Education Mental Health Practitioner (Qualified)
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £29,970 to £36,483 per annum
- Closing date
- 19 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Mental health, Mental health practitioner
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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We currently have an exciting opportunities to join our Gainsborough Mental Health Support Team as a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner at Band 5 (Agenda for Change).
This is a diverse role, and an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people, and families by offering early support and intervention.
The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional wellbeing problems which are of a low to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.
You will support several allocated education settings offering support to children and young people and their families. A key part of the role is around implementing Public Health England's Whole School Approach, part of which will be to deliver training, workshops and assemblies to the wider educational communities and promote awareness of mental health within the educational settings.
For more information, please contact Belinda Robins 07966 180518 belinda.robins@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
You will hold a caseload of young people, providing interventions for mild-moderate mental health needs using Low-Intensity CBT and other evidence based interventions. You will also lead in implementing the Whole School Approach within your allocated settings by providing regular consultation, advice and training to professionals.
You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision to support you throughout this role. There will be opportunity to access internal training as well as identification of other development needs via your appraisal.
This is advertised as full-time post operating Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however other working patterns can be considered and base can be negotiated.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Base negotiable
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
274-11083-SP-C
This is a diverse role, and an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people, and families by offering early support and intervention.
The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional wellbeing problems which are of a low to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.
You will support several allocated education settings offering support to children and young people and their families. A key part of the role is around implementing Public Health England's Whole School Approach, part of which will be to deliver training, workshops and assemblies to the wider educational communities and promote awareness of mental health within the educational settings.
For more information, please contact Belinda Robins 07966 180518 belinda.robins@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
You will hold a caseload of young people, providing interventions for mild-moderate mental health needs using Low-Intensity CBT and other evidence based interventions. You will also lead in implementing the Whole School Approach within your allocated settings by providing regular consultation, advice and training to professionals.
You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision to support you throughout this role. There will be opportunity to access internal training as well as identification of other development needs via your appraisal.
This is advertised as full-time post operating Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, however other working patterns can be considered and base can be negotiated.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducation Mental Health Practitioner or Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner qualification Registered with the BABCP or BPS as a CWP or EMHP (or applied for this)
Desirable
- A further relevant degree qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Youth Mental Health First Aid trained
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering low intensity CBT interventions
- Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
- Experience of delivering whole school approach work
- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Experience of working with anxiety disorders
- Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
Desirable
- Experience of the delivery of other therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families
- Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing
- Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
- Experience of working with looked after children
- Experience of working with other vulnerable groups
Skills
Essential
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
- Ability to conduct group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate appropriately
- Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
Desirable
- Ability to teach others about mental health issues
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of educational environments
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
Desirable
- Knowledge of the functional operation of children and young peoples services
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Base negotiable
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
274-11083-SP-C
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