MHST Senior Wellbeing Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

apartmentSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust placeLewisham calendar_month 

This is an exciting opportunity for qualified EMHPs , who are two year’s post qualification in January 2025, to develop as a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner and Supervisor.

The post holder will be expected to fulfil the requirements of and complete the 2-year Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Post Graduate Diploma at Kings College London to enable progression to a fully qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioner.
  • The KCL CYP MH Low Intensity Advanced Practice PGDip Course (for Senior Wellbeing Practitioners) start date isMonday 20thJanuary2024.

Applicants will need to apply simultaneously with KCL for this training course.

The university portals are open until the 25 of November 2024. If a candidate has not applied to the university before the portal closing date, then they will be ineligible for the course.
  • Work as part of the Lewisham MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.
  • Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a school’s whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
  • Provide consultation and guided signposting to education settings. Be expected to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills Supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service.
  • Be able to work flexibly across a range of education providers. Promote the participation of children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community.
  • Promote equity, diversity and inclusion within their own role, the MHST and school communities, contributing to enabling other staff, children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
Lewisham MHST is a growing service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) in education settings. As an early intervention service, the MHST delivers interventions in schools for those with mild to moderate mental health issues and supports schools with developing their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

The team will also help CYP with more severe needs access the right support, working with schools to provide a link to specialist NHS services.

Working with schools to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people, including planning and delivering activities as part of a whole school/college approach, providing assessment and intervention using evidence-based approaches and providing guided signposting and liaison with other services.

Providing supervision to qualified and or trainee EMHPs

A detailed job description including a detailed description of the training is attached.

This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

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