Education Mental Health Practitioner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking an Education Mental Health Practitioner to deliver evidence-based support in schools. The role involves working closely with education teams to assist students facing mental health challenges. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and proven experience supporting mental health needs. This position offers a salary of £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering interventions in educational settings.
• Proven experience in assessing and managing risk, including safeguarding.
• Experience in caseload management within a multi-disciplinary mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Support mental health leads to deliver a whole school approach.
• Liaise with specialist services to assist children and young people.

Skills

Proven experience with mental health difficulties

Experience with low intensity interventions

Understanding of Clinical Governance

Education

Degree in Psychology, Health and Social Care, or Child Development

Job description

Education Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 30 September 2025

Manchester University Foundation Trust were successful in their bid to be allocated funding as part of the governments green paper ambitions to transform children and young people's mental health support in England. The Mental Health Support Teams in Manchester, Salford and Trafford will form part of a Thrive In Education model working in an integrated manner with our partnership agencies from the voluntary sector and provide 'Getting Help' and 'Getting Advice' as part of the MFT Thrive offer.

This is a really exciting time to be part of an innovative and ambitious MHST that delivers high quality care and excellent outcomes to the young people and Secondary Schools and Colleges in Manchester.

The Manchester MHST, Thrive In Education team works flexibly in, and around Trafford's secondary and college educational settings, working alongside education colleagues to develop and provide preventive and early help support to meet the needs of their pupils experiencing low intensity mental health issues, mainly anxiety and low mood.

Main duties of the job

Manchester MHST Thrive In Education Team has three core functions:-

To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Support the mental health leads in schools/colleges to deliver a whole school approach to wellbeing and mental health.

Provide advice and guidance to education staff and liaise with specialist services to support children and young people to remain in education through the right support

The team work closely with our education colleagues to develop and provide preventive, evidence based interventions that support those young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes offering evidence based individual and group sessions to young people and parent/carers; staff training; consultation and advice; liaison & signposting to other relevant support or CAMHS services across Manchester.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree educated in relevant area such as Psychology, Health and Social Care, Child Development

Experience

• Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties.
• Experience of delivering low intensity interventions in school and education environments as part of IAPT training.
• Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
• Experience of gathering clinical evidence, reports and information as part of signposting to other internal or external pathways.
• Experience of providing evidenced based assessments, formulations and treatment packages.
• Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies within a community model.
• Experience of caseload management, working within a multi-disciplinary mental health setting.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and impact on clinical practice.
• Experience of providing interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families in CAMHS or a community setting

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro rata)