Educational Mental Health Practitioner - Sefton Liverpool

This is an exciting opportunity for Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) to join our Mental Health Services Team (MHST) working with schools across Sefton. The successful candidate will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team either in the North, South, Central or specialist team. They will act as case managers for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems and deliver evidence-based interventions alongside or under supervision of senior practitioners.

Main duties of the job:

• Working as a member of an integrated multi-disciplinary team providing comprehensive assessment of children, young people and families.
• Planning, implementing and evaluating interventions to address identified needs.
• To work alongside partner agencies to offer Whole School Approach (WSA).
• Acting as case manager for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Delivering evidence-based interventions in a group format alongside or under supervision of senior practitioners.
• Monitoring risk and supporting children and young people who present with more severe problems to rapidly access assessment and intervention from senior practitioners.
• Promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
• Adhering to Trust policies and procedures and the legislative framework in which children's mental health care is delivered.

About us:

Alder Hey MHST is part of the Education Mental Health Team within the Liverpool CAMHS; and North and South Sefton Partnership. MHST covers both Liverpool and Sefton and currently has links with around 200 schools. Liverpool MHST comprises 5 teams, North, Central, South along with a Transitions Team. Sefton MHST has four teams North, South and Central (with a focus on transition) along with the new Wave 11 team focusing on LD support across the three MDTs.

Benefits:

• Refer a friend - Alder Hey staff: Successful candidates who are introduced to the trust by existing staff members will receive £1000 after completion of six months in post.
• Accommodation: Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to £500 per month).
• Relocation package: Relocation packages to support new hires will be consulted on an individual basis.

Person Specification:

Qualifications, Experience and Training:

• Essential: Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Health Practice for Children and Young People (EMHP Qualification), BABCP and or BPS registration and accreditation.
• Desirable: Training in Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Counselling or within a Psychological Therapy.

Knowledge:

• Essential: Knowledge of mental health issues in young people, legislation and National policies in relation to mental health issues in young people, Low Intensity Interventions for low mood, worry/anxiety, understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Desirable: Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist mental health services.

Personal Attributes:

• Willing to perform all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.