Education Mental Health/children's Wellbeing - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Under supervision the post holder will manage a caseload and provide a range of high-quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and low intensity CBT informed evidence based interventions.

The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge base to deliver care in a multi-disciplinary team setting.

You must have a recognised qualification as: Education Mental Health/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner as part of the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, School Nurse or Speech & Language Therapist and be eligible for or registered and accredited with a professional body such as BABCP.

Proven experience of working effectively with young people with mental health difficulties.

Experience of delivering low intensity interventions in school and education environments as part of IAPT training.

Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.

Experience of gathering clinical evidence, reports and information as part of signposting to other internal or external pathways.

Experience of providing evidenced based assessments, formulations and treatment packages.

Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies within a community model.

Experience of caseload management, working within a multi-disciplinary mental health setting.

Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation.

Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice.

The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely and planned.

The ability to use assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person and family.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programs.

What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity Matters

We're looking forward to hearing from you