Mental Health Support Team Senior Practitioner

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced clinicians to join our dedicated teams as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, within our Mental Health Support Teams in the Sleaford area. We work flexibly with a hybrid approach, i.e. home and office based. The base of work can be negotiable.
As a key member, you will play a crucial role in promoting and supporting mental health within educational settings. Our MHSTs pride themselves on their creative and innovative approach to improving the mental health of Children and Young People, as well as developing the skill and confidence of Education Staff to identify and address these difficulties as early as possible, in line with our preventative way of working.
If this sounds like a team you’d like to be part of, we would love to hear from you. For more information please contact Lynne Tyblewski on 07849 832 791 or via email: lynne.tyblewski@nhs.net
Provide leadership and guidance to a team of mental health practitioners within educational settings.
Coordinate and support the delivery of a range of Whole School Approach activities within education settings.
Develop and implement mental health programs and interventions tailored to the unique needs of students and educational staff.
Conduct assessments and provide individual and group therapy to students dealing with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, leadership teams and parents / carers to create a supportive and inclusive mental health framework.
Stay informed about current trends, research, and best practices in mental health and education.
Offer training and professional development to education staff.
Coordinate and participate in Critical Incident Responses where need arises.
Provide support and clinical supervision to Low Intensity CBT practitioners within MHST.
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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy.
• Competitive annual leave allowance.
• Car leasing scheme.
• NHS pension scheme.
• Free eye tests.
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants.

Please refer the Job description for details