Primary Mental Health Worker (PMHT)

We are currently seeking a highly qualified and dedicated Primary Mental Health Workers to join our nurturing team. You will be working within the School Based Needs Service as part of Mindworks Surrey's Children and Young People's Service. Our borough-based service is designed around the THRIVE Framework, and you will primarily work in schools as part of a team of professionals who support young people, families, and schools in identifying needs and accessing the appropriate support at the right time.

Your role will involve working with school staff to develop a comprehensive approach to mental health and wellbeing, providing consultations primarily to school staff and other professionals, with the potential to include parents and carers as needed. You will also be responsible for conducting risk and mental health assessments, as well as delivering treatment to children, young people, and families.

We welcome applications with Mental Health training, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers and other therapists who are passionate about working with children, young people, parents, and professionals. This role is perfect for those who enjoy a diverse range of responsibilities, as well as traveling and working from various locations. The location of the role is in Guildford, you may be expected to cover other areas within Surrey.

Within the role you will be required to:

• Provide a school based primary mental health service for children and young people.
• Work with key school staff to build on existing good practice and processes, upskill all staff and affect cultural change, specifically supporting young people with SEND, including ASC and ADHD.
• Offer consultation, support, advice and training to school professionals on all aspects of mental health and wellbeing of children and their families, in addition to offering consultation and training to parents and carers, including those with young people with SEND.
• Offer mental health assessments individually and provide informed referrals to Specialist CYPS and Community Wellbeing and signpost to other appropriate countywide children and family services.
• Work with other services in support of a whole family approach.
• Offer a variety of direct, evidence based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families and hold a small case load.

This role requires a valid registration and at least 3 years of post-qualification experience working with children, young people, and families with mental health issues.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Qualifications required:

• A clinical qualification to degree level or equivalent such as Registered Nurse, Mental Health Professional, Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Arts Therapist, Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Counselling.
• Membership of a professional body (e.g. NMC, HCPC).
• Training in relevant therapeutic modality.
• Experience of Primary Mental Health Work.
• Understanding of government, national and local initiatives relating to children and young people's emotional wellbeing.
• Teaching/schools Experience.

Experience required:

• At least 3 years post qualifying experience working with children and their families who have mental health needs.
• Experience of working with other agencies, e.g. Education and Children's Services.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.