Senior Mental Health Practitioner MHST
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Job summary
We know that half of all mental health conditions are established before the child turns 14, and we know that early intervention can prevent problems escalating and have major societal benefits. Transforming children's and young peoples mental health provision: a green paper puts schools and colleges at the heart of our efforts to intervene early and prevent problems escalating.
Bradford have been chosen to develop and expand the mental health support teams, working within school and educational settings with both teaching staff and young people. The senior mental health practitioner post will work with the team to support staff within the whole system including Voluntary Care Services, Local Authority, education and health to identify services most appropriate to support young people depending on their present situation.
Closing Date: 23rd January 2023
Main duties of the job
To act as an interface between staff working in all emotional mental health services providing liaison, assessment, training and consultation regarding the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people.
To work with these staff in carrying out joint assessments and to provide brief interventions with individual clients as required.
The post holder will be expected to support schools and educational facilities to identify emotional mental health issues and find appropriate support to both teaching staff and students.
The actual distribution of workload within these areas will depend on the demands of the service by agreement with the Clinical lead
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Additional cost of living payments for bands 1 - 7
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Details
Date posted
11 January 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
453-23-4925924
Job locations
Wolfson Centre
Bradford
BD9 6TB
Employer details
Employer name
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wolfson Centre
Bradford
BD9 6TB
Employer's website
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