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Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
NELFT is the largest provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in England. Our Southend, Essex and Thurrock services cover 144 schools currently. We currently cover 48% of secondary and primary schools within Southend, Essex and Thurrock.
The MHST deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions in educational settings for children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties aged 4 to 18 years old. The teams also have a strong focus on whole school approaches to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people.
The MHSTs build on the support already in place from school counsellors, nurses, educational psychologists and the voluntary sector to support those with mild to moderate mental health issues in school and will help children and young people with more severe needs to access the right support and provide a link to the CAMHS services.
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or have completed Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Children Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) qualification and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BPS, BABCP). They will have extensive clinical experience working with Children and Young People (CYP) with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver interventions within MHSTs in and around schools and colleges whilst receiving clinical supervision.
* Act as an autonomous, registered (where appropriate) practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
* Initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
* Provide expert emotional wellbeing and mental health support as part of plans to transform CYPs mental health through the NHS Long-Term Plan.
* Undertake school-based and community-based assessments, risk assessments, care plans and deliver a range of early interventions to CYP with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
* Responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients, via NICE compliant pathways and in accordance with the crisis care concordat.
* Provide leadership and promote initiative, creativity and motivation in the MHSTs.
* Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based interventions.
* Communicate complex patient-related information facilitating positive outcomes and ensuring collaborative working.
* Support peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places 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.
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).
Person specification
Qualification
* Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or have completed a low intensity EMHP/CWP Qualification.
* To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
* Attended/willing to attend SWP course or CYP IAPT Supervisor training.
Other
* To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area.
Skills
* Skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information.
* Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manager as relevant.
Experience
* Substantial experience in delivering low intensity CBT treatments.
* Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings.
* Experience of assessment carried out autonomously to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures.
* Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks.
Benefits
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
Correspondence with us
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