Senior Practitioner (23990)

Barnardo's; Kendal; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnardo's Moving Mindsets – Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in South Cumbria is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join a therapeutic service for children and young people in education settings. The role covers South Cumbria and North Lancashire with bases in Kendal or Barrow, requiring 37 hours per week and a salary of £36,276.

You will deliver evidence-based mental health interventions, provide therapeutic support to young people and families, and work in partnership with education settings.

Qualifications

• Mental health professional with direct experience of evidence-based therapies in child mental health.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mental health support across educational settings.
• Provide therapeutic support to children, young people and parent-carers.
• Work in partnership with education settings.
• Line management and clinical supervision within the MHST team.
• Work across South Cumbria and North Lancashire, with service base at Kendal or Barrow locations.

Job description

Barnardo's Job Advert

Moving Mindsets – Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)

Senior Practitioner

37 hours per week

Salary – Barnardo's CH D PW3 £36,276

An opportunity has arisen for a senior practitioner to join the Moving Mindsets Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in South Cumbria. The postholder will work across South Cumbria and North Lancashire. Would you like to work therapeutically with children and young people in education settings, to support their emotional health and wellbeing? If, yes, then this role is for you!

We wish to appoint someone who wants to make a difference to the emotional wellbeing of children and young people in schools. We're seeking a mental health professional who has direct experience of working with evidence-based therapies in child mental health. The role involves providing therapeutic support to children, young people and their parent-carers and working in partnership with education settings.

The successful candidate will be employed on a full-time basis to deliver mental health support across a range of educational settings. The position will be line managed and clinically supervised within the team. You will work in schools across the South Cumbria and North Lancashire area localities, and your service base will be at Stricklandgate House in Kendal or The Hub, at Project John in Barrow.

We have created a friendly, caring and supportive service environment, with a strong ethos around providing quality and effective care for children and young people. Does this appeal to you?

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme jointly delivered with the Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS workforce, training and education, and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS ICB). The programme has three main commitments:

• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education

MHST's support the promotion of wellbeing and good mental health with particular focus on early intervention. They work with existing social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing support within education settings, building relationships with each education setting and with children, young people, parent-carers, and partners in the locally system to co-design and evaluate the support offer required.

Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing is a key component of Barnardo's Corporate Strategy and Mental Health Support Teams are part of this strategy.

We welcome enquiries from people interested in this role and

are happy to facilitate visits or online meetings prior to

interviews.

For further information, please contact:

Charlotte Smallman, Team Manager –

Email: [e-mail]

Mobile: [phone]

Or

Emma Akrigg

Email: [e-mail]

Mobile: [phone]

Please be aware, Barnardo's use generic Job Descriptions and Person Specifications when recruiting to posts. However, when completing the application form for this role, applicants must provide evidence to demonstrate how their skills, experience and, if required, qualifications, relate to the essential requirements as set out in the Additional Information document.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.

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