Mental Health Practitioner

3 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Every day our team gets the chance to make a real difference to the lives of local children, young people and their families through this unique Early Help Mental Health project in Birmingham schools. Our service prides itself in its innovative approach where we build lasting relationships with a group of schools to champion a whole school approach to mental health, as well as tailored 1 to 1 and group interventions. Have you got the relevant experience and do you share our passion for early help and prevention? Then please read on

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an expanding and innovative national service. We are looking for someone to join our dynamic team as a Mental Health Practitioner within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covering schools in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to support the MHST to deliver evidence-based mental health interventions for children and young people in schools and help develop their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

The post would suit Educational Mental Health Practitioners, Mental health Nurses, Therapists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists or those with experience in children and young people’s mental health that are registered with a professional body.

A driving license and access to a car for work purposes on a daily basis is also an essential requirement of this post.

Please use the Supporting Information to evidence the essential and desirable criteria.

**Principal duties for this post include**:

- Acting as a communication link between Education, Children’s Social Care, providers and Forward Thinking Birmingham. Providing liaison and consultation to a range of providers, mainly education, and assisting professionals to triage & assess appropriate packages of care to meet the mental health needs of children, young people and their families.
- Supporting and strengthening Forward Thinking Birmingham provision in relation to early identification and intervention for children and young people with mental health & family support needs.
- Contributing to the development and implementation of Birmingham Children's Partnership locality plans and initiatives particularly those focused on early intervention and prevention within a range of settings.
- Improving appropriate access to Early Help in Forward Thinking Birmingham through provision of assessment and treatment in locality hubs and places of education
- Contributing to the identification of training needs of staff / workers within education settings.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

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