Mental Health Transformation Officer

5 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Foundation 92 Full time

Foundation 92 is the official charity of Salford City FC and The Class of 92. Working throughout the Greater Manchester community, Foundation 92 is proud to deliver a wide and diverse range of high quality, high impact, sustainable health improvement, education, physical education and inclusion provision, which enables members of the community to lead healthy, positive and progressive lifestyles.

Given the recent growth of Foundation 92’s Health and Wellbeing department, Foundation 92 is looking to appoint a dedicated, committed and highly experienced Mental Health Transformation Officer who will both lead and directly deliver Foundation 92s far reaching and engaging Health and Wellbeing programmes.

The post holder will take direct responsibility to develop an innovative programme that will support Year 6 children through their transition from primary to secondary school over the period of a year.

As a Mental Health Transformation Officer (MHTO) you will work across Primary schools and will help to revolutionise the way we think, talk and act about mental health, providing an early intervention and prevention service for children.

The aim is to increase resilience and give pupils the necessary tools to thrive. The MHTO will work with the school to identify those requiring one-to-one support, predominately pupils who are currently accessing Mental Health support services, or are at higher risk of needing them. Using a flexible approach, they will provide interventions at the earliest opportunity; providing education on coping strategies and self-management with the end goal to reduce the number of individuals and therefore the demand on local CAMHS services which currently have large waiting lists.

**Key Responsibilities**:
The main responsibilities of the post holder are as follows;
- Assess and support students in assigned secondary school who are experiencing common mental health difficulties such as mild to moderate symptoms of depression, anxiety and low mood.
- Work collaboratively with student support services/Pastoral team within the secondary school.
- Make accurate assessments of the risk students poses to themselves and others using NICE Guidance.
- _Offer a range of low-intensity, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-based interventions that will help students to manage their own recovery._
- Manage referrals and signposting to other agencies.
- Devise a shared treatment plan with students that will be delivered via a range of methods including group and one-to-one support.
- Attend multidisciplinary meetings about referrals or students receiving or requesting treatment.
- Develop strong professional relationships with schools and primary and secondary care staff, such as general practice staff and mental health workers.
- Liaise with external agencies including police, local authority, employers, and employment support workers.
- Provide and receive information related to mental health and CBT to individuals or groups of students, relatives, carers, members of the public and professionals.
- Deliver whole -year workshops to increase awareness of mental health triggers and conditions
- Educate and involve family members and others in your student’s treatment as necessary.
- Keep accurate records uploading to VIEWS software system
- Provide Feedback to project evaluation partners
- Guarantee student confidentiality is protected at all times in line with school policies and procedures.
- Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set out by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, BACP).
- Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
- Undertake any other duties appropriate to this role.
- Comply with all charity policies.
- Promote the Foundation 92 brand and ethos in a professional, strong and positive manner.
- Work alongside other team members to support in other areas of the organisation as and when required to promote best practice.
- A commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace and a willingness to undertake all relevant equality and diversity training.

**Personal attributes**

The post holders will have:
Essential:

- A mental health degree or a degree in a relevant clinical qualification.
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with students.
- Experience in providing one-to-one mental health support to young people and families.
- Time management skills to be able to plan and regulate workload including the ability to prioritise demands and thrive under pressure.
- Experience of partnership working in a multi-agency setting
- Access to transport for work purposes and to travel to locations throughout the local area.
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcome
- Ability to use clinical supervisi

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