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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
Following a successful pilot project, Welsh Government have funded a School Mental Health In Reach Initiative on a Wales wide basis. The initiative aims to improve the wellbeing of pupils in High
Schools and Primary Schools by developing school staff’s skills and confidence to support pupils with lower-level mental health and wellbeing needs within their competence and within their role as
teachers; and enabling access to specialist provision where this is indicated.
Our team plays a key role in delivering these outcomes by working in partnership with schools, providing consultation, supervision and training to teachers and other key professionals; and working collaboratively with staff at a range of levels and from a range of
agencies to support a whole-school approach to improving mental wellbeing. Your role will be to support this work through providing direct clinical services (including assessment of need and provision of therapeutic interventions) as required as well as other supportive tasks
relevant to the core remit of the service.
Main duties of the job
For children, young people and families and with appropriate supervision and support:
To provide psychologically minded holistic mental health assessments within a contextual, normative and developmental framework
To deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions (individual and group based)
To provide advice and information to school staff, including signposting to other sources of support
To support onward referral to more appropriate community based or secondary and specialist services where indicated
To develop and maintain close relationships with school service providers and staff from a range of statutory and non-statutory services, providing advice and support to promote the management of those with mental health needs.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical assessment and formulation skills within a contextual, normative and developmental framework
Desirable criteria
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within the area of speciality eg primary care, community mental health, older adults, CAMHS
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in or closely with an education setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriately qualified practitioner with minimum level 5 qualification in relevant field.
Desirable criteria
- Additional post registration training in one or more evidence based psychological therapy relevant to the Inreach/CAMHS context
