Band 6 Education Mental Health Practitioner and Supervisor - Bristol

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

The post holder will work as an autonomous and responsible EMHP alongside offering supervision within the scope of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) initiative.
The post holder will work in partnership with schools to deliver a range of mental health interventions within school settings. This may involve group work or direct work with children/young people as well as offering mental health-based consultation, and advice around mental
health to teaching staff.
The post holder will be responsible to ensure the effective co-ordination of clinical care provided within schools including consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.
The post holder will work with teachers and school staff to identify children and young people with emerging mental health needs, as part of a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
The post holder will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision and caseload management to trainee and qualified EMHP’s.
The post holder will use their skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within educational settings that builds on and reinforces, but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical skills supervision and caseload management supervision of EMHP’s in the MHST.
Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention
Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in
which the post-holder is working.
Facilitate fair access to services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

EFFORT AND HEALTH & SAFETY FACTORS:

Working with service users in distress and who on occasion may have used coping strategies such as self-harm, or present as hostile, confused and have difficulty communicating and as a result may pose risks to themselves or the safety of others.
Frequent driving and working across multiple sites to deliver interventions and attend to administrative tasks. There is an expectation to work mainly out of allocated schools but the post holder must be prepared to attend satellite sites, our main office and some home working.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder on a regular basis.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and across the county of Wiltshire.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention
Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in
which the post-holder is working.
Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self management of presenting difficulties.
Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.
Support the Participation and Engagement of children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators.
Actively increasing autonomy and the ability for children and young people to make positive changes for themselves and future service-users.
Operate at all times from an inclusive values base in line with the core CYPIAPT principles.
Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a way that is empathic and reassuring.
Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.
Facilitate fair access to services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Be responsible for the support and development of the trainees in their team and across other teams in the region, as required.
Accept referrals within educational settings according to agreed local and national protocols.
Undertake and record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk management processes in line with locally agreed procedures including the safeguarding protocols of the educational setting and Local Safeguarding Board guidance.
Adhere to all regulations, processes and procedures within the educational service where the post-holder is working including (but not limited to) HR policies, training requirements, referral protocols, and emergency procedures.
Signpost referrals of children with more complex, or different needs to a locally identified relevant service that can meet their needs more appropriately.
Through case management, supervision and any other relevant local pathway, escalate cases where the level of need or risk is beyond the scope of practice of the post-holder.
Provide a range of evidence based guided self-help information and support when requested.
Manage one’s own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team.
Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals of children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.
Keep clear, professionally coherent records of all activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.
Complete all requirements relating to data collection.
Integrate with the education setting with any support around transition work with children and young people.
Work collaboratively.
Have knowledge and understanding of identifying health inequalities, crucially to facilitate and enable easier access for mental health support for these children, young people and their families.

Re-prioritisation of clinical and administrative tasks throughout the day based on urgency of need.
Working within an emerging and new service requires adapting to different systems and processes which are in constant review, development, and changing to reflect learning.
Assessing and working with children and young people addressing mental health issues using a new delivery method and model within educational settings.
The service will be available Monday to Friday 9-5pm, though there may be times when workshops or community work are required in evenings or at weekends and it is essential that the post holder is flexible.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. You may be required to work at other locations within AWP as determined by the duties of your post. You may be required to undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager, which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover