Educational Mental Health Practitioner - Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom - NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary.

Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

Work in partnership with children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity.

Support and empower children, young people, and families to make informed choices about the intervention. Always operate from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity. Undertakes accurate assessment of risk to self and others.

Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery.

Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face or by telephone. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to CYP in treatment, where appropriate. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.

To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions. Practitioners will be guided by the professional code of conduct.