Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS Foundation Trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside, and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.
Key details
Location
Site: Ashington Childrens Centre
Address: Alexandra Road
Town: Ashington
Postcode: NE63 9EF
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Job Overview
NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, to provide support to the Northumberland Be You mental health in schools team. This post will be based in the Ashington family hub in the Central locality of the County, specifically supporting the Ashington and Bedlington partnership of schools.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual with a passion for delivering early intervention and innovative new models of working in Children's mental health.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in educational settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience
* Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications
* Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of post graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in education environment
* Requirement for postholder to hold up to date professional registration with a professional body e.g British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy or British Psychological Society
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England is highly desirable.
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.
Other
Essential criteria
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Rhian Davies
Job title: Senior PMHW Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01661 864588 #J-18808-Ljbffr