MindMate Support Team Practitioner

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Churwell; Hybride; GBP 33 000 - 43 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting multiple Band 6 practitioners to join the MindMate Support Team (MMST). The roles focus on early intervention mental health support for children and families in schools across Leeds, with a complex caseload and opportunities to lead and develop practice.

Candidates should have at least two years post-qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health, and be prepared to work across diverse sites in the city, with a supportive

Qualifications

• Registered health professionals with at least two years post-qualification experience working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties.

Responsabilités

• Autonomously manage a complex caseload of children and young people with emotional wellbeing difficulties.
• Collaborate across services including CYPMHS and third sectors.
• Provide consultation, training and support to staff in education settings as part of the Whole Setting Approach.
• Offer high quality early direct intervention support to young people and families.
• Supervise colleagues and contribute to service development and governance.

Description du poste

Various, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust, LS11 0DL

Contract Type: Permanent

Band: Band 6

Weekly Working Hours: 37.5

Staff Group: Allied Health Professionals

The MindMate Support Team (MMST) are looking for multiple practitioners to join our expanding service. We are looking for dynamic individuals who enjoy multisystemic working and can engage across the service.

MMST offers early intervention mental health support to children, young people and their families within schools, colleges, and education provisions across Leeds.

The service is made up of a range of registered health professionals. We are now looking for registered health professionals with at least two years post (professional) qualifying experience of working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties to join our growing service.

We have permanent positions available in various locations across Leeds. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills within an early intervention, evidence based service with a supportive leadership team.

Main duties of the role

We welcome clinicians who can work autonomously and hold a complex caseload of children and young people with varying levels of risk. You should embrace teamworking across wider services including CYPMHS service and third sectors services.

You will have a positive approach to change and be forward thinking in your outlook. Your role will add value and contribute to the development of this service by:

• Providing consultation, training, advice, and support to staff in education settings as part of the Whole Setting Approach
• Offering high quality early direct intervention support to young people and their families who are experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing difficulties.
• Supporting and supervising colleagues within the teams
• Decision making regarding referrals and liaison with other services
• Working with multiple services on various sites across the city; liaising with staff; helping to develop pathways; partnership working.
• Provide dynamic flexible support which is needs led to all areas of the city.

The MMST are committed to supporting continued professional development as this enables us to provide a high quality care and service.

A typical day within this role could include:

• Offer direct work with young people and families across the city - this may be extended consultations/LI - CBT based intervention/signposting support.
• Indirect support - offering whole setting approach activities including assemblies, YP workshop, education staff training, providing adhoc supervision on a rota'd basis.
• Education setting liaison - this will included staff consultations, completing regular audits of whole school approach work.
• Offer formal supervision to colleagues
• Service development opportunities - practitioner meetings, clinical governance, team meetings, leading working groups.
• You will be managing your own diary and will include travel to schools and hybrid teams meetings.

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full requirements of the role.

Adverts will close early where the maximum number of applicants is reached.

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks of the job

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

Right to Work

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Location (Full address)

Various, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust