Parent and Carer Practitioner (MHST)

Do you have a passion for supporting parents and carers to understand childrens mental healthThis maybe the role for you if you have previous experienceof working with parents and carers and children and young people.

The role of the Parent and Carer Practitioner (PCP) is to support Senior Mental Health Leads (SMHL) in educational establishments to develop and implement Whole School Approaches (WSA) to engaging and working with parents and carersproviding mental health themed workshops and parenting groups and online webinars with the aim of improving mental health and emotional wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.

In addition this role will support the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) to develop and deliver a mental health and emotional wellbeing support programme for parents and carers in partnership with educational establishments. Through delivering parent/carer groups developing resources and providing training and support to school staff on embedding whole-school approaches to engaging parents and carers.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Have experience of providing parenting groups and information advice and guidance to parents and carers.
• Have extensive knowledge of children and young peoples mental health and emotional well being.
• Are able to work in partnership with education settings and with a large mental health team.

To apply for this role please follow the Apply Now button above to upload your CV and a supporting statement. We will use your supporting statement to shortlist so please be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience education or personal you evidence the ability to facilitate workshops and training sessions and experience of working with parents and carers to promote children and young peoples mental health andemotional well being.

For guidance on how to write an application see ourhow to apply page.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

Interviews will take place in-person at Cavendish House Hastings Monday 8 December.

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See ourpriority status page for details.

As this post is part of the Mental Health Support Teams there is access to mental health themed training and the opportunity to increase experience of working withinhealth and education.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity contact Lucy Hill Service Manager: Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Educationto request a MS teams call or phone call.

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