Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

• To provide consolidated & enhanced clinical skills in the role of a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner.
• To deliver evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• To provide enhanced System Working Skills
• To provide support to other professionals in their development
• To ensure understanding of relevant legislation for the role of a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

• Helping children and young people within these settings who present with a deterioration in their emotional/mental wellbeing access the necessary support in a timely way to access more specialist services.
• Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings and those EMHPs/CWPs that are supervised to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
• Working with and within education and community environments to access specialist mental health services.
• Skills with associated knowledge acquired through completion of the Senior Wellbeing Programme and demonstrable practical ability.
• Demonstrating enhanced skills, experience and competence in the full range of low-intensity interventions for mild-moderate low mood, anxiety-based, and behavioural difficulties. This will align with Senior Wellbeing Practitioner training in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
• Demonstrating and practicing evidence-based intervention to independently under the guidance and supervisory support working in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development of plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.
• Demonstrating confidence in developing and learning the skills required in order to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate parents/carers to collaborate and co-produce their own agreed plan of care there will be an expectation to work independently within service remote working arrangements.
• Show evidence in a variety of forms that at all times assessment and intervention is provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
• To contribute to decision making and to agree and accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in educational settings, according to agreed national and local referral routes, processes and procedures.
• To conduct, initiate, and undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others.
• As a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner you will support EMHPs/CWPs under your supervision in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service.
• Engage in and provide robust case management and clinical supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual post holder within the role, and working safely within that scope.
• To lead on and contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence.
• To co-ordinate and deliver a range of psycho education and training to children/ young people parents/carers and school staff based on evidence based knowledge.

Essential

• Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience
• Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of post graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in education environment this will include a Recognised CYP IAPT Low Intensity Qualification to work an Education Mental Health Practitioner Qualification or a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of or working towards the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner programme.
• Membership/registration of relevant professional body
• Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications

Desirable

• Relevant post-qualification training that may have been attended in an EMHP or CWP role

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England
• Experience of delivering supervision (ideally CBT informed supervision)
• At least 2year post-qualification experience working as a CWP or an EMHP with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families
• Experience of delivering interventions in education settings
• Experience of delivering CBT informed practice
• Experience of multi-agency collaborative working
• Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes

Essential

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role