Education Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to join the Mental Health Services Team in Liverpool. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering evidence-based interventions and enhancing access to mental health services within educational environments. This permanent role requires specific qualifications and skills to effectively engage families and manage mental health issues in children and young people.

Qualifications

• Qualification as an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) required.
• BABCP or BPS registration beneficial.
• Experience in working with families at risk of social exclusion.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children with mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support educational settings in managing mental health issues.
• Act as case manager for children and young people.

Skills

Engagement

Collaboration

Evidence-Based Interventions

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Health Practice for Children and Young People

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or other Health-related field

Training in Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Counselling

Job description

Go back Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Education Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Permanent - Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join our Mental Health Services Team (MHST) working with schools across Liverpool. From April 2024, EMHPs were be required to be registered with either British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or the British Psychological Society (BPS) - this is a requirement of this post.

We are looking for individuals who have skills and experience in engaging families who are from communities that may be at increased risk of social exclusion or marginalisation. Postholders will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. They will act as case managers for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems and deliver evidence-based interventions alongside or under supervision of senior CAMHS practitioners.

Main duties of the job

o Delivering Evidence-Based Interventions for children and young people, with mild to moderate mental health problems, in Education Settings.o Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.o Supporting and facilitating staff in Education Settings to identify, and where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.o Working with and within educational environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.o Working with low level risk and recognise higher level risk, escalating this appropriately to relevant services e.g., CAMHS /Child Care Services/MASH.o The post holder will be developing polices and protocols with Mental Health Leads in school around Mental Health.

About us

Alder Hey MHST is part of the Schools Mental Health Team within Liverpool CAMHS, alongside key stakeholder and partners as part of the Whole School Approach in Liverpool.

Job responsibilities

Delivering outcome focused, Evidence-Based Interventions in Educational Settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Developing skills in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families, and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties. Developing and practicing Evidence-Based skills and working in partnership with children, young people, their families, and educators in the development of treatment plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes. Work in collaboration with children and young people and where appropriate parents/carers to formulate and develop agreed treatment plan. Incorporate Participation and Inclusivity when delivering services which recognises and respects diversity. Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in Educational Settings, according to agreed local and national and local referral routes, processes, and procedures. Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others. Learn, understand, rationalise, and adhere to the protocols within the educational setting to which the post holder is attached. Engage along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service. Gain and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal development, to benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection. Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services. Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence. To deliver interventions either on an individual basis or within a group format. To deliver Psychoeducation Workshops to Young People and School Based Staff.

Person Specification

Education and Training

• Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Health Practice for Children and Young People (EMHP Qualification)
• BABCP and or BPS registered/registerable or working towards registration
• Training in Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Counselling or within a Psychological Therapy.
• Psychology or other Health related undergraduate degree.
• BABCP accreditation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust