Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester Thrive Practitioner

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The THRIVE framework
The THRIVE framework, jointly developed by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, has provided a systematic and population focused approach to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.
I-THRIVE support the provision of services using a whole-system approach to the delivery of child wellbeing services. This involves taking a population approach to delivery of care; enabling integration across health, care, education, social care and third sectors, and a central focus on delivering improved outcomes for children and young people.
The Manchester (M) Thrive Hub
The Manchester (M) Thrive Hub is a single point of entry, a front door, to Manchester’s Emotional Wellbeing Services. The M Thrive Hub Practitioners will work within one of the three Manchester locality M Thrive Hubs (North, Central, South).
The M Thrive Hub Practitioner roles will include acting as enablers and systems supporters; providing advice, information and signposting to well-being services. The key aim of the M-Thrive strategy is to ensure that children, young people and carers are able to Thrive in their local communities.
M Thrive Hub Navigators will work to map and develop close working relationships with the whole range of local services in their area. This is to enable an integrated community response to meet the well-being needs of children, young people, families and carers. This will involve working alongside all stakeholders, including children, young people and carers.
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The Thrive Navigators will signpost and support people into services in the community, predominantly VCSE sector. They are able to support joint visits with other professionals as well as lone visits to help support improving an individual’s well-being in their local community.
The role of the Thrive navigator is not a clinical one and will have a strength-based person-centred approach when working with people to come up with the best support plans with that person at that time involving all other services when appropriate. The Practitioner will be responsible for the planning and delivery of youth support offer to Children and Young People.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rachel Pilling
- Job title: M-Thrive Service Manager
- Email address: rachel.pilling@mft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0797 460 8376
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