WSA Practitioner

Job summary

This is a term time only contract

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Gloucestershire Mental Health Support Team - Young Minds Matter, for the recruitment ofWhole School Approach Practitioner. The post holder will provide Psych educational support to schools within the Mental Health Support team (MHST) using the 'Whole-school Approach' to improve mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.

Supporting the whole school approach co-ordinator, the post holder will work with the whole school community (teaching professionals, children, parents, volunteers, and support staff) to break down stigma of mental health issues, and support children to become more resilient so they are better equipped to understand and manage their emotions.

This will involve delivery of whole school approach presentations around mental health and wellbeing to both students and professionals of varying age and audience size, as well as attending and representing YMM at countywide promotional events.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis based within Gloucestershire, and will play a key role as members of the Mental Health Support Team, who will have the responsibility for delivering schools' overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people across the county.

Main duties of the job

To support the 'Whole School Approach' offer around Mental health and wellbeing across MHST schools in Gloucestershire

Delivering assemblies, class-based workshops, and small groups in primary and secondary settings, countywide.

To arrange, plan and deliver WSA activities.

Regularly required to collect and collate participant feedback in response to presentations and conduct audits with regards to the outcomes.

To participate regularly in the agreed systems for supervision.

To participate annually in the agreed system of appraisal.

Responsible for the security of equipment used by the service such as a projector and laptop for schools presentations.

Responsible for monitoring levels of resource materials and notifying the manager before they become depleted.

Creating and disseminating resources around Mental Health and Wellbeing.

To make accurate observations and recordings, using Rio (electronic patient recording system).

To identify and discuss a range of health and social care needs with service users, carers and other professionals and signpost when appropriate.

To provide support and advice to service users, carers, colleagues, and other professionals.

Ability to work flexibly and creatively, responding quickly to changing circumstances and needs of individual children, young people and their families.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rikenel

Montpelier

Gloucester

GL11LY

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rikenel

Montpelier

Gloucester

GL11LY

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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