Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioner (MHST)

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioner to work within schools in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The successful candidate will lead a team, manage complex cases, and support children's mental health. This role requires a passion for early intervention and the ability to work collaboratively with schools. The ideal candidate will have a strong clinical background and experience in supporting children and young people.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post qualification/post registration experience.
• Experience working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of service offer to designated schools.
• Manage a complex caseload, including specialist assessment and care planning.
• Participate in setting quality standards and auditing practice.

Skills

Teamwork

Clinical Skills

Assessment

Supervision

Education

EMHP or CWP qualification

Registered with a core profession (e.g., Social Work/OT/RMN)

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Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Band 6 Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioner (Senior EMHP/Senior CWP/Senior Mental Health Practitioner)

Do You Have a Passion For Early Intervention? Shropshire, Telford And Wrekin MHSTs Are Looking For Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioners To Join Our Teams Working Within Schools. We Are Seeking:

• full time practitioners to work within existing Mental Health Support Teams

Job Overview

Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Band 6 Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioner (Senior EMHP/Senior CWP/Senior Mental Health Practitioner)

Do You Have a Passion For Early Intervention? Shropshire, Telford And Wrekin MHSTs Are Looking For Senior Mental Health Support Team Practitioners To Join Our Teams Working Within Schools. We Are Seeking:

• full time practitioners to work within existing Mental Health Support Teams

Are you a fully qualified EMHP or CWP or registered with a core profession (e.g., Social Work/OT/RMN), with a minimum of 2 years post qualification/post registration experience?

Are you interested in working with children and young people at an early intervention stage to support their emotional/mental health and wellbeing?

Are you able to assess and identify how best to work with children and young people where there may be more complex mental health needs?

Do you enjoy working within a team, sharing your knowledge of how to support children and young people with colleagues inside and outside of the NHS, focused particularly on partnership working with schools?

Are you keen to develop your clinical skills and offer evidence-based interventions?

Are you able to support and supervise junior practitioners?

If the answer is yes, we welcome your application!

Main duties of the job

• To work as a senior member of the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) leading on the delivery of the service offer to the designated schools aligned to the team.
• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), and care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans for CYP with mental health needs.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance, practice, and policy.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance.
• Complete and contribute, where appropriate, to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk-taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition.
• To encourage and support service user and carer involvement and participation.
• To attend and contribute to MHST business and development forums.