Job summary
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides early and preventative emotional wellbeing interventions for children, young people and their families across Lincolnshire. First established in 2017, the service has provided intervention, advice or guidance to over 5,500 children & young people across the County.We are advertising for an exceptional Practitioner to join our team. This role will provide support via liaison & consultation to education providers and universal services. It will also involve leading evidence based groups & workshops to children & young people and parents/carers, as well as brief 1-1 interventions. Healthy Minds Lincolnshire prides itself on its dynamic approaches to supporting children, young people, parents/carers and professionals, and seek those eager to bring creativity & passion to the service.Healthy Minds Lincolnshire work with children and young people on a variety of emotional wellbeing needs including but not limited to: anxiety, low mood, self-harm, self-esteem, and anger.The successful applicant will be able to provide excellent clinical & management supervision to Band 4 Practitioners within the team, with the ability to inspire and develop staff to their full potential.This is an exciting opportunity for motivated and highly organised individuals with a passion for children and young people's emotional wellbeing to help shape the Healthy Minds Lincolnshire service.
Main duties of the job
The B5 Healthy Minds Lincolnshire Practitioners will be a key link person for Education Settings within their area. They will provide guidance and liaison to education providers and support in embedding the whole school approach. They will provide emotional wellbeing support to child and young people including their parents/carers and wider support network. Support will be provided by the Practitioner in groups, workshops and on a one-to-one basis.
The B5 Practitioners will also provide management and clinical supervision to the B4 Practitioners within the team.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Provide telephone consultations for children/young people and families (CYP-F) to establish the most appropriate intervention or signpost/refer to most appropriate service.
- Co-ordinate, lead and deliver groups and workshops for children and young people (CYP) and parents.
- Provide one-to-one intervention fora caseload ofCYP.
- Manage clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
School Liaison
- Provide advice/consultation to school staff and other professionals (e.g., childrens services) to upskill them in supporting the emotional wellbeing of CYP.
- Liaise with other professionals/services re. referrals andaccording toCYP needs.
- Attend Pastoral Support Plan (PSP) meetings with schools where a child is identified as experiencing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA).
- Provide monthly clinical supervision to education staff in term time.
Leadershipand Team Support
- Provide positive role modelling to Band 4 Practitioners & support the implementation of service improvements & changes within the team setting.
- Act as main contact for allocated schools and cover other schools in the team according to need.
- Oversee allocatedgeographical area of schools, delegating worktoB4Practitioners as appropriate.
- Act as team champion asvolunteered/allocated (e.g., Safeguarding, risk, SEND, Staff wellbeing etc).
- Provide clinical supportto B4 Practitionerswith clinical risk management and safeguarding issuesbased on knowledge and experience as required.
- Support induction of new members off staff, providing shadowing opportunities and completing induction pack with supervisees.
- Act as Practice Supervisor or Assessor (registered nurse) for student nurses in the team.
Supervision
- Provide management and clinical supervision for B4 Practitioners.
- Conduct appraisals for supervisees.
Training
- Support the Clinical Lead Practitioner to providetraining and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Provide telephone consultations for children/young people and families (CYP-F) to establish the most appropriate intervention or signpost/refer to most appropriate service.
- Co-ordinate, lead and deliver groups and workshops for children and young people (CYP) and parents.
- Provide one-to-one intervention fora caseload ofCYP.
- Manage clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
School Liaison
- Provide advice/consultation to school staff and other professionals (e.g., childrens services) to upskill them in supporting the emotional wellbeing of CYP.
- Liaise with other professionals/services re. referrals andaccording toCYP needs.
- Attend Pastoral Support Plan (PSP) meetings with schools where a child is identified as experiencing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA).
- Provide monthly clinical supervision to education staff in term time.
Leadershipand Team Support
- Provide positive role modelling to Band 4 Practitioners & support the implementation of service improvements & changes within the team setting.
- Act as main contact for allocated schools and cover other schools in the team according to need.
- Oversee allocatedgeographical area of schools, delegating worktoB4Practitioners as appropriate.
- Act as team champion asvolunteered/allocated (e.g., Safeguarding, risk, SEND, Staff wellbeing etc).
- Provide clinical supportto B4 Practitionerswith clinical risk management and safeguarding issuesbased on knowledge and experience as required.
- Support induction of new members off staff, providing shadowing opportunities and completing induction pack with supervisees.
- Act as Practice Supervisor or Assessor (registered nurse) for student nurses in the team.
Supervision
- Provide management and clinical supervision for B4 Practitioners.
- Conduct appraisals for supervisees.
Training
- Support the Clinical Lead Practitioner to providetraining and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRMN//RCN/RN/RNLD/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist with current registration
- oEducated to degree level in mental health/social care or another relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- oPost qualification courses in childcare practice or therapeutic work with children and families.
- oGood understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and/or Solution Focused Therapy
- oTraining qualification.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with emotional wellbeing needs.
- oExperience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a one-to-one and/or group setting.
- oExperience of providing training to professionals and children and young people (or able to demonstrate aptitude).
Desirable
- oSignificant experience of working with children and young people who have mental health or emotional wellbeing needs.
- oExperience of delivering therapeutic interventions.
Skills
Essential
- oGood knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning Children's emotional wellbeing, Children's Services, and mental health
- oAbility to work in partnership with universal services to provide the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
- oAbility to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRMN//RCN/RN/RNLD/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist with current registration
- oEducated to degree level in mental health/social care or another relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- oPost qualification courses in childcare practice or therapeutic work with children and families.
- oGood understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and/or Solution Focused Therapy
- oTraining qualification.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with emotional wellbeing needs.
- oExperience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a one-to-one and/or group setting.
- oExperience of providing training to professionals and children and young people (or able to demonstrate aptitude).
Desirable
- oSignificant experience of working with children and young people who have mental health or emotional wellbeing needs.
- oExperience of delivering therapeutic interventions.
Skills
Essential
- oGood knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning Children's emotional wellbeing, Children's Services, and mental health
- oAbility to work in partnership with universal services to provide the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
- oAbility to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
