Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

NHS; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to deliver early interventions for children and young people. This role involves collaboration within educational settings across Hartlepool and Stockton. The ideal candidate should have qualifications and experience in mental health practices, working effectively with various stakeholders to promote emotional wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Confident working within Mental Health Support Teams.
• Experience in delivering one-on-one and group interventions.
• Able to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people.
• Work collaboratively within educational settings to promote mental health.
• Manage a sensitive caseload with care and professionalism.

Skills

Experience with children and young people

Team player

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Education

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Are you passionate about improving childrens emotional wellbeing?

Would you like to join a well-established and successful Mental Health Support Team with a strong team culture and excellent support?

We have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are recruiting for a Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. This exciting role spans both educational settings and healthcare sectors across North Tees.

You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Team (MHST), based with Alliance Psychology. The team is located in Stockton and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Hartlepool and Stockton local authority areas.

The role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check with barring.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, as qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.

You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.

About us

The North Tees Mental Health Support Team is delivered by a consortium of partners, primarily from the voluntary and community sector. You will be employed by Changing Futures North East, a charity that has supported children, young people, and families for over 25 years. We help children and families thrive through strong, healthy relationships and are proud partners in several mental health support services across Hartlepool and Teesside.

Job responsibilities

You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) within Alliance Psychology. The team is located in Stockton and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Hartlepool & Stockton local authority areas.

We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.

You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Work within Mental Health Support Team for schools either as trainee or qualified EMHP
• Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
• Delivery of group interventions for children and young people.

Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Personal Qualities and Specific Attributes

• Self-motivated
• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• Team player
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
• Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Specialist Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£28,500 to £31,139 a year, depending on experience