Specialist Educational Mental Health Practitioner (Cbt)

Black Country Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a B6 Specialist Education Mental Health Practitioner (CBT Therapist). The post involves 37.5 hours across Sandwell and Walsall, with some cross-area duties as service needs dictate.

The role focuses on youth mental health within educational settings and multi-agency collaboration. Candidates will carry out in-depth assessments, provide interventions and act as a link between services and schools.

Qualifications

• Two years' post-qualification experience of working with Children and Young People in a psychotherapeutic capacity.
• Ability to work at a senior level and support junior staff as required.
• CBT accreditation with BABCP or working towards it.
• Significant experience of working with children/young people with emerging mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Carry out in-depth mental health assessments including risk assessments when required.
• Act as the link between the team and educational settings to ensure appropriate care.
• Provide support, advice and consultation to families, carers and professionals.

Skills

CYP psychotherapeutic exp

Senior level guidance

CBT accreditation

Education

BA/BSc or higher in relevant field

Job description

Job summary

B6 Specialist Education Mental Health Practitioner (CBT Therapist) 3wte (37.5hrs) 1wte will be based in Sandwell 2wte will be based in Walsall Please note: At times there may be a requirement for the postholders to work across the Black Country dependent on service need.

Main duties of the job

The Reflexions team can provide the opportunity to further develop work within the field of young people's mental health and wellbeing with a focus on development of whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing and the development of the think family approaches within the schools environment.

The mental health support teams provide individual interventions, guided self-help, parenting and whole school approaches. Working with parents/carers and teaching staff is also part of the service offer.

The post holder will be knowledgeable and experienced in mental health problems and psychiatric disorders and will be expected to carry out in-depth mental health assessments including risk assessments where required. The postholder will also need to be the link worker between the team and the educational settings to ensure that children and young people receive the most appropriate care and interventions and well as being experienced in multi‑agency working. Support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person will also need to be provided.

About us

The post holder will work in partnership with the Reflexions Team Leader and Clinical Lead to further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between Education, Local Authority, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and other external agencies.

Applicants should be experienced in mental health at a senior level with the required clinical skills to support the Mental Health Support Team. Experience of recent working with schools and delivering mental health promotional collaborative work in such an arena is vital in order to be able to fulfil the role.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies such as Public Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities amongst others as and when required. It is beneficial for applicants to have experience of managing staff.

Job responsibilities

This post is subject to an enhanced with childrens and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

For further details please contact: Zoe Gilbert, Service Manager for Mental Health Support Teams In Schools (Reflexions) on [e-mail].

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Two Year's post qualification experience of working with Children and Young People in a psychotherapeutic capacity
• Is able to work at a senior level and provide support for junior staff as and when required
• CBT accreditation with BABCP or working towards it
• Significant and relevant experience of working with children or young people with emerging mental health needs.
• Experience of working therapeutically in schools or colleges
• Is able to communicate effectively with a young person
• Is able to provide a formulation based on a provided case study
• Is able to demonstrate coping mechanisms for attendance at university whilst studying and working

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).