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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Gloucestershire Mental Health Support Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating support to schools within the Mental Health Support team (MHST) using the ‘Whole-school Approach’ to improve mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. 

The post holder will be required to lead on the development, coordination,  to school staff, students, and their parents/carers which support the Early Interventions offer for children and young people in Gloucestershire. Experience of working with children and young people in either health or education setting.  Evidence of working independently and autonomously.  Experience of multi-agency working and coordinating Multi disciplinary meetings. Experience and understanding of Safeguarding Children and other relevant legislation and policies. Experience of facilitating and delivery of training.  

The role will involve direct line management of 1 x band 4 whole school approach practitioner ( this number may increase overtime with service growth).

The post holder will work with the whole school community (teaching professionals, children, parents, volunteers and support staff) to break down stigma of mental health issues, and support children to become more resilient so they are better equipped to understand and manage their emotions and behaviour. 

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses

Main duties of the job

·       Lead on Whole school approach data, capacity and planning.

·       Lead on whole school approach impact evaluation projects.

·       Direct liaison with schools around the whole school approach core offer.

·       Maintaining and reviewing a range of resources used in the whole school approach.

·       Direct responsibility for liaison joint work with the trust Communications team around presentations and YMM promotional literature.

·       Organising the regular YMM/YMMChat promotional stands.

·       Liaising with YMM clinical team manager around team capacity to deliver whole school approach to schools.

Supervision, teaching and training

·       To participate regularly in the agreed systems for supervision.

·       To participate annually in the agreed system of appraisal.

·       To participate in projects/professional groups as delegated.

·       To support students who may be on placements within the team, as required and by  agreement.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.