Main area Senior Wellbeing Practitioner SE Essex Locality Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
Full time
Part time
Job share
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-EK669-24-E
Site Skyline Plaza Town Southend-On-Sea Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2025 23:59
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.
Job overview
The Senior Wellbeing Practitioner works with schools and colleges to provide expert emotional wellbeing and mental health support as part of plans to transform children and young people’s mental health through the NHS Long- Term Plan. The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or have completed EMHP/CWP qualification and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BPS, BABC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. Main duties of the job
The Post holder will work as part of an MHST delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools. To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by their registering bodies code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. Working for our organisation
Working at NELFT offers several benefits, including: Career Development : NELFT provides opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Competitive Salaries : NELFT offers competitive pay scales and benefits packages. Work-Life Balance : The organization promotes a healthy work-life balance, with flexible working arrangements and support for well-being. Employee Assistance Programs : Staff have access to counselling services, mental health support, and other resources. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will be a qualified low intensity practitioner (CWP/EMHP) with substantial post qualification experience and CPD and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, (BPS/BABCP for CWP/EMHP)). Person specification
Qualifications
Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or have completed a low intensity EMHP/CWP Qualification. Experience
Substantial experience in delivering low intensity CBT treatments. Knowledge
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long- term clinical interventions in children's mental wellbeing services. Skills
Skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues. We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. 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 whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. 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.
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The Senior Wellbeing Practitioner works with schools and colleges to provide expert emotional wellbeing and mental health support as part of plans to transform children and young people’s mental health through the NHS Long- Term Plan. The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or have completed EMHP/CWP qualification and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BPS, BABC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. Main duties of the job
The Post holder will work as part of an MHST delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools. To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by their registering bodies code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. Working for our organisation
Working at NELFT offers several benefits, including: Career Development : NELFT provides opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Competitive Salaries : NELFT offers competitive pay scales and benefits packages. Work-Life Balance : The organization promotes a healthy work-life balance, with flexible working arrangements and support for well-being. Employee Assistance Programs : Staff have access to counselling services, mental health support, and other resources. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will be a qualified low intensity practitioner (CWP/EMHP) with substantial post qualification experience and CPD and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, (BPS/BABCP for CWP/EMHP)). Person specification
Qualifications
Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or have completed a low intensity EMHP/CWP Qualification. Experience
Substantial experience in delivering low intensity CBT treatments. Knowledge
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long- term clinical interventions in children's mental wellbeing services. Skills
Skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues. We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. 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 whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. 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.
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