Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS Mental Health Support Team Specialist Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 186-821-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital, Underwood House
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Mental Health Support Team Specialist Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust and have not been an employee of the Trust in the previous 3 years. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.
The Community CAMHS Service within Nottinghamshire supports Children, Young People and their families where there are emotional and mental health needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a new and exciting Mental Health Support Team (MHST) within the Community CAMHS service, as a joint initiative between health and education.
Permanent full time role available in Newark and Sherwood Team.
We are looking to recruit a specialist practitioner to work within our project schools across various locality teams in Nottinghamshire County to deliver early intervention support and treatment within identified schools.
The MHST works closely with and alongside staff in education settings to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, their families and teachers.
Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is a new and evolving service which is available in certain schools in the Nottinghamshire areas. Nottinghamshire Healthcare have been a trailblazer site for the Mental Health Support Team project and have hosted the first operational MHST nationally in December 2019.
We are an early intervention wellbeing service aimed at providing support for children young people and families around low-level emotional wellbeing needs, such as anxiety, low mood, managing emotions, and sleep. We link in directly with Nottinghamshire CAMHS teams and provide ‘in school’ sessions to promote a positive mental health.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role of the Specialist Practitioner will include working with young people with increased complexity in one to one and group work, as an early intervention. There will also be opportunity to develop the whole school approach and provide advice, guidance and support to staff in education.
The schools included in this project will have a designated Mental Health Lead, who can refer directly into the service additional referral can be from young people or their families. . We work closely alongside these staff as we support them in creating a whole school approach to mental health.
You will work with a variety of agencies to ensure a quality service is provided. You will work alongside more junior members of the team, to deliver parent, well-being and 1:1 sessions.
You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), or Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC.
You must also have experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and families where there are emotional difficulties within a CAMHS service. It is preferable if you have experience of working in this capacity within schools.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made as required in line with the Equality Act 2010.
The MHST cover the county of Nottinghamshire and have bases across the county, the main base for the team is at Highbury Hospital, Nottingham, NG6 9DR.
Please see attached job description and person specifications for further details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional qualification e.g. RMN. RN, HV, OT, clinical psychology, Social Worker at degree level or higher; teaching qualification.
- Registration with relevant professional body.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to Degree level.
- Qualification in therapeutic approaches with children and families eg CBT systemic, solution focused, play therapy.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post qualification experience
- Experience of Multi agency work, in particular in schools
- Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural and additional health or developmental needs
- Experience of teaching groups of professionals and parents
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of the ability to use and provide clinical supervision
- Community experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of provision of a holistic emotional/mental health assessment.
- Ability to manage a defined caseload if required.
- Organise and maintain own work schedule.
- Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedure.
- Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as an integral part of a multi agency locality team.
- Ability to understand school processes and procedures and the challenges this may present for establishing a health service in a school setting
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use electronic data recording systems.
- Knowledge and application of behaviour programmes and support for parents of children with emotional health problems.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify training needs and prepare and deliver training for teachers, young people and their families.
- Ability to offer individual and group therapeutic interventions.
Desirable criteria
- Providing clinical supervision and mentorship to junior staff.
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Micaela Shickell
- Job title
- MHST Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Sarah Kinsey- MHST Lead
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG3 6AA
- Telephone
- 0115 9691300
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