Mental Health Support Team Senior Practitioner

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior EMHP to join our new Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in the Louth or Lincoln areas. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead a service dedicated to improving the mental health and well-being of children and young people within education settings.
This is an exciting chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people in our community. If you are passionate about mental health and eager to lead in this innovative role, we encourage you to apply.
Your role (registered EMHP) plays a pivotal role in supporting the mental health and well-being of children and young people within educational settings. Your key duties will include:
Providing management and clinical supervision to EMHPs, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions, upholding safeguarding procedure.
Contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of mental health initiatives within schools, aligning with local and national policies.
Delivering targeted therapeutic interventions to children, young people, and families, focusing on low to moderate mental health issues, using approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other evidence-based practices.
Designing and delivering training sessions for school staff, parents, and other stakeholders on mental health awareness and strategies to support students’ well-being.
Acting as a key point of contact between schools, health services, and external agencies, providing expert advice on mental health issues and facilitating effective communication and collaboration.
Overseeing the collection and analysis of data to measure the effectiveness of interventions and services, ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to best practices.
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 .
Qualified EMHP with extensive mental health experience.
Proven ability to supervise and lead a team.
Strong understanding of safeguarding and multi-agency working.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
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.
• Childcare Vouchers.
• 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