Job summary
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides early and preventative emotional wellbeing interventions for children, young people and their families across Lincolnshire. First established in 2017, the service has provided intervention, advice or guidance to over 5,500 children & young people across the County.
We are advertising for an exceptional Practitioner to join our team. This role will provide support via liaison & consultation to education providers and universal services. It will also involve leading evidence based groups & workshops to children & young people and parents/carers, as well as brief 1-1 interventions.
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire prides itself on its dynamic approaches to supporting children, young people, parents/carers and professionals, and seek those eager to bring creativity & passion to the service.
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire work with children and young people on a variety of emotional wellbeing needs including but not limited to: anxiety, low mood, self-harm, self-esteem, and anger. You will be able to provide excellent clinical & management supervision to Band 4 Practitioners within the team, with the ability to inspire and develop staff to their full potential. This is an exciting opportunity for motivated and highly organised individuals with a passion for children and young people's emotional wellbeing to help shape the Healthy Minds Lincolnshire service.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key link person for Education Settings within your area and will provide guidance and liaison to education providers and support in embedding the whole school approach. You will provide emotional wellbeing support to child and young people including their parents/carers and wider support network. Support will be provided by you in groups, workshops and on a one-to-one basis.
You will also provide management and clinical supervision to the Band 4 Practitioners within the team.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Provide telephone consultations for children/young people and families (CYP-F) to establish the most appropriate intervention or signpost/refer to most appropriate service.
- Co-ordinate, lead and deliver groups and workshops for children and young people (CYP) and parents.
- Provide one-to-one intervention for a caseload of CYP.
- Manage clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
School Liaison
- Provide advice/consultation to school staff and other professionals (e.g., childrens services) to upskill them in supporting the emotional wellbeing of CYP.
- Liaise with other professionals/services re. referrals and according to CYP needs.
- Attend Pastoral Support Plan (PSP) meetings with schools where a child is identified as experiencing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA).
- Provide monthly clinical supervision to education staff in term time.
Leadership and Team Support
- Provide positive role modelling to Band 4 Practitioners & support the implementation of service improvements & changes within the team setting.
- Act as main contact for allocated schools and cover other schools in the team according to need.
- Oversee allocated geographical area of schools, delegating work to B4 Practitioners as appropriate.
- Act as team champion as volunteered/allocated (e.g., Safeguarding, risk, SEND, Staff wellbeing etc).
- Provide clinical support to B4 Practitioners with clinical risk management and safeguarding issues based on knowledge and experience as required.
- Support induction of new members off staff, providing shadowing opportunities and completing induction pack with supervisees.
- Act as Practice Supervisor or Assessor (registered nurse) for student nurses in the team.
Supervision
- Provide management and clinical supervision for B4 Practitioners.
- Conduct appraisals for supervisees.
Training
- Support the Clinical Lead Practitioner to provide training and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Provide telephone consultations for children/young people and families (CYP-F) to establish the most appropriate intervention or signpost/refer to most appropriate service.
- Co-ordinate, lead and deliver groups and workshops for children and young people (CYP) and parents.
- Provide one-to-one intervention for a caseload of CYP.
- Manage clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
School Liaison
- Provide advice/consultation to school staff and other professionals (e.g., childrens services) to upskill them in supporting the emotional wellbeing of CYP.
- Liaise with other professionals/services re. referrals and according to CYP needs.
- Attend Pastoral Support Plan (PSP) meetings with schools where a child is identified as experiencing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA).
- Provide monthly clinical supervision to education staff in term time.
Leadership and Team Support
- Provide positive role modelling to Band 4 Practitioners & support the implementation of service improvements & changes within the team setting.
- Act as main contact for allocated schools and cover other schools in the team according to need.
- Oversee allocated geographical area of schools, delegating work to B4 Practitioners as appropriate.
- Act as team champion as volunteered/allocated (e.g., Safeguarding, risk, SEND, Staff wellbeing etc).
- Provide clinical support to B4 Practitioners with clinical risk management and safeguarding issues based on knowledge and experience as required.
- Support induction of new members off staff, providing shadowing opportunities and completing induction pack with supervisees.
- Act as Practice Supervisor or Assessor (registered nurse) for student nurses in the team.
Supervision
- Provide management and clinical supervision for B4 Practitioners.
- Conduct appraisals for supervisees.
Training
- Support the Clinical Lead Practitioner to provide training and support to universal services, particularly schools to enable staff to have the skills and confidence to manage the emotional wellbeing needs of the children and young people in their care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN//RCN/RN/RNLD/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist with current registration
- Educated to degree level in mental health/social care or another relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post qualification courses in childcare practice or therapeutic work with children and families.
- Good understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and/or Solution Focused Therapy.
- Training qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with emotional wellbeing needs.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a one-to-one and/or group setting.
- Experience of providing training to professionals and children and young people (or able to demonstrate aptitude).
- Good knowledge of universal children's services.
Desirable
- Significant experience of working with children and young people who have mental health or emotional wellbeing needs.
- Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions.
- Local knowledge of children's services.
- Experience of delivering training or group interventions.
- Experience of providing line management and or supervision.
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Child Care legislation and Safeguarding
- Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning Children's emotional wellbeing, Children's Services, and mental health
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development and risk management of young people in crisis
- Ability to work in partnership with universal services to provide the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties.
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
- Ability to be creative and adapt interventions to different age groups and abilities.
Special Requirements
Essential
- Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
- Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN//RCN/RN/RNLD/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist with current registration
- Educated to degree level in mental health/social care or another relevant subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post qualification courses in childcare practice or therapeutic work with children and families.
- Good understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and/or Solution Focused Therapy.
- Training qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with emotional wellbeing needs.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a one-to-one and/or group setting.
- Experience of providing training to professionals and children and young people (or able to demonstrate aptitude).
- Good knowledge of universal children's services.
Desirable
- Significant experience of working with children and young people who have mental health or emotional wellbeing needs.
- Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions.
- Local knowledge of children's services.
- Experience of delivering training or group interventions.
- Experience of providing line management and or supervision.
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Child Care legislation and Safeguarding
- Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning Children's emotional wellbeing, Children's Services, and mental health
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development and risk management of young people in crisis
- Ability to work in partnership with universal services to provide the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties.
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
- Ability to be creative and adapt interventions to different age groups and abilities.
Special Requirements
Essential
- Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
- Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire Horncastle Connect
Foundry Street, Horncastle
Lincolnshire
LN9 6AQ
Employer's website
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
