Senior Wellbeing Practitioner | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

The Senior Wellbeing Practitioner works with schools and colleges to provide expert emotional wellbeing and mental health support as part of plans to transform children and young people's mental health through the NHS Long- Term Plan., NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

• The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will be a qualified low intensity practitioner (CWP/EMHP) with substantial post qualification experience and CPD and will be fully registered with theappropriate professionalor regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, (BPS/BABCP for CWP/EMHP)). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
• Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes (e.g. CYP-IAPT training).
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients, via NICE compliant pathways.
• To be able to assess and develop plans of care within MHSTs to meet the needs of children and young people with a variety of conditions. This includes brief and longer-term interventions through talking therapies, recognising ownlimitationsand seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity.
• To be able toinitiatereferrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
• To provide children, young people and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity,independenceand quality of life.
• To ensure practice is supported by research,evidence basedpractice, literature and peer review.
  
  The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or have completed EMHP/CWP qualification and will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BPS, BABC). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. Post holders will have completed or be supported to complete the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course or CYP IAPT Low Intensity Supervisor course.
The post holder will be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working with other health and social care professionals and agencies.

The MHSTs build on the support already in place from school counsellors, nurses, educational psychologists and the voluntary sector to support those with mild to moderate mental health issues in school and will help children and young people with more severe needs to access the right support and provide a link to the CAMHS services. The post-holder will routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• The Post holder will work as part of an MHST delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties in and around schools The post holder willbe responsible fordelivering clinical interventions within the MHST and will receive clinical supervision from a more senior psychological practitioner.
• To routinely measure clinical outcomes.
• Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, youngpeopleand families in the community through evidenced based clinical interventions.
• To undertake initial school based and community-based assessments and to deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and behaviouraldifficulties
• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by their registering bodies code of conduct and Trust guidelines andprotocols
Working at NELFT offers several benefits, including: 1. Career Development: NELFT provides opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Staff can access training, workshops, and mentoring programs. 2. Competitive Salaries: NELFT offers competitive pay scales and benefits packages 3. Work-Life Balance: The organization promotes a healthy work-life balance, with flexible working arrangements and support for well-being. 4. Employee Assistance Programs: Staff have access to counselling services, mental health support, and other resources. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFT