Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner x 4

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner x 4

Bromley Y is organised aroundthe needs-led iThrive Model and operates an Integrated Single Point of Accesswith our partners in CAMHS to ensure children and young people receive theright support at the right time. Our MHSTs are well-established as part of thegovernment scheme to increase access to mental health services in primary andsecondary schools across Bromley borough.

The service has a diverse offerfor young people and families (parents/carers), with evidence-based 1:1 andgroup interventions, workshops, webinars, mentoring, social prescribing andparent-support. The MHST carry out support calls and follow the advice andguidance model. We champion the voices of young people, actively seekingfeedback from clients, facilitating user participation groups which inform ourpractice and support offer.

Successful candidates willundertake a one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practiceat Kings College London to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to fulfilthe clinical requirements of this role.

Main duties of the job

Under supervision and with support, to develop knowledge and practice skills in:

Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems as part of the broader new and developing mental health support team (MHST)

Helping children and young people within these education settings who present with more severe problems to to access / be signposted to more specialist services

Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing

Developing an awareness of and engagement with issues of power, discrimination and diversity throughout the systems where the work is carried out

Fulfilling the requirements of and completing a PG diploma at Kings College London (remotely or at university at Denmark Hill campus) to enable progression to a fully qualified EMHP; evidence development of clinical skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards this academic award and demonstrable practical ability.

About us

Bromley Y is a long-established charity which runs the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People in Bromley.

We are a supportive, inclusive, collaborative organisation which has an opportunity for four motivated professionals with a passion for improving outcomes for young people to join our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) to train as Education Mental Health Practitioners. If you are looking for a service that believes in developing and upskilling its practitioners, this is the role for you!

Job responsibilities

Clinical and Client Care

Be supervised, supported and assessed as a trainee then qualified EMHP to assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Develop skills in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

Developing and practicing evidence-based skills under supervisory support of working in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development of plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.

Developing and learning the skills required in order to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate parents/carers, to collaborate and coproduce their own agreed plan of care.

Show evidence in a variety of forms that at all times assessment and intervention is provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.

Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in educational settings, according to agreed local and national and local referral routes, processes and procedures.

Under supervision, undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others.

Learn, understand, rationalise and adhere to the protocols within the educational service to which the postholder is attached.

Engage along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service.

Engage in robust managerial and clinical supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual postholder within the role, and working safely within that scope.

Gain and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments.

Be supervised, supported and assessed to deliver a range of low intensity interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties in CYP; primarily guided self-help delivered to either YP directly or through their parent(s) / carer(s) but also group work and workshops.

Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team and training course.

Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal educational benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance.

Keep coherent records of all training and clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.

Complete all requirements relating to data collection.

Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services.

Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence.

Training & Supervision

Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments and assignments to successfully complete the PG Diploma as part of becoming a fully qualified EMHP.

As well as attendance at the University for training, fulfil private study requirements to enhance learning and prepare assignments for examination, for at least one day a week.

Apply learning from the training program directly to practice through the course.

Receive practice tutoring from educational and clinical providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.

Prepare and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.

Respond to and evidence the implementation of improved practice because of supervisor feedback.

Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and practice.

Be involved in the evaluation of the course.

Disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and supervisory discussions.

Person Specification Experience

• Previous experience of working with children and young people

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of the educational system in England
• Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods, including remote delivery of teaching
• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
• Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role obtained during screening and vetting checks by Bromley Y
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Flexibility to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• Team player
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability
• Knowledge of Children and Young People mental health and education services in the London Borough of Bromley

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree, second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject for example Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc
• OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field for example Teaching/TA, Learning Support, HCA; Youth Work Counselling etc)
• OR relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship to be considered on a case-by-case basis

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.