Education Mental Health Practitioner/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Chelmsford is seeking qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs). You will work in partnership with schools to support children and young people's mental health. Candidates must be qualified EMHPs or CWPs and possess a full driving license. The role offers opportunities for development and support within a passionate team committed to improving mental health in the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Robust supervision framework

Continual Professional Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP).
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, care plans, and reviews.
• Use Routine Outcome Measures and clinical tools for feedback.
• Work alongside other EMHPs/CWPs and Senior Mental Health Practitioners for development.

Skills

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Proficient in Routine Outcome Measures

Clinical tools usage

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes. Practitioners will work as autonomous and responsible clinicians within their scope of practice, alongside education colleagues. They will be experienced in the delivery of interventions to support CYP in primary, secondary and higher education settings.

Responsibilities

• The practitioner will complete comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, care plans and reviews.
• They will be proficient in using Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS) and clinical tools to gather feedback and guide clinical practice, with opportunities for service provision planning and mapping with schools to inform the delivery of support to CYP.
• The post holder will be supported to work alongside other EMHPs/CWPs in educational settings, as well as working alongside more Senior Mental Health Practitioners to support learning and development. There will be opportunities for individual work, group work and consultation.
• We offer all staff a robust supervision framework to support with their clinical development.

Team and Working Arrangements

Mid Essex MHST is looking for passionate, qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) to join our team. Our team covers a large geographical area incorporating the districts of Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon. The team are supportive and passionate in what we deliver and have professionals who come from multidisciplinary backgrounds. We recognise the needs for a healthy work life balance, and we will consider flexible working applications in line with the trust policies and process. We encourage Continual Professional Development and are keen to support our staff to grow and progress. Our team work incredibly hard to support one another to improve the mental health of our community.

Requirements

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP).
• Due to the large geographical area, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle to travel across the county is required.

About NELFT

At NELFT, we're proud to be thelargest provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in England. Our Values 2025 - 2030: Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Induction

Starting with NELFT (delete for internal only) NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.