East of England psychological professions vacancies

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

 Mid and North East Essex Mind

We are recruiting for a Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to work in a well-established Mental Health Support Team in the Tendring area of North East Essex. The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) work closely with schools, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support as well as supporting their families and the school staff.

You will support and provide a high-quality service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will be done through provision of evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of children and young people referred to us.  You will also be a key part of the development and delivery of the Whole School Approach designed to increase understanding and decrease stigma around mental health.

The EMHP is required to have a professional qualification as an EMHP, CWP or PWP (with experience of working with children).

Closing date: Friday 4^th February 2022

Link to the vacancy: For more information or to apply for this post, please visit Paid Jobs and Vacancies - Mid and North East Essex Mind (mnessexmind.org) 

Qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner/Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner

Ormiston Families - Supporting Smiles  

Delivering low intensity, CBT-informed interventions, as part of a whole school approach to improving children and young people’s mental health. Part of a Team based in King’s Lynn or Breckland, the role of the Qualified EMHP / CWP within MHSTS is pivotal in improving access to evidence-based intervention at the earliest opportunity. Working alongside school staff, you will develop a positive culture which allows children and young people to talk about their mental health without fear of being stigmatized and develop a whole school approach to educating pupils positive steps to stay mentally well and recognize when support is needed.

Alongside the development of whole school approaches, you will also be carrying out direct CBT-informed interventions with children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in their educational setting and where appropriate, you will collaborate with parents/carers to coproduce their own agreed plan of care.

Closing Date: 18^th February 2022

Link to the vacancy: https://www.ormiston.org/work-for-us/  

Senior Therapist

Ormiston Families - Supporting Smiles  

Responsible for the clinical supervision and caseload management of Trainee and Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) MHST. The team is expected to have 4 Trainee EMHPs, based in either King’s Lynn, Norwich, Lowestoft or Breckland. This is a fast-developing service and it is expected that there will be continued investment in this area over the next five years. There will be a responsibility to continue to supervise and caseload manage the trainees following their successful completion of the EMHP training.

This post comes with a mandatory 1-year parallel supervisor training at the UEA (please note there are some CPD constraints following the 2 years after this training). The supervisor training will focus on the core supervisor curriculum and competencies. The role of the Senior Therapist within MHSTs is pivotal with high-quality supervision of trainee practitioners. This will be key to ensuring the successful delivery and sustainability of the MHSTs.

Closing Date:18^th February 2022  

Link to the vacancy:https://www.ormiston.org/work-for-us/  

Team Leader  

Ormiston Families - Supporting Smiles  

An exciting opportunity for a Team leader with a background in child and adolescent mental health to provide clinical and management oversight for the mobilisation and implementation of one of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Norfolk and Waveney. 

MHSTs aim to increase and improve emotional and mental health provision within educational settings across Norfolk and Waveney.

Overall responsibility to provide clinical and management of one of the MHSTs, develop referral and care pathways and embed evidence-based outcome measurements.  Working in partnership with the Clinical and Operations leads providing operational and strategic support, to ensure that children and young people are provided with timely, accountable and effective services.  Working with the 4 other current Team Leads for the other four MHSTs, you will work collaboratively with children, young people, their families and other key stakeholders, including commissioners, improving wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.

 Closing Date:18^th February 2022  

 Link to the vacancy:https://www.ormiston.org/work-for-us/