Job summary
- Main area
- B6 Specialist Educational Mental Health Practitioner (CBT) (mat cover)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 285-1138B-CYPF
- Employer
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Elms Health Centre
- Town
- Halesowen
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Post Title: Specialist Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (MHST)
Reports To: MHST (Reflexions) Locality Leads
Band: 6
Directorate/Department: Children & Families
Locality : Dudley (however some travel across the Black Country is required on an ad hoc basis)
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to be part of the Children's and Young People's Mental Health Support Teams (Reflexions) across the Black Country.
Previous applicants need not to apply
Main duties of the job
The Reflexions team can provide the opportunity to further develop work within the field of young people’s mental health and wellbeing with a focus on development of whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing and the development of the think family approaches within the schools environment.
The mental health support teams provide individual interventions, guided self-help, parenting and whole school approaches. Working with parents/carers and teaching staff is also part of the service offer.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will be knowledgable and experienced in mental health problems and psychiatric disorders and will be expected to carry out in-depth mental health assessments including risk assessments where required. The postholder will also need to be the link worker between the team and the educational settings to ensure that children and young people receive the most appropriate care and interventions and well as being experienced in multi-agency working. Support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person will also need to be provided.
The post holder will work in partnership with the Reflexions Team Leader and Clinical Lead to further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between Education, Local Authority, CCG and the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
Applicants should be experienced in mental health at a senior level with the required clinical skills to support the Mental Health Support Team. Experience of recent working with schools and delivering mental health promotional collaborative work in such an arena is vital in order to be able to fulfill the role.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies such as Public Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities amongst others as and when required. It is beneficial for applicants to have experience of managing staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note that you must have a CBT qualification to apply for this post.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
For further details please contact:
Zoe Gilbert, Service Manager for Mental Health Support Teams In Schools (Reflexions) on [email protected].
Closing Date for applications – 9th May 2024 at midnight
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- • Core professional qualification relevant to mental health e.g. nursing with specialism, in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
- • Experience of continued professional development or skills based training in counselling or delivering mental health interventions in young people to support emotional health and wellbeing up to degree of equivalent level
- • CYP IAPT low intensity supervisor training or willing to undertake this training
- • Significant and relevant experience of working with children or young people with emerging mental health needs
- • The ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, information to children/young people and their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in a community environment.
- • Therapeutic post graduate qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to travel across the Black Country when required
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
- Zoe Gilbert
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795014296
- Additional information
Should you require further information between the dates of 20th and 30th April please contact Pooja Behl, Service Clinical Lead on [email protected].
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