Education Mental Health Practitioner​/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Overview

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children, young people and their families that have links to identified school settings. Each designated MHST will work in collaboration with schools and other agencies who cover a population of up to 7,000 children and young people. Trailblazer sites were established in Havering in 2021, with the service aim to cover 100% of the schools across Havering by 2030.

It is expected that this will increase early access to services and offer greater preventative provision. We also work with our schools to support their development of a Whole School Approach (WSA) to emotional wellbeing and mental health as well as their development of curriculum content to ensure pupils are taught about mental health in the classroom.

• Main duties of the job:
  Assessment and Treatment of Children and Young People under the MHST 3 Core functions (Targeted Intervention, Whole School Approach & Consultation and Liaison).
• To work as part of a team with a set number of schools to deliver the core components of the service.
• Active participation in local and county wide meetings and supervision forums (Please see Job Description for more details).
• We hope successful candidates will come with a passion for participation and service development as we have a number of research and co-production projects we are working on.
• It is also the aspiration that successful candidates will be keen to develop their skills further to consider their exciting career prospects within MHST services.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary. (minimum payment of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 - Per annum, pro rata for part time.)