Senior EMHP/ CYWP MHST

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to deliver low intensity, evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people in Bolton education settings. You will assess needs, manage risk and work with families and professionals to promote wellbeing.

You will join a newly developing MHST team, shaping services with education settings in Bolton and fostering whole-school approaches to mental health.

Qualifications

• Must have mental health experience and be skilled in delivering low intensity CBT interventions.
• Able to manage risk and prioritise client safety.
• Passionate about young person-centred practice in educational settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide low intensity, evidence-based CBT interventions to young people in Bolton education settings.
• Assess and manage risk; monitor and escalate as required.
• Offer support, guidance and consultation to families/carers and other professionals.

Skills

Mental health experience

CBT interventions

Risk management

Youth-focused practice

Education settings liaison

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new service which we are delivering across Bolton: The Mental Health Support Team (MHST).

We are looking for skilled practitioners, with mental health experience, who can provide low intensity evidenced based CBT interventions, manage risk and are passionate about young person-centred practice.

Successful candidates will play an important part in the in the delivery of high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of young people in education settings.

As part of a new team, you will be empowered to shape and build the service with further education settings in Bolton. You will help build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and the wider network.

The Mental Health Practitioner will be an integral part of the MHST in Bolton. You will use your clinical skills to listen to the needs of the child, young person and family to provide meaningful evidenced based interventions. You will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals in the life of the child/young person. You will work closely with education professionals to foster a whole school/college approach to mental well-being.

The MHST Mental Health Practitioner will play a key role in

• Forming strong working relations with education settings
• Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education settings to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
• Developing and delivering evidence-based individual and group time limited interventions to young people within education settings
• Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
• Providing clinical supervision to Education Mental Health practitioners
  
  

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerrie Ashton Job title: Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail]