Education Mental Health Practitioner/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Chelmsford is seeking a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to support children and young people's mental health in educational settings. The role involves working autonomously, conducting assessments, and collaborating with schools and families. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience. Flexible working options are available to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Robust supervision framework

Qualifications

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Experience with children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18.
• Proficient in using Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS).

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with schools and families to develop intervention plans.
• Perform comprehensive assessments and clinical reviews.
• Support the mental health of children and young people across various educational settings.

Skills

Experience in mental health support

Ability to work autonomously

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in assessments and care plans

Education

Relevant qualification in mental health or wellbeing

Job description

Overview

At NELFT, we’re proud to be the largest provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in England. Our service offers evidence-based individual and group interventions within educational settings to children and young people aged 5-18, helping children manage mild to moderate mental health challenges.

Role

Mid Essex MHST is looking for passionate, qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children\u2019s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) to join our team. Our team covers the districts of Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon. The team are supportive and passionate in what we deliver and have professionals 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.

Location and travel

The Mid Essex MHST covers the large geographical area incorporating the districts of Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon. Due to this successful applicants will need a full driving licence, and access to a vehicle to travel across the county.

Responsibilities

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. 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.

Support and development

We offer all staff a robust supervision framework to support with their clinical development.

Values

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 and probation

Starting with NELFT: NELFT places 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 drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Base This post requires the successful applicant to work agilely between NELFT sites and educational settings and the nominal base is Stapleford House in Chelmsford.

How to apply

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Uddin Job title: Team Lead Mid Essex MHST Email address: [e-mail]