Overview

Band 6 Education Mental Health Practitioner and Supervisor - Bristol

– Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustThe Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) service is an exciting service in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) commissioning area. It is part of the Government’s response to the Green Paper in 2017 to increase access to mental health support, by delivering evidence-based early interventions in education settings for children and young people (CYP) presenting with mild-moderate mental health difficulties.Responsibilities

Work as an autonomous and responsible EMHP alongside offering supervision within the scope of the MHST initiative.Work in partnership with schools to deliver a range of mental health interventions within school settings, including group work or direct work with children/young people, mental health-based consultation, and advice around mental health to teaching staff.Coordinate clinical care provided within schools, including safeguarding and clinical risk considerations where indicated.Contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision and caseload management to trainee and qualified EMHPs.Be responsible for the clinical skills supervision and caseload management supervision of EMHPs 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.Supervision

Deliver clinical supervision to supervisees on a scheduled basis to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the MHST service are adhered to.Effort And Health and 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, the main office and some home working.About Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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 (BandNES), 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.For further details / informal visits contact: Ruth Clinch, Team Manager, ruth.clinch@nhs.netSeniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

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Hospitals and Health Care

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