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Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR 9 MONTHS TO COVER MATERNITY
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of this expanding service which we are delivering across Wigan: The Mental Health Support Team (MHST).
We are looking for skilled practitioners, with mental health experience, who can provide low intensity evidenced based CBT interventions, manage risk and are passionate about young person-centred practice.
Successful candidates will play an important part in the in the delivery of high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of young people in education settings.
As part of the growing serivce, you will be empowered to shape and build the service with further education settings in Bolton. You will help build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and the wider network.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Mental Health Practitioner will be an integral part of the MHST in Wigan.
You will use your clinical skills to listen to the needs of the child, young person and family to provide meaningful evidenced based interventions. You will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals in the life of the child/young person. You will work closely with education professionals to foster a whole school/college approach to mental well-being.
you will use leadership skills to support, develop and empower staff in the serivce as well as developing the serivce itself though quality improvement, audit and evaluation.
The MHST Mental Health Practitioner will play a key role in
- Forming strong working relations with education settings
- Providing consultations to education colleagues and support education settings to embed a whole school approach to wellbeing
- Developing and delivering evidence-based individual and group time limited interventions to young people within education settings
- Evidencing the outcomes of the MHST service
- Providing clinical supervision to Education Mental Health practitioners
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of child and adolescent development.
- Knowledge of risk assessment and safety planning.
- Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults.
- Completion of a CYP improving access to psychological therapies certificate.
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation within public.
- Level of knowledge of research methodology and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of child and adolescent mental health.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessment and delivering evidence based mental health interventions including low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions.
- Experience of working with children's Mental Health Services
- Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults.
- Completion of a CYP improving access to psychological therapies certificate.
- Experience of supervising colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team and consultation in other agency settings.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting young people in an educational setting
- Experience of leading a team
Qualifications
Essential
- Core profession with valid registration of professional body e.g. RMN, Social Work or equivalent post graduate accreditable qualification CBT, EMHP, CYWP.
- Experience of working with children's Mental Health Services
- BABCP/BPS registration
Desirable
- Completion of a CYP improving access to psychological therapies certificate.
- Completion of an EMHP Supervisors Course
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This advert is for Senior Mental Health Practitioner - MHST with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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