Education Mental Health Practitioner/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Bracebridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Education Mental Health Practitioner to support children and young people in educational settings. The role involves delivering Low-intensity CBT and promoting mental health awareness while working collaboratively within schools. Essential qualifications include UK NHS experience and access to a vehicle. This position offers opportunities for flexible working and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and promotion opportunities

Support for diversity and inclusivity

Qualifications

• UK NHS experience required.
• Ability to work across the county.
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Low-intensity CBT and evidence-based interventions.
• Help children access specialist services for mental health.
• Support education staff to manage mental health issues.

Job description

Overview

You will support several allocated education settings, offering support to children and young people and their families. A key part of the role is around implementing Public Health England's Whole School Approach, part of which will be to deliver training, workshops and assemblies to the wider educational communities and promote awareness of mental health within the educational settings. The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Low-intensity CBT practitioner will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and with appropriate supervision and engage in:

Responsibilities

• Delivering Low-intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions for children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Helping children and young people within these education settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services
• Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and, where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing
• Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services
• To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential

Requirements

• UK NHS experience
• Ability to work across the county
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes (essential)

About the Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities. We support and celebrate diversity and have active staff networks. For more information, visit beinlincolnshire.com.