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Moving Mindsets - Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)
Senior Practitioners x 2
37 hours per week
Salary - Barnardo's PW3 (NHS Band 6 - £37,338-£44,962)
An opportunity has arisen for two senior practitioners to join the Moving Mindsets Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in North Lancashire. Would you like to work therapeutically with children and young people in education settings, to support their emotional health and wellbeing? If yes, then this role is for you!
We wish to appoint people who want to make a difference to the emotional wellbeing of children and young people in schools. We're seeking mental health professionals who have direct experience of working with evidence-based therapies in child mental health. The role involves providing therapeutic support to children, young people, and their parent-carers and working in partnership with education settings.
The successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis to deliver mental health support across a range of educational settings in North Lancashire. The service base for the North Lancashire MHST is situated at 39 Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3PA.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme jointly delivered with the Department for Education, NHS England, NHS workforce, training and education, and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS ICB). The programme has three main commitments:
* Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs
* Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach
* Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education
Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing is a key component of Barnardo's Corporate Strategy and Mental Health Support Teams are part of this strategy.
Please be aware, Barnardo's use generic Job Descriptions and Person Specifications when recruiting to posts. However, when completing the application form for this role, applicants must provide evidence to demonstrate how their skills, experience and, if required, qualifications, relate to the essential requirements as set out in the Additional Information Sheet.
We welcome enquiries from people interested in this role and are happy to facilitate visits or online meetings prior to interviews.
For further information, please contact:
Emma Akrigg, Children's Service Manager -
Email: emma.akrigg@barnardos.org.uk
Mobile: 07464 540779
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
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