Healthy Minds Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to therapies

Annual leave

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension

Free eye tests

Salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts for retailers and dining

Job summary

Healthy Minds Lincolnshire, part of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, seeks an exceptional Practitioner on a fixed-term 12-month contract to support education providers and universal services with evidence-based groups, workshops, and brief 1-1 interventions for children, young people and families.

You will travel across the county, work flexibly, and apply safeguarding and therapeutic competencies to promote emotional wellbeing in communities.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with education providers and universal services to support emotional wellbeing.
• Deliver evidence-based group/workshop sessions for children, young people and families; provide brief 1-1 interventions.

Skills

Organisational skills

Verbal and written communication

Independence and collaboration

Safeguarding knowledge

Child development knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Job summary

Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides early and preventative emotional wellbeing interventions for children, young people and their families across Lincolnshire.

We are advertising for an exceptional Practitioner to join our team on a fixed-term contract for 12 months. This role will provide support via liaison & consultation to education providers and universal services. It will also involve providing evidence-based groups & workshops to children & young people and parents/carers, as well as brief 1-1 interventions.

Healthy Minds Lincolnshire prides itself on its dynamic approaches to supporting children, young people, parents/carers and professionals, and seek those eager to bring creativity & passion to the service.

Main duties of the job

Healthy Minds Lincolnshire work with children and young people on a variety of emotional wellbeing needs, including but not limited to: anxiety, low mood, self-harm, self-esteem, and anger.

This is an exciting opportunity for motivated and highly organised individuals with a passion for children and young people's emotional wellbeing to help shape the Healthy Minds Lincolnshire service.

You will be able to travel around this large rural county and be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service. You will need to have knowledge and experience of delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

You will be expected to be familiar with children's safeguarding procedures in Lincolnshire and demonstrate good working relationships with other professionals to enable the provision of holistic care to children, young people and their families.

You should possess an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a Health & Social Care based course. It is possible you may have experience within an education setting, or have attended a therapeutic course.

There are well-established links between all of the community-based Children and Young People's Mental Health Services and partner organisations.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life _._ **_Visit_** _**beinlincolnshire.com** **to find out more**.

Job responsibilities

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 qualification or equivalent in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Teaching or training qualification.
• Therapeutic Intervention courses.

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of universal children's services.
• Experience of working with people with mental health needs.

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions
• Experience in delivering training and group work

Skills

Essential

• Sound organisational and time management skills
• Sound verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collectively
• Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Sound knowledge of Child Care legislation and Safeguarding
• Good understanding of child and adolescent development

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.