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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (• Full time)
Job ref
411-COM-24-6751348-A
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Sefton MHST B6 Mental Health Practitioner

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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

Band 6 - Mental Health Practitioner

37.5 Hours per week

Sefton Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) at Alder Hey are looking for a new Mental Health Practitioner to join our team.ÌýÌý

As a B6 Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) you will work across a range of educational, healthcare and community settings to provide early intervention/evidence based interventions for children and young people and their families, enabling children and young people to access support in schools. ÌýÌý

The successful candidates will undertake direct work with children and young people, families and carers as well as education providers. ÌýIn addition, the post holder will deliver training and work with education providers to develop the Whole School and College Approach. The post holders may also provide supervision to our Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP’s).Ìý

If you are a current B5 EMHP you will need to submit a KSA as part of this process.Ìý Please submit your completed KSA to [email protected] and [email protected] and refer to this in your application form.Ìý

Previous applicants needÌý not apply

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Main duties of the job

To communicate to the client and family, knowledge of therapeutic Ìýprocesses, confidentiality and available options involved in their assessment and care plan, to enable them to engage appropriately from a position of informed consent. This will sometimes include communication about highly sensitive material and outcomes.

Utilising analytical skills, specialist knowledge and experience provide a comprehensive assessment and formulation of the presenting problem taking into account the child’s educational attainment, chronological/ developmental stage, inner world/ emotional wellbeing, the mental health of the child’s parents, the family dynamics and environment, and the broader social context including school.

Develop a planned programme of intervention utilising behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic and systemic perspectives as indicated by the formulation, the needs of the client and the evidence base.

Provide individual, couple, family and group interventions as appropriate as part of a client's integrated, therapeutic programme.

Undertake with supervision/consultation, case management of cases of some severity, risk and complexity, co-ordinating multi-disciplinary inputs and working in partnership with other agencies where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey MHST is part of the Education Mental Health Team.Ìý ÌýMHSTs cover both Liverpool and Sefton and currently have links with around 200 schools. ÌýLiverpool MHST comprises 4 teams, North, Central, South along with a Transitions Team. Sefton MHST has recently recruited to their 4 teams and now have North, South, Central and an LD team.Ìý

Alder Hey are offering excellent benefit schemes;

Refer a friend – Alder Hey staff

Successful candidates who are introduced to the trust by existing staff members will receive £1000 after completion of six months in post.Ìý Please include the name/Alder Hey email for your friend in the additional information section of your application.

This will be paid in two parts, £250 in first month pay on commencement in post, and £750 on completion of six months.

Accommodation

Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to £500 per month)

The cost is to be paid by the staff member and reclaimed as expenses.Ìý

Relocation package

Relocation packages to support new hires and will be consulted on an individual basis, please link in with [email protected] for further information.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the team, including accepting, prioritising, assessing, and treating referrals of children and their families. Initially this will be at a level to be agreed with the candidate but over time they will take full case management responsibility for their case load.

In addition, they may provide consultation, under supervision, to professionals from other services and participate in service development. The proportion of direct clinical work, consultation and service development work undertaken will be negotiated with the clinical team manager and the professional lead.Ìý

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RLD), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy - with proof of relevant professional registration OR Recognised degree level broad based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes
  • Two years’ experience of post graduate work in core profession / following qualification
  • Two years’ experience working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary setting and evidence of training in child & family mental health related field.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in child and adolescent mental health services.
  • Experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency in case management responsibility

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate application of therapeutic and analytical skills
  • Able to demonstrate ability to be self-reflective in relation to practice.
  • Able to provide, (with appropriate supervision), assessment of emergency/ self-harming behaviour.
  • Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.
  • Knowledge of relevant, current legislation.
  • Knowledge of safety factors in management of self-harming behaviours and child protection issues
  • An understanding of principles underlying psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive and behavioural therapies.
  • Working knowledge of child development
  • Awareness of recent government initiatives
  • Organisational skills to manage and prioritise workload balance appropriately
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to the overall vision and the development of the professional group of mental health practitioners
  • Must demonstrate utilisation of professional development planning in own career progression
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for and appreciation of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
  • Must demonstrate a professional mannger
  • Excellent communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverNavajo - Merseyside and Cheshire

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
Jenna.crosbie
Job title
Assistant Service Manager - CAMHS
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

George Harvey - [email protected] - Clinical Lead

Emma Dawes - [email protected] - Clinical Lead

Chrissy Pope - [email protected] - Service ManagerÌý

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