Job summary
Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (known locally as Wellbeing & Emotional Support Teams - WEST) are expanding across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. WEST works with schools to deliver early interventions for children and young people aged 5-18 experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, using evidence-based, low-intensity CBT approaches alongside whole-school support.

We are a supportive and collaborative service that values learning, reflection and supervision. Staff benefit from development opportunities, training and a strong team culture. The service operates Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

We are expanding our schools in Hereford, and we are now recruiting two Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners. Posts are at Band 4, with EMHP training commencing mid-September. On qualification and registration, posts become at Band 5.

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Be educationally supervised, assess & deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for CYP
• Developing skills in supporting CYP with mild to moderate MH difficulties, parents/carers, & educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties
• Where appropriate parents/carers to collaborate & coproduce their own agreed plan of care
• Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self & others
• Engage & learn from aligned education setting/MH Links
• Engage in robust managerial & clinical supervision & agree CYP cases
• Practice, evidence, reflect on & demonstrate an ability to manage one's own caseload
• Attend multi-professional meetings
• Keep coherent records of all training & clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records & outcome data to inform decision making, provide data collection
• Evidence of working within a collaborative approach, with teachers, parents, CYP, wider community
• Development of clinical/training materials

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website Staff benefits | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job responsibilities

• Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use initiative & take responsibility for themselves & the quality of their work & the service provided.
• Under supervision & with support, develop knowledge & practice skills in:
• Delivering evidence-based intervention for CYP in education setting with mild to moderate MH problems
• Helping CYP within these settings rapidly access more specialist services if required
• Supporting & facilitating staff in education settings to identify & where appropriate manage issues related to MH & wellbeing
• Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist MH services
• To evidence development of those skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an academic award and demonstrable practical ability.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Qualifications
Essential

• Ability to study at degree level
• Proven record of previous academic attainment
• Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2

Desirable

• Degree or Masters level qualifications

Experience
Desirable

• It is desirable that the applicant will have previous experience of working with children and young people

Knowledge
Essential

• 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
• Knowledge of Mental Health Support Teams in schools Programme locally and nationally.

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
• Computer literate
• 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

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Excellent 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
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).