Mental Health Support Team Senior Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced clinicians to join our dedicated teams as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, within our Mental Health Support Team in Spalding. If you haven't already gained the supervision qualification you must be prepared to attend the course to obtain this and be able to travel to university.

As a key member, you will play a crucial role in promoting and supporting mental health within educational settings.

Our MHSTs pride themselves on their creative and innovative approach to improving the mental health of Children and Young People, as well as developing the skill and confidence of Education Staff to identify and address these difficulties as early as possible, in line with our preventative way of working.  If this sounds like a team you'd like to be part of, we would love to hear from you.

Please note this is a fixed-term post for 12 months.

Please email or Teams Sam White for any further discussions about the post [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership and guidance to a team of mental health practitioners within educational settings.

Coordinate and support the delivery of a range of Whole School Approach activities within education settings.

Develop and implement mental health programs and interventions tailored to the unique needs of students and educational staff.

Conduct assessments and provide individual and group therapy to students dealing with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, leadership teams and parents / carers to create a supportive and inclusive mental health framework.

Stay informed about current trends, research, and best practices in mental health and education.

Offer training and professional development to education staff.

Coordinate and participate in Critical Incident Responses where need arises.

Provide support and clinical supervision to Low Intensity CBT practitioners within MHST.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Provide visible leadership to the teams, leading by example as a positive role model.

Provide clinical support to the team based on knowledge and experience as capacity allows.

Provide clinical supervision to EMHP’s and sometimes other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To support and lead the development of projects within the children’s and young people’s services as and when required.