MFT Thrive In Education Teams have three core functions:-
• Delivering evidence based interventions for mild to moderate mental health presentations
• Supporting the mental health leads in each school/college to support a whole school approach to wellbeing and mental health.
• Providing timely advice and guidance to education staff and liaising with specialist services to support children and young people to receive effective support to remain in education.
Trafford's Thrive In Education team works flexibly in several educational settings, working alongside education colleagues to develop and provide preventive and early help support to meet the needs of their pupils experiencing low intensity mental health issues, mainly anxiety, low mood and emotional regulation.
The team consists of a service lead, senior clinicians, supervisors, Education Mental Health Practitioner’s, Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner’s and administrative support.
We have the opportunity to reach children and young people at the earliest stages possible when their difficulties have first been identified ensuring schools, families, professionals and mental health practitioners work collaboratively to acknowledge the voice of the young person and provide effective interventions in dynamic and innovative way.
The Service Lead will be accountable for ensuring the effective management and delivery of services in their particular service area. You will be accountable to the Head of Early Intervention and Prevention, you will ensure the key functions of the role are undertaken through effective management and leadership, collaborative working, supporting the delivery of performance targets, (including access and pathway targets), contracted activity levels, quality standards and quality of services.
This role is predominately concerned with being a key member of a Clinical Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Head of Early Intervention and Prevention. You will be leading innovation and specific projects, as well as creating frameworks for the enhancing of Mental Health Support Teams. Whilst the primary focus of the post will be the clinical leadership of the team, you will be encouraged to foster Greater Manchester links in the overall interests of furthering knowledge and best practice. The role will promote excellence in clinical practice and communicate this to Internal and external partners. You will have advanced clinical skills and be expected to spend an agreed amount of your time in clinical practice.
You will also be required to liaise and collaborate with colleagues of all disciplines involved in children and young people’s mental health. There is an expectation that an agreed amount of time will be dedicated to training and development.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Apr 2024
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