Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
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Job summary
Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? National conversation increasingly focuses on young people's mental health, now is the time to be at the forefront of the development of these services. We are excited to be recruiting Senior Education Mental Health Practitioners to work in an innovative service in Suffolk: the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHSTs are based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will be one of the key senior cliniciansin this service.
Vacancies are in our West Suffolk MHST, covering Thurston & Mildenhall, West Suffolk College, Haverhill.
We encourage applicants from nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, experienced (two years post-qualified) EMHPs, PWPs, and CWPs. This list is not exhaustive: If you have the relevant qualifications, experience and skills in children and adolescent mental health we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will support and provide a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, through early intervention and offering the right support at the right time. You will work across a range of education settings.
You will be responsible for supervision of Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support children and young people referred to the service. You will need to utilise skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice. You will also implement whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and coproduction with the school community.
About us
A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a team that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.
There is a big emphasis within the team around CPD and we will ensure that you continue to access training and supervision to develop your own practice and further your career ambitions.
We would welcome applications for full- and part-time. Please state in your application form if you have a preference as to the area you would be interested in.
We would welcome any informal conversations about these roles. Please do contact us for more information.
Interviews are anticipated to take place 31st August 2022.
Date posted
26 July 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
246-CFYPS4238918-A
Job locations
Honington Primary School
Bury St Edmunds
IP31 1RE
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Honington Primary School
Bury St Edmunds
IP31 1RE
Employer's website
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