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)
Specialty
Main area: Childrens mental health
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.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering the 3 core functions of the EMHP role into the 'Be You' mental health support team, within the 'getting help' sector of the Thrive model.
This role will also support the teams in the Blyth, Hexham, and Alnwick partnerships.
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The role will involve delivering a range of evidenced based low intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild/moderate needs. These will be delivered individually and in small group-based programmes. This will also include the facilitation of a range of psychoeducation sessions and staff training.
The role will provide support to schools to improve their whole school approach to emotional well-being.
The post holder will also deliver a consultation and signposting role to a range of early help, targeted and specialist support services supporting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education 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.
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 the 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.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Rhian Davies
Job title: Senior PMHW Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01661 864588
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