Education Mental Health Practitioner/ Child Wellbeing Practitioner

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization as an Education Mental Health Practitioner or Child Wellbeing Practitioner to provide vital mental health support to children in schools. This role involves collaborative work with educational professionals and community services, focusing on early intervention and high-quality mental health care for young people. If you are passionate about improving mental wellbeing and ready to take on an impactful role, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications

• Experience in providing mental health care services to children and young people.
• Skilled in conducting holistic assessments.
• Knowledge of integrated mental health teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseload and provide mental healthcare services.
• Conduct holistic assessments of mental health and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with mental health and educational professionals.

Skills

CBT interventions

Collaborative working

Mental health assessment

Communication

Education

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or Child Wellbeing Practitioner

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) to join a school-based service in North East Hampshire.

We invite you to consider being involved in this exciting opportunity to contribute to the government's vision of integrated mental health teams in schools, as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan.

The post-holder will work within an MHST in the wider School-based Need team, delivering high-quality, brief, outcome-focused, evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The role involves working in schools and community locations. This position is suitable for someone passionate about early intervention to support children, young people, and their families in managing mental health and emotional wellbeing to enable them to thrive.

Responsibilities include:

1. Managing a caseload and providing mental healthcare services to young people with mental health difficulties.
2. Conducting holistic assessments of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people.
3. Collaborating with Primary Mental Health Workers, CAMHS, schools, and GPs to support children and young people.
4. Offering high-quality, brief, outcome-focused, evidence-based CBT interventions to individuals, workshops, and groups.
5. Working with schools to co-produce and deliver whole-school approaches, providing ongoing professional consultation and advice to school staff.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with learning disabilities in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively engage with service users and communities to improve mental wellbeing and collaborate with NHS and voluntary sector organizations to support service users and carers.

Surrey, a beautiful county just 30 minutes from Central London and the South Coast, offers historic towns, countryside, and excellent road and rail networks. Gatwick and Heathrow airports are also nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts once sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high-cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Siobhan Smith
• Job Title: Clinical Lead for MHST
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]

Alternatively, contact Angie Montague at [e-mail].