Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Chichester, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

Job summary

Do you have a post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP)?

Do you enjoy solution-focussed work, using evidence-based interventions?

Do you have a passion for supporting the best outcomes for children?

If you have a genuine interest in working with children and young people who experience mental health problems, find out more about becoming a Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

NJC Grade 8 £30,296 to £33,024 per annum.

Permanent

37 hours per week, full time, Monday to Friday

You can work in one of the following Districts: Arun (Bognor) or Chichester.

Please note: Please do not wait until the closing date to apply, as applications are reviewed on a regular basis. Due to the nature of this role, you will need to work flexibly to travel to various schools in order to carry out assessments.

The Thought-Full Mental Health Support Team are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic person with low-intensity CBT training and experience. Working within education settings, and sometimes in the community, you will undertake mental health assessments and deliver a wide range of evidence informed interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.

You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age to support, plan, and implement mental health support work. Key to this role is promoting the development and delivery of the Whole School Approach to childrens and young peoples emotional wellbeing and mental health.

We are looking for someone who can work with integrity, openness, and confidence. You will need a passion for using your knowledge of education settings and mental health interventions to bring the two together.

For more information on the key responsibilities, skills, and qualifications and/or experience required for this role, please refer to the Job Description attached.

About us

The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) supports the delivery of the Local Authoritys wellbeing strategy and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) strategy across educational settings, children, young people, and families throughout West Sussex. The EPS directly oversees the Portage Service and the Thought-Full, Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools.

Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) are an exciting new initiative and an important strand of the Government's 2017 Green Paper 'Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision'. The MHST service in West Sussex is called Thought-Full: Helping you think it through.

Thought-Full exist to support schools with all aspects of Mental Health and Wellbeing. We do that through three core functions:

We deliver evidence-based interventions in schools for mild to moderate mental health issues. We support Senior mental health leads in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach. We also provide advice to school and college staff, liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

For more information, please visit ourEducation, Children and Familiespage on our West Sussex County Council (WSCC) website.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be based in one of our Mental Health Support Teams in either Chichester, Arun, Worthing/Adur, Horsham, Crawley or Mid-Sussex and will be a member of that team, working alongside a team of mental health and education professionals.

You will work in education settings and sometimes in the community delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision, to groups and individuals. 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 deliver elements of Psychoeducation, as falls within your degree of competence, to groups of individuals and liaise with service users, including school staff, parents, and colleagues from other services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifications and/or experience: Post Graduate Certificate or diploma in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP). Eligible for professional registration as a CWP. Relevant theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge across the specialist area. Evidence of delivering an effective and efficient professional service to a range of customers.

Experience

Essential

Key Skills: 1. Ability to carry out 1:1 and group therapeutic mental health assessment and interventions with children and young people and/or their families in line with CWP training. 2. Ability to assess risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and take necessary actions. 3. Ability to work in a number of different ways 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. 4. Ability to effectively manage a caseload, which may be sensitive, traumatic or potentially emotionally distressing. 5. Ability to positively make use of supervision both clinical and caseload in groups and individually. 6. Ability to complete and maintain data recording and paperwork appropriate to the work undertaken.

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