Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner | East London NHS Foundation Trust

3 weeks ago


Luton Bedfordshire, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.


You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the postholder will supervise more junior colleagues. There may be an option of supervisor training at Reading University as part of this role.
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with experience of providing evidence-based interventions. You will be a CYP mental health practitioner (Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Educational Psychologist /Occupational Therapist / Registered Nurse / Social Worker/ Senior CWP or EMHP).


The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.
You will be working with schools around the Sandy and Biggleswade area, and at the moment we are working hard to identify a suitable base for the team.


Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.


We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The MHST focuses on early interventions, working closely with schools and our partners to improve access to services for children and young people to mental health services. The team will focus on the needs of the community to help reduce health inequalities whilst delivering our whole school approach.


We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues, and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions, and annual performance appraisal. East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing, and we are introducing a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.
Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such: (Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Educational Psychologist /Occupational Therapist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) / Social Worker / Art therapist/ EMHP/CWP)
Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD), as appropriate with qualification period
UKCP, NMC, HCP etc.) Post Grad training or experience to support the needs of different children, young people and their families
Clinical supervision and training

Experience of working with CYP across the full age-range (5-18)
Experience of risk formulation, monitoring, and management for mild-moderate self-harm
Experience of delivering psychoeducation workshops remotely
Experience of leading elements of Whole School Approach or Systemic Change
Experience of working directly with senior leadership teams in service context (e.g. education, health, VCSE) to support design and delivery of programmes, policy, pathways, support offers etc.
Experience of mentoring/coaching other trainees CWPs/EMHPs

Experience of providing interventions for emotionally based school refusal
Experience of delivering aspects of in-house training events in service context (team, school etc.)
Previous experience of working in CAMHS
Keyboard/computer skills

Understanding of an overarching, multi-component Whole School Approach, and how elements of this interact with one another
Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS such as Long Term Plan and Thrive.
Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS
Knowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation Knowledge of specific inner city issues which impact of care delivery
Knowledge of the Children's Act and other appropriate legislation

Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Central Bedfordshire CAMHS



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