Job Description

Job introduction

Joining an established team working within Brighton and Hove, you will be working in education settings and in the community delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision. You will undertake mental health assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.

You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age and in some cases their parents and carers.

You will support the Mental Health Support Team work to develop and deliver whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health, and will be working alongside a wide range of practitioners within the Schools Wellbeing Service to develop training and support offers.

The Mental Health Support Team is part of the Schools Wellbeing Service.

Interview date: to be confirmed

Fixed Term for 18 months

For an informal discussion, please contact Jaki Watkins - Snr Primary Mental Health Worker at Jacqueline.Watkins@brighton-hove.gov.uk or Linsey McGill - SWS/MHST Service Lead at Linsey.Mcgill@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

Principal Accountabilities

Undertake 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessment and interventions with children and young people and/or their families.

To assess risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and take necessary actions.

To work in a number of different ways with a range of professionals and other adults including teachers, parents/carers, social workers and other mental health professionals in the best interests of the child.

To effectively manage a caseload, which may be sensitive, traumatic or potentially emotionally distressing.

To demonstrate competency in delivering CBT evidence based interventions to young people

Work with colleagues to design and deliver parent/carer workshops

Please read our pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you\'ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here ( as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see for more information on the .

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Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it\'s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

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Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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