The Aldershot Mental Health Support Team sits within the School-based Need team at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Practitioners deliver brief, evidence-based CBT for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post combines school and community work with whole-school projects and advice to staff, and needs unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle. Only those who have completed the relevant diploma and are eligible to register with BABCP will be shortlisted.
What the job involves
- Manage a caseload and provide mental health services to young people with mental health difficulties
- Carry out holistic assessment of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people
- Deliver high-quality, brief, outcome-focused evidence-based CBT to individuals, workshops and groups
- Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health Workers, CAMHS, schools and GPs to liaise and support children and young people
- Co-produce and deliver whole-school approach work with schools
- Offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to school professionals
- Act as the link between schools and wider emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Surrey
- Deliver targeted evidence-based interventions in schools and community locations
What's required
Qualifications
- Successful completion of Children's Wellbeing Practitioner PGCert, Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Children and Young People PGCert or Educational Mental Health Practitioner PGCert
Registration & licences
- Registration with BABCP or BPS
Experience
- Managing a caseload and providing mental health services to children and young people with mild to moderate difficulties
- Holistic assessment of mental health, including risk formulation
- Working in partnership with CAMHS, schools, social care and GPs
- Offering high-quality brief, outcome-focused evidence-based practice
- Delivering whole-school approach interventions
- Delivering 1:1 and group interventions to children, young people and families
Checks & eligibility
- Valid driving licence with unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work, including community-based work
Nice to have
- A further relevant degree qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Youth Mental Health First Aid training
What's offered
- 5% high cost area supplement (HCAS) included in the pay
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
