Education Mental Health Professional Qualified

DescriptionContract Type: PermanentWorking Hours: 37 hours per weekWorker Type: Hybrid WorkerSalary: Starting Salary is 32597 - 35412 per annum (pro rata for part-time)Location: Various education provisions across Nottingham City. Office base: Southglade Access Centre Southglade Nottingham NG5 5GUWeve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out moreWorking for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Councilhere.There are 2 positions available within the MHSTRole 1: Located within the core MHST Team offering Low Intensity Mental Health Interventions for children and young people.Role 2: Located within the MHST Improving Attendance Team (MIAT) - Please see the addendum for further information: Please specify on application which role(s) are your preference.*****Please note that this is a Qualified position *****Applicants must have completed an HEE commissioned 1yr Education Mental Health Practitioner post graduate diploma AND/OR Successful completion of Certificate in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP) with post qualification experience as a CWP and experience of working in schools.PWPs: Certificate in Psychological Wellbeing Practice Level 6. Professional recognition must be to a standard that aligns with the The British Psychological Society for Level 6Psychological wellbeing practitioner (level 6) - apprenticeship training course ()Psychological wellbeing practitioner / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical EducationAbout the RoleThe Mental Health Support Team are recruiting for 2 Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners Child Wellbeing Practitioners and Psychological wellbeing Practitioners with experience working within or closely with schools.Role 1: Located within the core MHST Team offering Low Intensity Mental Health Interventions for children and young people.Role 2: Located within the MHST Improving Attendance Team (MIAT) - Please see attached addendum for further information.WHATMHST doThe Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) were established in Nottingham City in February 2020 providing an early intervention and preventative service for over 892 children and young people and their families so far. This includes providing support for anxiety low mood and behavioural difficulties as well as running workshops to groups of children within educational settings on themes such as transition resilience and wellbeing general wellbeing hacks worry and distractions and emotions through puberty.Currently MHST are supporting children and young people in over 70 educational settings which will increase over the next 18 months to around 100 sites across the city. The expansion is being funded through 1.01m from NHS England and Health Education England as part of a national initiative.We work in partnership with the school community and other wellbeing services to develop a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing building on what is being done already. We aim to achieve this goal through offering a range of services including:Improving access to mental health support and services.Delivering training and workshops for schools and parentsProviding consultation to schools on mental health and wellbeingIndividual and group interventions for children and young people experiencing difficulties with managing emotionsAnd moreAbout YouA successful candidate must have:a strong understanding of how to work with children and young people who have social emotional and/or behavioural difficultiesKnowledge of the educational system in England. Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development child wellbeing or mental health.Successfully completed the HEE commissioned 1yr Education Mental Health Practitioner post graduate diploma AND/OR Successful completion of Certificate in Childrens Wellbeing Practice (CWP) with post qualification experience as a CWP and experience of working in schools.Experience of working with children and young people their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help CBT parent work)Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents teaching staff and young people.-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.You can find the job description for this post hereAt Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on theadditional informationfor applicants page.For informal enquiriesplease contact Charlotte Lewis-Gordon at and Corina Benjamin at Closing Date: TBCPlease note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.Interviews will be held:TBCIf you have any technical issues when completing your application please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying to this job you agree to ourTerms & Conditions.Required Experience:Unclear Seniority Key Skills Facilities Management,Copy Editing,Cloud Services,Electronics,Interpretation,Accident Investigation Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Yearly Salary Salary: 32597 - 35412