Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner - Houghton le Spring, United Kingdom - South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
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Houghton le Spring, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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To work as a member of the Mental Health Support Team (Healthy Heads), providing assessment and evidence based interventions based on a Low Intensity CBT model to Children and Young People with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents / carers To build relationships with education staff and key stakeholders with the aim of embedding whole school approach, promoting early intervention and preventative emotional wellbeing work, and developing positive mental health culture within school environment To provide consultation advice and signposting.

To deliver high quality evidence based training and support to Education providers within allocated schools To develop and support implementation of Whole School Approach within school setting to embed a positive emotional health culture and ethos.

To provide support to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) with developing their clinical skills, competence and practice, including supporting trainee EMHPs with relevant clinical experiences.

To provide support to EMHPs to plan and deliver Whole School Approach activities within their school and support school engagement To work as a member of the Mental Health Support Team (Healthy Heads Team) providing focused assessment and evidence based interventions based on a Low Intensity CBT model to Children and Young People with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents / carers To build relationships with education staff and key stakeholders with the aim of embedding whole school approach, promoting early intervention and preventative emotional wellbeing work, and developing positive mental health culture within school environment To provide consultation advice and signposting.

To deliver high quality evidence based training and support to Education providers within allocated schools To develop and support implementation of Whole School Approach within school setting to embed a positive emotional health culture and ethos.

To provide support to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) with developing their clinical skills, competence and practice, including supporting trainee EMHPs with relevant clinical experiences.

To provide support to EMHPs to plan and deliver Whole School Approach activities within their school and support school engagement The role of the Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner includes working in partnership with existing services, including:
Universal Services including; Education, Voluntary, Public and Health sectors. Targeted Services such as Education Psychology, Sexual Health, Family Intervention Team, Adult Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Prevention.

Specialist Services for instance Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service.

Providing individual and group work using brief therapeutic tools and models Offering consultation, advice and signposting that will ensure, where appropriate children, young people and their families are referred to services that will meet identified needs Contribute to development of clear referral pathways that support the emotional health and wellbeing of children young people and their families Developing a systematic approach to prevent children from developing mental health issues.

Developing testing and reviewing innovative education and training concepts, models and practices to support the Emotional Health and Wellbeing of children, young people, staff, parents, carers and the wider community.

Providing education and raising awareness of childrens emotional and mental health issues to key stakeholders Involving children, young people and their families in reviewing current service provision and delivery Identifying children who are at risk of developing mental health issues and in doing so ascertaining the needs of children and young people.

Identify how coping strategies for children, young people and their families, who are considered to be at risk can be implemented FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION SEE ATTACHMENT
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