MHST Senior PractitionerBand 6

Hertfordshire Partnership University; Hertford, Hitchin; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A university health partnership in Hertford is seeking an experienced professional to support mental health interventions within schools. You will help to guide a team while delivering evidence-based CBT for young people's mental health concerns. A suitable candidate will have formal CBT training, experience in educational settings, and a passion for supporting both children and their teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to innovate within a dynamic mental health team.

Qualifications

• Experience with emotional and mental health issues in young people.
• Must have formal CBT training.
• Over one year of post-qualification practice.

Responsibilities

• Support Team Leader in delivering evidence-based interventions.
• Provide supervision for EMHPs.
• Operationalize Mental Health Support Teams in educational settings.

Skills

Experience in delivering CBT interventions

Working with children and young people

Ability to motivate and inspire teams

Flexibility and dynamism

Education

HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice

HEE Postgraduate Certificate Psychological Wellbeing Practice

Job description

Main duties of the job You will be expected to support the Team Leader to contribute to the team with a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility, dynamism and above all a passion for working with children and young people in educational settings whilst also motivating, inspiring and supporting your team to do the same. You will be responsible for operationalizing the delivery of evidence based interventions within Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in schools and colleges whilst providing supervision for EMHPs. Supervisors will be a graduate qualified health care professional will : Have some level of formal CBT training (e.g. CYP-IAPT)

Have previous consolidated post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues Have completed the HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice or the HEE Postgraduate Certificate Psychological Wellbeing Practice for children and young people (with at least 1 year post-qualification practice)

You will have experience in 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.