Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Mental Health Support Team
Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Cyfeiriad
- 26 Talbot Road
- Tref
- Blackpool
- Cod post
- FY1 1LF
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional evenings and weekends)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- EMHP/CYWP/PWP/IAPT/Accred Counsellor/RMN, CQSW/DipSW/BSc.OT
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Fylde Coast Mental Health Support Team (MHST) have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our team as we expand into Primary School settings.
The Practitioner will work in both education and healthcare settings to support children and young people with emerging mental health and emotional wellbeing needs delivering evidence based interventions. They will also work closely with education settings to develop their whole school approach.
The practitioner will provide supervision and clinical skills sessions to the Education Mental Health Practitioners within the team, They will also participate in the wider Children and Young People's Primary Mental Health Services supervisor of the day rota.
The practitioner will have completed a relevant course such as the HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice or have a core profession such as an RMN. They will be actively registered with the appropriate professional body. They will also have previous consolidated post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues.
In addition, you will have extensive experience of delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups.
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Undertaking appropriate mental health assessments and short-term clinical intervention of children and young people
Providing a range of appropriate, evidence-based clinical interventions
Supervising the Education Mental Health Practitioners within the team
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Gweithio i'n sefydliad
All teams working in Blackpool with children, young people and families have a strong work ethic of support for each other, with all team members seen as equals. We also link with a variety of services within the Fylde Coast. The services have been established for many years and have now expanded to encompass Mental Health Support Teams, with a range of professionals and dedicated admin staff. We have an ethos of person-centred service for our clients as well as good self-care being encouraged within the team. This also extends to each other as colleagues, leading to a strong and motivated team.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To assist with transforming children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services, an extension to the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) has been approved, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people across the Fylde Coast
The post holder will work under the direction of the MHST Service Lead and Senior Practitioners within the project, across the primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and our Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) within the Fylde Coast. Joint working with education colleagues, Options4CYP (Children and Young People) and other teams in the wider system will be essential, to support the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people.
Some evening and weekend working may be required so you will have a flexible attitude to the role.
As this is a school-based service, the post holder will be expected to take their annual leave predominantly in the school holidays.
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Please click here to view our Care and Compassion Day video
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- RMN/CQSW/DipSW/BSc.OT/BACP Accredited Counsellor/EMHP or other therapeutic qualification and professional registration
- IAPT Low-Intensity Supervision qualification (or commitment to complete) plus an understanding of IAPT Supervision guidance and how it should be implemented
- Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of child and adolescent mental health
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 2 years post registration evidence of experience in mental health/therapy.
- Mental Health Practitioner with a minimum or two years post-qualification experience.
- High standards of accuracy.
- Evidence of working with childhood, emotional and psychological development.
- Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Confident at dealing with people over the telephone, by video and face to face.
- Ability to understand, absorb and comply with detailed procedures.
- Experience of working with children and young people.
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Clear and accurate written and verbal communication.
- Effective listening skills.
- Willing to work flexibly and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
- Friendly and caring manner – demonstrate ability in dealing empathically with people.
- Proven ability to work in a team and be supportive of team members.
- Able to take on board new ideas, skills, and knowledge.
- Able to manage conflicting priorities.
- Able to use own initiative and work without close supervision within agreed protocols.
- Proven ability to keep information confidential.
- Proven ability to plan and organise casework, and to analyse situations, evaluate options and produce effective solutions and outcomes.
- Ability and skills to support change and improvement, to motivate, support and inspire colleagues and act as a role model.
- Good assessment skills, selecting treatment from a range of options.
- Good clinical reasoning skills.
- IT literate – use of Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and Internet.
- Clean driving licence and access to private transport or public transport for work purposes, including for possible supervision training.
- Actively seeking to develop own knowledge, skills, and ability.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Emma Johnson
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0800 121 7762
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