An opportunity has arisen for two senior practitioners to join the North Cumbria Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Are you a practitioner who is trained in cognitive behaviour therapy (low intensity/ high intensity CBT) and are passionate about supporting other staff by offering clinical supervision alongside continuing to work therapeutically with children and young people in education settings, to support their emotional health and wellbeing? If, yes, then this role is for you!
We wish to appoint people who want to make a difference to the emotional wellbeing of children and young people in schools.
The role involves offering supervision to other qualified staff and providing therapeutic support to children, young people and their parent/carers and working in partnership with education settings. It is expected that if you do not have a qualification in supervision, you will complete this while in post.
The successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis to deliver mental health support across a range of educational settings in North Cumbria.
The North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) commission Barnardos to provide 4 MHSTs. The service operates as 2 locality teams across North Cumbria, covering Egremont/ Whitehaven/ Workington/ Cockermouth/ Maryport/ Keswick and one covering Carlisle / Penrith/Eden /Solway Coast. There are 2 posts available one in each locality teams.
The service bases are situated in Workington, Cockermouth and Carlisle. The office bases for post holders will be agreed following interview.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme.
The programme has three main commitments:
* Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs
* Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach
* Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education
Please be aware, Barnardo's use generic Job Descriptions and Person Specifications when recruiting to posts. However, when completing the application form for this role, applicants must provide evidence to demonstrate how their skills, experience and, if required, qualifications, relate to the essential requirements as set out in the Additional Information Sheet.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
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