Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
| Posting date: | 02 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £30,296 to £33,024 per year |
| Additional salary information: | LGPS, Flexible Working, Hybrid Working |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2024 |
| Location: | Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6HG |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | West Sussex County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CAFHE04987_1719917596 |
Summary
Salary: NJC Grade 8 £30,296 - £33,024 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week. Part time will be considered.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Crawley (plus Crawley Weighting Allowance of £561 per annum)
You will need to be able to travel independently to carry out assessments, and there will be periodic physical requirements to this role.
Please note: Please do not wait until the closing date to apply, as applications are reviewed each week.
Are you looking for the next stage in your career? Do you hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health? Do you have experience working with children and young people in an education setting?
If this is you, we would love to hear from you!
As an Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP), you will be based within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST), working alongside various mental health professionals.
You will work in education settings and in the community delivering a range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision. You will undertake mental health assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.
You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age, and in some cases their parents and carers. You will support MHST work to develop and deliver whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health.
For more information, please visit our Education, Children and Families page on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.
If you are interested in making a difference to children's lives whilst working in a supportive team with a role that offers variety and challenge, then this could be the role for you.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is self-motivated and an effective team player.
- Demonstrates integrity, openness, and an awareness of others.
- Has excellent time management, organisational, and communication and interpersonal skills.
- Has a good knowledge of the education system and of evidenced based Mental Health interventions and a passion for bringing the two together.
You will need to be able to demonstrate personal resilience as some cases may be sensitive, traumatic, or potentially emotionally distressing.
Key Skills:
- Ability to carry out low-intensity, CBT-informed 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions with children and young people, and/or their families, in line with EMHP training.
- Ability to work flexibly with a range of professionals and other adults including teachers, parents / carers, social workers, and other mental health professionals in the best interests of the child or young person, communicating complicated or sensitive information effectively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build effective therapeutic rapport with a child, young person and / or their parents.
- Ability to effectively manage an allocated caseload.
- Ability to positively make use of clinical and peer group support supervision.
- Ability to complete and maintain data recording and paperwork appropriate to the work undertaken. Ability to assess risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and take necessary actions.
Qualifications and/or experience:
- Minimum Bachelor's degree (2:1 or 2:2), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard (in any academic subject).
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
For a full list of responsibilities, key skills, and experience, please refer to the job description attached.
Benefits
The reference number for this role is CAFHE04987. We are also recruiting to a Mental Health Practitioner under CAFHE04989.
Please contact thought- for more information.
- This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and an occupational health check.
- You must be able to travel throughout the county including to locations that are not always accessible by public transport.
- There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.
For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please visit our help applying for jobs page.