We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our fast-growing fast-paced Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in North East Essex. MHST’s are a new service designed to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties within education settings. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Practitioners and Education Mental Health Practitioners. MHSTs Aims To Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions Support schools in developing their whole school approach to mental health Provide timely advice to school staff and to liaise with other services to help children and young people get the right help and stay in education. North East Essex (covering Colchester and Tendring ) supports up to 28,000 young people across a variety of different education settings with further expansion planned for 2025. Work in partnership with schools, to support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties. Work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes. To oversee the formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children, and young people being supported by the senior team members - using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service, individual and group. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Please select the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v3nX8CImoDX8 For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah McGuinness Job title: Operational Manager NE Essex Email address: sarah.mcguinnessnelft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07745107010