Education Mental Health Practitioner

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a practitioner to deliver mental health interventions in educational settings. You will support children and young people with varying mental health challenges, helping them access specialized services when necessary, while providing guidance to educational staff on mental health management. The role involves collaborating within schools to enhance the delivery of mental health services. Qualification and experience requirements for this position are detailed in the official job description.

Qualifications

• Qualification, training & experience requirements are detailed in the Job Description/Person Specification.
• Experience working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of mental health issues in educational settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children with mental health problems.
• Assist more severely affected children to access specialist services.
• Support education staff in identifying mental health issues.

Job description

To allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their job description, to engage in;

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems

Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services

Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing

Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services and to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.