Education Mental Health Practitioner / Child Wellbeing Practitioner

The post-holder will work within an MHST within the wider School-based Need team delivering, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The post holder will work in schools and in community locations. This post is suitable for someone who is passionate about intervening early to support children, young people and their family who need support with managing their mental health and emotional wellbeing to enable them to thrive.

Manage a caseload and offer the provision of mental healthcare services, to young people with mental health difficulties.

Holistic assessment of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people.

Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health Workers, CAMHS, Schools and GPs to liaise and support children and young people.

Offer high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based CBT practice to individuals, workshops and groups.

Work together with their schools to co-produce and deliver whole school approach work and offer ongoing professional consultation and advice to School Professionals.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Essential: - Successful completion of Children's Wellbeing Practitioner PGCert, Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Children and Young People PGCert or Educational Mental Health Practitioner PGCert; - Registration with BABCP or BPS

Desirable: - A further relevant degree qualification; - Teaching qualification; - Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Essential: - Experience of managing a caseload and providing mental health services to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties; - Experience of holistic assessment of mental health, including risk formulation; - Experience of working in partnership with CAMHS, Schools, social care and GPs; - Experience of offering high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based practice; - Experience of delivering whole school approach interventions; - Experience of delivering 1:1 and group interventions to both children, young people and families