Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, providing 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 may also support the teams in the Blyth, Hexham, and Alnwick partnerships. Our established 'getting help service' provides excellent clinical, case management, and peer-led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training, and CPD. We support a blended/hybrid model of working, recognizing the value of work-life balance. We will ensure suitable arrangements are made for your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support this role. Main Duties of the Job
The role will involve delivering a range of evidence-based low-intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild/moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group-based programs. 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 well-being. About Us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centers. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programs of any trust in England. Job Responsibilities
Deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in educational settings with mild to moderate mental health problems. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style that (a) engages, enables, and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates teamwork and collaboration within teams/departments and across organizational boundaries. Person Specification
Qualifications
Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of a postgraduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in an educational environment Requirement for the 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 the post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period). Experience
Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England is highly desirable Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools. Knowledge of or experience in quality improvement tools, techniques, and methods Other
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license 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. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, providing 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 may also support the teams in the Blyth, Hexham, and Alnwick partnerships. Our established 'getting help service' provides excellent clinical, case management, and peer-led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training, and CPD. We support a blended/hybrid model of working, recognizing the value of work-life balance. We will ensure suitable arrangements are made for your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support this role. Main Duties of the Job
The role will involve delivering a range of evidence-based low-intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild/moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group-based programs. 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 well-being. About Us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centers. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programs of any trust in England. Job Responsibilities
Deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in educational settings with mild to moderate mental health problems. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style that (a) engages, enables, and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates teamwork and collaboration within teams/departments and across organizational boundaries. Person Specification
Qualifications
Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of a postgraduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in an educational environment Requirement for the 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 the post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period). Experience
Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England is highly desirable Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools. Knowledge of or experience in quality improvement tools, techniques, and methods Other
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license 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. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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