Job summary
- Main area
- Education Mental Health Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Monday to Friday, 9-5pm, including school holidays)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 349-MCH-7219420*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trafford Thrive in Education
- Town
- Sale
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Education Mental Health Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
Manchester University Foundation Trust were successful in their bid to be allocated funding as part of the governments green paper ambitions to transform children and young people’s mental health support in England. The Mental Health Support Teams in Manchester, Salford and Trafford will form part of a Thrive In Education model working in an integrated manner with our partnership agencies from the voluntary sector and provide ‘Getting Help’ and ‘Getting Advice’ as part of the MFT Thrive offer.
This is a really exciting time to be part of an innnovative and ambitious MHST that delivers high quality care and excellant outcomes to the young people and Secondary Schools and Colleges inTrafford.
The Trafford MHST, Thrive In Education team works flexibly in, and around Trafford's secondary and college educational settings, working alongside education colleagues to develop and provide preventive and early help support to meet the needs of their pupils experiencing low intensity mental health issues, mainly anxiety and low mood .
Main duties of the job
Trafford MHST Thrive In Education Team has three core functions:-
- To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Support the mental health leads in schools/colleges to deliver a whole school approach to wellbeing and mental health.
- Provide advice and guidance to education staff and liaise with specialist services to support children and young people to remain in education through the right support
The team work closely with our education colleagues to develop and provide preventive, evidence based interventions that support those young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes offering evidence based individual and group sessions to young people and parent/carers; staff training; consultation and advice; liaison & signposting to other relevant support or CAMHS services across Trafford.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 30,000 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 programmes. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education Mental Health Practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Degree educated in relevant area such as Psychology, Health and Social Care, Child Development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of working effectively with 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.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and impact on clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families in CAMHS or a community setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- LORNA TAYLOR
- Job title
- Service Lead, Trafford Thrive in Education
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 549 6451
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