-based interventions for children and young people.
• Support schools in identifying mental health needs and managing issues.

Skills

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

Mental Health Awareness

Risk Assessment

Group Therapeutic Interventions

Education

Post Graduate Qualification in Mental Health

Degree in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy

Job description

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Become part of our team.
We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

MHST Education Mental Health / Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area: MHST, Mental Health Support Teams, EMHP, WP, CWP, CYPWP, CBT, schools, MH CYP, CYP, CYP IAPT, CAMHS
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 333-D-MK-MH-1224-A

Site: CNWL MKHQ
Town: Milton Keynes
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata if P/T)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

Applicants must be a qualified and registered Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or a qualified and registered Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) with experience of working with in CYP Mental Health Services in the provision of both individual and group treatments.

Mental health professionals with post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues and with experience of delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups may also apply.

MK MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school.

The purpose of the team is to:

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
• Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of an established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) created to improve access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people and to deliver evidence based low intensity interventions into schools enabling life long aspirations. You will work alongside other EMHPs and CYPWPs, Senior Wellbeing Practitioners and Team Leaders.

The post holder will undertake assessments of children and young people and deliver evidence based low intensity group and individual interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their families and carers. You will also provide training and consultation to schools and other agencies about mental health in children and young people and support schools in identifying specific areas of need as part of the whole school approach to mental health.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more, whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To deliver low intensity evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• To help children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.
• To support and facilitate staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
• To work with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.

Person specification

Education and qualification

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or CYP Wellbeing Practitioner Post Graduate Qualification or Degree level Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or equivalent substantial experience.
• Registered with a relevant professional body or pending completion.
• Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in a healthcare or school setting.
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
• Experience of working with anxiety and affective disorders.
• Experience of the delivery of specific low intensity therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy).
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.

Skills

• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group.
• Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of safeguarding issues.

Communication

Personal

• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: James Clay
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01908 725691
Additional information:
Mary Ann Monaghan MHST Development Manager via [e-mail]