Education Mental Health Practitioner

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Full time
Location: Wigan
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Job offered by:
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***Only applicants with an existing Education Mental Health Practitioner Qualification will be considered***

Wigan Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools is designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. Wigan MHST is made up of senior clinicians and higher-level therapists, and Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs).

The Education Mental Health Practitioner role supports school staff to feel confident in recognising and responding to emerging mental health difficulties. Wigan MHST works with the mental health support services that already exist, such as counsellors, educational psychologists, Startwell, targeted youth support, Wigan Family Welfare, school nurses, pastoral care staff and educational welfare officers.

Our Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner will be offered regular clinical and case management supervision to support our MHST core functions.

Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems.

Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach.

Giving 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

To be supported through supervision to deliver whole school mental health initiatives alongside young people, school staff, senior leads and parents. To provide 1:1 brief intervention for mild to moderate mental health problems, developing support plans for children and young people on a regular basis and discuss in clinical supervision any issues that need addressing. To provide low level intervention including behavioural activation, CBT informed worry and anxiety management interventions, graded exposure, sleep and stress management, behavioural experiments.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over

6,400

members of staff, who deliver services from more than

160

locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements: Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60% 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discounts fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles) Person Specification Core Competencies Essential

Successful completion of an IAPT 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' or children and young people's wellbeing practitioner course. Desirable

Experience of developing and delivering whole school approaches to mental health. Core Competencies Essential

Experience of delivering evidence based mental health interventions including low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions to CYP and parents. Desirable

Experience working within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group. Core competencies Essential

Understanding and knowledge of psychological models of brief intervention. Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of child and adolescent mental health. Employer details Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Wigan CAMHS

155 - 157 Manchester Road

Wigan

WN2 2JA

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