About this role
Job summary
This is an opportunity to join a passionate, creative MHST with excellent school engagement placed within a third-sector service who place young people and families at the heart of everything we do. Our base is in central Bromley and we come together in the office one day per week to ensure everyone feels connected and supported with both their work and their wellbeing.
The Wellbeing Practitioner post is a diverse role which involves delivering evidenced-based interventions for mild-moderate mental health difficulties, liaising with schools and partner agencies, and facilitating psychoeducational events. In addition to managing your own caseload of clients, you will act as the Bromley Y link for a number of primary and secondary schools to provide consultation, signposting and support development of bespoke Whole School Approaches to mental health in line with schools individual needs.
The right person will be hard-working and enthusiastic with the ability to work flexibly and creatively with young people, parents/carers and school staff to achieve their goals. They will enjoy collaborating with colleagues and feel confident sharing ideas and seeking solutions. They will look forward to new challenges and be keen to develop their professional skill set.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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!
Job description Job responsibilities
PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITIES
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. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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.
5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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. GENERAL
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.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Over two years experience of working with children and families, including children and young people with emotional and mental health needs and a wide range of clinical and behavioural presentations. Experience of undertaking assessments of the emotional and mental health needs of children and young people. Experience of working with multi-agency partners and planning the best outcomes for children and young people. Experience and understanding of working with primary and secondary schools, including education professionals.
Desirable
Experience and understanding of working with Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs).
Qualifications Essential
Professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health such as EMHP and CWP, CYP IAPT or CBT training pathways. Enhanced DBS. Eligibility for professional registration, such as BABCP or BPS.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Bromley Y
Address 17 Ethelbert Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 1JA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://bromley-y.org (Opens in a new tab)