Job summary
Primary Mental Health Practitioner Band 6
Based Warwickshire
1.0 x Full time permanent role
We have an exciting and forward-thinking role available within our Rise Early Help Service. (Join an award winning team, PMHT won the Q award for collaboration 2023).
If you're successful you will receive, regular management and clinical supervision, an annual appraisal and fantastic training opportunity within the Trust, universities, and the local authorities. To support your professional development there is a postgraduate 'CAMHS module' delivered at Coventry University which we encourage you to attend . In the wider trust we have an excellent health and wellbeing support offer to staff, regular mindfulness 'pause sessions' embedded in your diary and the opportunity to request flexible working as well additional support for working carers.
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Main duties of the job
Rise Early Help is an exciting space to be part of and we would love to meet applicants who are passionate about early intervention and prevention, enjoy being creative and having opportunities to shape and mould our fast-paced services. Including you in our service development is integral to a successful service and we pride ourselves on every voice is heard and in turn we believe this will improves outcomes for children and young people. Working alongside PMHT in the rise early help offer is the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), you will work closely with this team ensuring a fair early help offer across Warwickshire.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be a professional registered with a regulator, e.g.; HCPC/Social Work England/Nursing and Midwifery Council and will provide consultation to parents/carers caring for children, professionals working with children and deliver training around mental health and well-being.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification e.g. social worker, nurse, occupational therapist, speech & language therapist, psychotherapist, psychologist, counsellor
- Current Registration with relevant professional body.
- Significant experience working with children and adolescents
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
- Relevant training and experience specialist short courses
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Time management skills
- Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
- Be able to prioritise and manage conflicting demands
Experience
Essential
- Considerable post registration/qualification experience
- Considerable post registration/qualification experience
- Experience of working in a mental health setting.
Other
Essential
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address
Whitestone Clinic
Magyar Crescent
Nuneaton
CV11 4SG