Mental Health Practitioner

To be involved in the delivery of a range of early intervention and prevention activities for children and young people aged 5-18 years, within schools, community venues and CW Mind buildings across Coventry and Warwickshire. The activities will consist of therapeutic groups, mental health awareness sessions via assemblies, resilience workshops and offering 1:1 facilitated self-help provision.,

• To provide and effectively deliver a facilitated self-help service provision to be based within education establishments, CW Mind buildings and community settings across Coventry and Warwickshire.


• To ensure the child/young person's voice is heard and they are put at the heart of the intervention, to enable children/young people to set appropriate aspirational goals.


• To build emotional resilience through the development and delivery of a range of targeted, interactive and creative therapeutic group interventions and workshops, which enable children/young people to explore factors impacting on their mental health & emotional health.


• To provide children/young people, parents/carers and professionals with an awareness of mental health, along with the skills and knowledge to manage their mental health and emotional wellbeing effectively.


• To hold a case load of clients and to effectively manage all client contact with the supervision of the Team Leader/Service Manager.


• To act as a navigator to children/young people, their families and professionals, creating and enabling links with community resources.


• To ensure all elements of data collection are completed, including assessment and evaluation tools/scales (e.g. WEMWBS/SRS/ROMs).


• To help children/young people make choices regarding their ongoing care e.g. referrals to other services, sources of help as appropriate, and keeping referrers up to date of their engagement with the service.


• Accepting without bias and with absolute compassion and appreciation, the unmet needs raised by children/young people.


• To be involved in the Rise Navigation Hub, screening and triaging referrals, decision making and responding to calls.
  
  Experience of working with children and young people and their families.


• An ability to effectively engage with young people and their families.


• Up to date knowledge of mental health, specifically in relation to children and young people.


• NVQ level 2 or equivalent.


• A commitment to working within a framework that recognises the diversity of service users and encourages equality and opportunity for all.


• A commitment to hearing the young person's voice and the participation of children and young people and parents/carers in decision-making processes, the design and delivery of the services they access.


• Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written.


• Have access to a vehicle as means of transport, have the ability to travel around Coventry and Warwickshire.


This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Coventry and Warwickshire Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups and people with lived experience of mental health issues., Coventry and Warwickshire Mind is a leading mental health service provider and an equal opportunities employer.

Salary: £22,011 per annum
Hours: 37hrs - this role sits within an 8am-8pm service to provide flexibility of engagement, Mon - Fri but the main working hours are within 9am - 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am - 4pm on Friday.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and their families?

Do you believe that the child's voice should be at the heart of the work you do?

Would you like to be part of an inclusive, enabling, honest and effective organisation?

Our vision is of a society that promotes good mental health for all and that values, as equals, people who experience mental health problems.