# Assistant Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Miranda House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:16:35.597Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8356593
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8356593?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.humber.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner to join the East Riding Mental Health Support Team.

The Assistant Practitioner works directly with parents, carers, and families to promote emotional wellbeing through the delivery of delegated interventions and support activities. The post holder will visit family homes and work with clients in school settings to provide advice, and support.

The Assistant Practitioner will also work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to support those with more complex needs.

### Main duties of the job

- Early Intervention support to schools, assisting with supporting CYP and families by delivering packages of care under the direction of a named registered supervisor in the home and in community settings including for Children’s Centres, schools, and colleges alongside allocated young people friendly buildings.
- To carry out 1:1 and group work activities, health promotion and health education programmes as delegated by members of the registered supervisor.
- Contribute to child protection case conferences, core groups and case review meetings under supervision of the registered supervisor
- To support the registered supervisor in the delivery of Prevention and Early Intervention support.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and person specification for detailed information of job description and main responsibilities.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in children’s services within a range of settings
- Experience of working with children, young people and parents
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with children, young people and families to promote their physical and mental wellbeing through health promotion and early intervention strategies

**Desirable**

- Community development work
- safeguarding children procedures Working within a range of agencies to support families

### Qualifications Education and Training

**Essential**

- Range of work procedures and practices, majority non-routine; intermediate level theoretical knowledge. Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience to diploma level
- A good understanding of child development issues
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working with children/young people and their families around low-moderate level emotional resilience and mental health issues.
- Good IT skills eg . be able to use SystmOne, Microsoft Word, Outlook email and Internet search facilities

**Desirable**

- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Understanding or application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

### Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Evidence of effective inter-personal communication skills
- Development of supportive relationships with patients, carers and other professionals
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to effectively commute between the various sites
- Committed to continued personal and educational development
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

## Documents

- [being humber (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2687)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2760)
- [recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2269)
- [application guide & interview tips (pdf, 600.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3021)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682653)

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