Mental Health in Schools Senior Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The senior practitioner role will focus on providing day to day clinical support for the EMHP. The team will require development and there will be specific work to ensure robust integration across the schools pathway. The role will be working alongside community partners and developing relationships between the new MHST and educational settings.

The role will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the MHST, providing high quality, safe and responsive specialist mental health services and interventions to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals provided in accordance with Children and Young People's IAPT principles, in partnership with service users and partner agencies, working as part of a multi-agency system.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RN Mental Health • CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification/Dip or BSc OT or other equivalent qualification.
• Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
• Registration with relevant Professional body

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting.

Skills, Ability and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to maintain and manage own clinical/non-clinical workload and work autonomously within the specialist area
• Experience of working with Parents/Carers to support young people and experience of offering therapeutic clinical interventions to young people
• Experienced in CAMHS assessments & clinical work including assessing risk

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 448.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)