Mental Health Practitioner

Wirral Community Health and Care; St Helens; In loco; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health Visitor / School Health Nurse Grade Band 6 for a full-time, permanent role based in St Helens. The post supports 0-19 and 0-19+ health and wellbeing services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens. Salary range £39,959–£48,117 per annum.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, leadership, and partnership working with Local Authority and primary care teams to deliver high-quality community health and care services.

Competenze

• RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) with minimum two years post basic training.
• Postgraduate in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – School Nursing/Health Visiting (equivalent).
• Postgraduate in therapeutic intervention or equivalent experience.

Mansioni

• The Mental Health Practitioner will work as a member of 0-19+ service to build capacity and strengthen the existing provision in relation to emotional health and wellbeing.
• This integrated role with locality teams will require some consultative advice to teams and participation in training and development for other professionals.
• Develop the 0-19+ service in partnership with Local Authority, partner agencies and Primary Care Teams.

Conoscenze

Communication

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Training delivery

Audit and data collection

Formazione

RN (Adult or Child/RSCN)

Postgraduate in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – School Nursing/Health Visiting

Postgraduate in therapeutic intervention

Descrizione del lavoro

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Main area Health Visitor / School health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: from start date Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday -Friday) Job ref 844-8285507

Site North Community Hub Town St Helens Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listeningto others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Job overview

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens and Knowsley, supporting over 250,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward-thinking children and young people’s services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

The Mental Health Practitioner will work as a member of 0-19+ service to build capacity and strengthen the existing provision in relation to emotional health and well being, creating sustainability within the service and the wider partnerships.

This will be an integrated role with the locality teams and will require the post holder to provide some consultative advice to teams and participate in delivery of training and development for other professionals.

The post holder will support the development of the 0-19+ service, working in partnership with the Local Authority, partner agencies and Primary Care Teams.

The post requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, compassionate and approachable. You will need to have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, be flexible solution focused and support service development.

As a key stakeholder in the protection of children, you will be required to work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their needs. You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, Audits and relevant Professional Codes.

Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:

• 0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
• Community Nursing
• Sexual Health Wirral
• Community Cardiology
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Teletriage
• Community Dental
• Social Care
• End of Life Care

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information on this exciting job role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

• RN (Adult or Child//RSCN) (Minimum requirement of two years post basic training )
• Post Graduate in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – School Nursing/ Health Vistingivalent
• Post graduate in therapeutic intervention / or equivalent experience.
• Motivational Interviewing trained
• Promotional Interviewing trained

Experience and Knowledge

• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
• In depth Knowledge of safeguarding issues / legislation and awareness of how these will apply to this role
• In depth Knowledge of Community mental Health services and national policy context
• Evidence of managing people and complex situations
• Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
• Experience of integrated working
• Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
• Knowledge of wider policy and service issues relating to perinatal mental health
• Experience in perinatal mental health

Skills and Attributes

• Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills within the Multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to support and motivate staff
• Evidence of training delivery
• Experience of delivering group work
• Experience of audit and data collection and collation
• Ability to hold professionals and peers to account
• Ability to empathise with service users, carers and colleagues ensuring that effective communication is achieved
• Negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations, including the resolution of complaints, concerns
• Ability to support students in placements

Personal Qualities

• Access to a car for work purposes
• Commitment

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as aVeteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme . We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information:

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess "the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.” If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Information: The cost of submitting and processing the DBS application for successful applicants will be met by the individual.For substantive employees, the DBS costs are recovered through salary deductions following commencement in post in 3 equal instalments.

For bank workers and individuals appointed to honorary positions that require a DBS check, the cost must be paid in advance via the Trusts payment link before a start date can be confirmed.

Please note that DBS fees and any associated administration charges are subject to periodic review and may change from time to time.

The cost of the DBS check would vary depending on the level required for the role:

The Trust would encourage all post holders who require a DBS for their role to registered with the DBS Update Service. You can find out more information and guidance on how to do this at DBS Update Service - GOV.UK

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.