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Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 Progress to Band 5 once qualified as EMHP |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M14 4SL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6437469/349-MCH-6437469 |
Summary
MFTThriveInEducation Teams have three corefunctions:-
• Deliveringevidence basedinterventions for mild to moderate mental health presentations
• Supporting the mental health leads in each school/college to support a whole school approach to wellbeing and mental health.
• Providingtimelyadvice and guidance to education staff and liaising with specialist services to support children and young people to receive effective support to remain in education.
The teamswork flexibly in educational settings to develop and provide preventive and early help support to meet the needs of pupils experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.
We deliver low intensity, short-term,evidence basedinterventions to Children and Young People in education settings as well as providing rapid access to relevant specialist mental health services via a Single PointOfContact.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic, a good team player, and passionate about early intervention and prevention in children and young people's mental health. Wehave the opportunity toreach children and young people at the earliest stages possible when their difficulties have first beenidentifiedensuring schools, families,professionalsand mental health practitioners work collaboratively to acknowledge the voice of the young person and provide effective interventions in dynamic and innovative way.
Under supervision and with support during training period to develop knowledge and practice skills in:
·Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people, with mild to moderate mental health problems, in education settings.
·Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.
·Supporting andfacilitatingstaff in education settings toidentify, and whereappropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
·Working with and within educational environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.
·Toevidencedevelopment of those skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record andevidenceprogression towards an academic award and demonstrable practical ability
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 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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experienceyou’llneed,take a lookat the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So thatyou’reeven more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us,you’llneed 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 alsocontainscritical informationyou’llneed to be aware of before yousubmitan applicationform.
COVID-19 vaccinationremainsthe best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination statusof all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination.
If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination. There is currently Government consultation underway which willdeterminewhether some new employees may need to be vaccinated.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity,celebratingand valuing diversity andeliminatingany 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 anyspecial requirementsto help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’relooking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 5 Aug 2024
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