Education or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (EMHP or CWP)
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Job summary
We are seeking to recruit 4x education wellbeing practitioners to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion. For further information about our service please see our website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/thews
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
- Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
- Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will deliver and assess outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems, and their families, parents, and carers. They will support the senior mental health lead to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach. They will also liaise with supervisors to agree appropriate signposting and referrals for children and young people.
In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.
The service embraces continual improvement and well-being of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
About us
The East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) provides a wide range of community and inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, older adults and forensic services to the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. In Tower Hamlets the Trust provides high standard mental health services for children and young people based on strong partnerships with the Borough's education and social care services, community health services and voluntary/third sector agencies.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.
For further information and/or an informal discussion about this role, please contact Marsha Mungo-Okolie,Senior CAMHS Practitioner - [email protected]
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
- Applied for registration with BABCP and/or BPS
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with schools
- Experience of delivering evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring and feedback
Desirable
- Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of delivering group work
- Experience of delivering teaching/training
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and implications clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues both within and outside of the team
- Ability to engage and maintain collaborative relationships with CYP and families
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Awareness of limits of competence and ability to use supervision
Desirable
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within the Borough of Tower Hamlets according to school allocation and need
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