Band 5
Main area: Halton MHST Mental Health Practitioner: Core Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5)
Job ref: 350-CC6959564
Site: Halton MHST
Town: Halton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 26/02/2025
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
Mental health practitioners (MHPs) work across education and healthcare to provide mental health support for children and young people in schools and colleges.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Core Mental Health Practitioner within the Halton Mental Health Support Teams in Schools service. The MHP role is an opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people.
There will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to undertake funded training to become a PGDip Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis and will play a key role as a member of the Halton Mental Health Support Team. They will deliver the 3 core functions of an MHST to support the mental health and wellbeing needs for children and young people in allocated schools.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide high standards of evidence-based client-centered care to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
The post holder will be expected to provide assessment and interventions to children and young people and their families/carers referred into the service.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude that respects and values service users and their carers.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work dependent on clinical competence and experience.
2. To undertake assessments and treatment based on a conceptual framework and employing research-based evidence.
3. To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service.
4. To undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework.
5. To maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, ensuring compliance with Data Protection Act and professional body standards.
Person specification
Knowledge/Experience
* Able to communicate effectively.
* Possess good listening and negotiation skills.
* Ability to work as a member of a team.
* Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems.
Qualifications
* Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP, or Social Worker.
* Degree.
* Evidence of post-registration study.
Skills
* Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods.
* Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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