NHS
Job title:
Education Mental Health Practitioner
Company
NHS
Job description
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we’d like you to be part of it.To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate Registered Practitioner who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving mental health Trust in the country. Whether you are about to qualify, newly qualified or an experienced practitioner, we want to meet you and discuss the possibility of you joining this great multi-disciplinary team.ur vision is ‘To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.’ Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.You can expect Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is tailored to meet your professional development; individual CPD advice is available from our Practice Education Team. The CPD offer includes the option to rotate within the Trust to widen your breadth of experience, skills and knowledge.Main duties of the jobYou will be expected to provide support for the work of other members of the multidisciplinary team and signpost children, young people and families to appropriate support. Finally, to contribute where appropriate, to the service development and consultation to the wider MDT.This is a unique opportunity to be part of a developing service with high expectations for improving the outcomes for children and families in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust’s Values. These are:Proud to CARE:Compassionateo Caring with compassion, it’s about how we listen, what we say, what we do.Approachableo Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being openResponsibleo Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actionsExcellento Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improvingAbout usAs a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.Date posted05 November 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 5Salary£29,970 to £36,483 a year Pro rata, per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number232-CMT-6682491Job locationsBlurton Health CentreStoke on TretnST3 3BSJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has opportunities for the right candidates to join our existing Mental Health Support Team (MHST), working alongside a team of Education Mental Health Practitioners and Senior Mental Health Practitioners to deliver, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.In return you will receive supervision and in line with the Trust values you will be offered opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge as part of your Continuing Professional development.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has opportunities for the right candidates to join our existing Mental Health Support Team (MHST), working alongside a team of Education Mental Health Practitioners and Senior Mental Health Practitioners to deliver, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.In return you will receive supervision and in line with the Trust values you will be offered opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge as part of your Continuing Professional development.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
- oSuccessful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course.
ExperienceEssential
- oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
- oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
KnowledgeEssential
- oKnowledge of educational environments
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
- oSuccessful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course.
ExperienceEssential
- oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
- oAbility to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
KnowledgeEssential
- oKnowledge of educational environments
Expected salary
£29970 – 36483 per year
Location
Stoke, West Midlands
Job date
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:45:41 GMT
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