Job overview

The Mental Health Support Team are looking to recruit to a full time Band 3 MHST Support Worker. 

The MHST Support Worker is an active member of the team working with others to support the delivery of mental health and emotional wellbeing activities and to deliver positive outcomes for children and young people (aged 5-18 years) and their families. The role will assist the more senior members of the team delivering training and group work.

The post holder will be able to work flexibly across a range of education providers.

The post holder will deliver a range of delegated activities as part of a wider skill mix team to support children, young people and their families by offering age-appropriate information and advice on a range of emotional health, lifestyle and behaviour related issues.

The role will support the early intervention and prevention in relation to supporting the delivery of the whole school approach.

Please note, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role due to the required Skill Level and salary threshold.

Main duties of the job

• As part of the wider team support the delivery of emotional wellbeing activities to individual and/or groups of children, young people and families in an education setting.
• Disseminate public health information/initiatives as part of a whole team approach. This may include creating and distributing resources and supporting the delivery of the services digital offer.
• Deliver a range of evidence based brief interventions (i.e. brief advice, guided self-help, online workbooks, signposting) on a range of emotional health and wellbeing related issues under the direction of the EMHP and/or Senior Practitioner
• Assist with delivery of the Whole School Approach (WSA) including audits and action plans and support the wider team to deliver a range of WSA activities including psychoeducation groups, assemblies, workforce training etc.
• Support the delivery of drop-in or educational sessions both in schools and communities under the direction of the EMHP and/or Senior Practitioner.
• Support the development and delivery of peer champions groups for children, young and parents/carers.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.