Qualified CWP/EMHPNHS

Job summary

The MHST is looking for qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) who have experience of working clinically with children and young people in a setting such a CAMHS and/or within an educational setting. If you wish to join an exciting and outstanding school based Mental Health Support Team (MHST) please apply!

Please note that this is not a training post and applicants must have completed a post graduate qualification.

The post-holder will work in the West Area, in one of the following teams:

• Dacorum - Astley Cooper SchoolSt Albans - Marlborough Science Academy, St Albans

We offer a welcoming, supportive and flexibleenvironment using innovation and creativity to reach children and young people across an expanding number of educational settings and have built solid working relationships with each setting.

Please state your team base preference in your application.

Main duties of the job

• You will work alongside trainee EMHP's, EMHPs/CWP's, Senior Practitioners and a Team Leader.
• You will provide early interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns in educational settings. Typically, the focus of work is anxiety, low Mood and behaviour.
• You will work with people of different cultural backgrounds and ages, and should be committed to equal opportunities.
• This post affords opportunity for contribution to service development. The Hertfordshire MHST offers plenty of opportunity for career development.

Job description

• You will develop and maintain professional relationships with education staff.
• You will be on site at allocated educational settings each day of the week.
• You will provide 1-1 interventions such as low intensity CBT (guided self-help) for children, young people, parent/carers and school staff,
• You will work with group interventions.
• You will facilitate workshops for children, young people, parent/carers and school staff.
• You will work in drop-in surgeries for children, young people and school staff.
• You will facilitate co-production to support service development,
• You will help support the team in resource development,

For a more detailed description of the role, please see attached JD and PS.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.