Education Mental Health Practitioner/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to work within school settings, providing early support and intervention for children and young people. This full-time role includes managing a caseload, implementing training programs, and working with families to promote mental well-being. Competitive benefits and flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Wide range of training opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people in educational settings.
• Knowledge of mental health interventions for mild-to-moderate needs.
• Ability to implement training and awareness programs.

Responsibilities

• Support education settings with mental health interventions.
• Implement training workshops and raise awareness within schools.
• Manage a caseload of young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

Skills

Low-Intensity CBT

Intervention strategies

Training delivery

Education

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Job description

Overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Lincoln, Louth and Gainsborough Mental Health Support Team as a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) at Band 5 (Agenda For Change).

This is a diverse role and an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people, and families by offering early support and intervention.

About MHSTs

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional wellbeing problems which are of a low to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.

Responsibilities

• Support several allocated education settings, offering support to children and young people and their families.
• Implement 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.
• As an MHST practitioner you will manage a caseload of young people, providing interventions for mild-moderate mental health needs using Low-Intensity CBT and other evidence based interventions.
• You will also lead in implementing the Whole School Approach within your allocated settings by providing regular consultation, advice and training to professionals.

Support and Development

You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision to support you throughout this role. There will be an opportunity to access internal training as well as identification of other development needs via your appraisal.

Working pattern

This is advertised as a full-time post operating Monday to Friday 9am-5pm; however, other working patterns can be considered, and the base can be negotiated.

About Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation 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.

Culture and Benefits

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We\'re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you\'re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that\'s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.