Wellbeing Practitioner: Mental Health Support Team

To provide an evidenced based service for

children and young people as part of early identification and intervention for

children and young people with emotional and mental health needs.

To provide advice, support and

knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of children and

their families.

To take responsibility for leading on and liaising

with a number of primary and secondary schools, providing consultation and planning

interventions through regular Support and Advice Meetings with School Mental

Health Leads and other relevant pastoral staff.

To keep up to date with local service offer

provision in the locality and connections with suitable services for a range of

diverse needs, including SEND.

To support development and delivery of

psychoeducational workshops, webinars and groups for young people,

parents/carers and school staff.

To work across agencies to develop a co-ordinated

response to children and young people's mental health needs.

To work alongside others to

demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the

implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs

of children and young people.

To deliver evidence based therapeutic

interventions for low to moderate difficulties with a caseload of children and

families, to maintain their professional qualification, keeping abreast of

current training and practice in such areas.

Ensure information sharing protocols are

conducted according to GDPR compliance and organisational policy.

To provide support and guidance to others,

particularly schools with the aim of improving skills, knowledge, awareness and

facilitating reflective practice.

Undertake assessments with young

people and parents which identify areas where the young person/ parent wishes

to see change and/or recovery.

To identify, monitor and manage risk to self or

others in every contact with a client and follow organisational and local

procedures for safeguarding.

Manage own workload through both clinical practice

supervision and managerial supervision.

To work collaboratively with other

teams within Bromley Y to ensure children, young people and families needs

remain at the core of our work, in line with the THRIVE model.

To contribute to the evaluation of all areas of

service delivery, client and professional satisfaction and the impact of

interventions.

To adopt a balanced age-appropriate approach in empowering

young people in promoting their individual voice and needs which supports the

rights of the child and that supports parent and carers in their role.

4.

To ensure knowledge and skills are continuously

developed and maintained at a high level of competence.

To identify training needs through supervision

and personal development plans.

To take responsibility in fulfilling CPD

requirements for professional registration requirements and maintenance

To support the design and deliver training

services/workshops and to take part in their evaluation.

To work with others to develop practice protocols

and audit tools, to collect the relevant statistical information to underpin

service evaluation and record keeping.

To ensure all interventions are evidence based.

To implement national audit tools and review with

colleagues nationally and locally.

To be key in obtaining service user views and feedback

on support provided to ensure the delivery of accessible provision.

To comply with relevant professional codes of

conduct.

To contribute to establishing essential networks,

knowledge base of resources and maintain links with relevant community

organisations.

To contributing to identifying service needs and

gaps across with regard to childrens mental health and wellbeing.

Develop skills in service evaluation and audit to

ensure the overall development of the service.

To maintain awareness of up-to-date research and development

pertaining to advances in child and young peoples emotional wellbeing and

mental health issues.

6.

Keep timely, consistent and accurate records,

providing information for monitoring and evaluation as required.

Participate in, and actively contribute to,

individual supervision, training and team meetings as required.

Work in accordance with Bromley Ys objectives

and values.

Comply with all organisational policies and

procedures, including the Code of Conduct and in particular to ensure safe,

fair and responsible working practices and relationships.

Undertake duties to ensure the health and safety

of post-holder, colleagues, service users, volunteers and visitors.

Work flexibly, being prepared to perform other

duties commensurate with the role.

Actively support and promote any fundraising

activities as part of the day-to-day duties.

Promote the work of Bromley Y People and encourage positive understanding, awareness and

attitudes towards emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Work at all times to promote equality, diversity

and individual rights.

Work alongside and ensure active service user

participation in all aspects of work, including monitoring of activities.

To participate in the development of local safeguarding child

protection, joint agency procedures and other relevant local procedures.

Bromley Y are a long-established charity for

over 60 years, which runs the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for

Children and Young People in Bromley. We are a supportive, inclusive,

collaborative organisation with an opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner,

counsellor or equivalent to join our Mental Health Support Team on a full-time

contract. If you are looking for a service that believes in developing and

upskilling its practitioners, this is the role for you!

Experience

Desirable: - Experience and understanding of working with Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs).

Qualifications