CYP Mental Health Support Team Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

Mind in West Essex is part of a national Trailblazer programme following the government's green paper 'Transforming children and young people's mental health provision' (Dec 2017). Our Children and Young People's (CYP) Mental Health Support Teams work with children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues, including working with parents/caregivers of Primary School age pupils and Secondary schools and colleges.

As a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor in our Mental Health Support Team, you will provide clinical skills and case management supervision to trainee and qualified EMHP staff. You will hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions in schools, alongside providing supervision to trainee and qualified EMHPs.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical and case management supervision to team members undertaking EMHP training and working with qualified practitioners.
• Hold an SWP caseload offering evidence-based clinical interventions to Children and young people and their families.
• Support EMHPs to develop and maintain working relationships with education settings.
• Support EMHPs in delivering a Whole School Approach service.
• Support EMHPs to develop their clinical progression during and after training.
• Support EMHPs in assessing, reporting, and managing client risk.
• Liaise with educational settings and training universities as required.
• Attend MHST partnership meetings and represent MHST and/or Mind in West Essex as required.

Clinical and Client Care

• Assess and develop evidence-based treatment plans to meet the mild-moderate needs of CYP with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Support children and young people, their parents/carers, families, and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
• Work in partnership with children, young people, their families, and educators in the development of their care plans.
• Deliver evidence-based, low-intensity interventions for CYP aged 5-18 with mild-moderate emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Undertake risk and safeguarding assessments.

Teaching, Training, and Supervision

• Provide advice, consultation, and training to staff working within the network of schools and across a range of professions, agencies, and settings.
• Receive and actively engage in regular clinical and case management supervision.
• Supervise and support cases presenting with safeguarding and risk.
• Provide quality assurance for data submitted by team members.

Professional

• Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to Mind in West Essex policies and procedures.
• Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.
• Develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities.
• Participate in individual appraisal and respond to agreed objectives.

Expectations

• To keep abreast of internal and external developments and respond accordingly.
• To undertake other duties that may be necessary as directed by the Manager.