Mental Health Practitioner – Milton Keynes Mental Health Support Teams
Milton Keynes Mental Health Support Teams are looking for qualified registered Mental Health Practitioners to join the established service.
Applicants must be a qualified and registered Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or a Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP); or a qualified and registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with prior consolidated postgraduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues and with experience of delivering evidence‑based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues to CYP both individually and in groups.
Responsibilities
- Provide evidence‑based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
- Support the senior mental health lead in each setting to introduce or develop a whole‑school or college approach.
- Give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist services to help children and young people receive the right support and stay in education.
- Undertake assessments of children and young people and deliver evidence‑based low‑intensity group and individual interventions for mild to moderate anxiety, depression and/or behavioural difficulties, and for their families and carers.
- Work closely with school staff to foster a whole‑school approach to mental well‑being.
Professional development includes opportunity to complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision for Children and Young People’s Services or Senior Wellbeing Practitioner training, as well as service‑specific training in a range of evidence‑based therapeutic modalities.
This role requires flexibility, adaptability and a strong desire to work with children and young people with mental health difficulties within an educational context.
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