Education Mental Health Practitioner EMHP/CYPWP

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP); Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner with a leading NHS Trust. This role involves working within the Cheshire Mental Health Support Teams, providing essential support to children and young people in educational settings. You will engage directly with schools, offering guidance and evidence-based interventions to promote mental well-being. Join a compassionate organization that values diversity and is committed to professional development. With a supportive environment and a relocation package available, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in the community while advancing your career in mental health services.

Benefits

Relocation Package up to £8,000

Comprehensive Induction Programme

Support for Professional Development

Inclusive Recruitment Practices

Qualifications

• Qualified in CYP-IAPT with professional registration is essential.
• Experience in mental health and safeguarding vulnerable individuals is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1:1 and group interventions for children and families.
• Work closely with schools and colleges to support mental health.

Skills

Child Psychology

Low Intensity CBT

Multi-agency Working

Safeguarding

Evidence-based Interventions

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in CYP-IAPT

Professional Registration (BPS/BABCP)

Undergraduate Degree in Psychology or Health-related Field

Job description

Band 5

Main area: Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

Grade: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 373-CYP1344

Site: Kingsley Resource Center

Town: Ellesmere Port

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Job Overview

We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000 for anyone who needs to relocate in order to take up employment with CWP. T&Cs apply - see attached document. If this applies to you, please state this on your application so we can discuss this with you.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the Cheshire Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) based in Cheshire West. We have 1 post available within the team.

The Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner will work with colleagues in the Cheshire West MHST based in Ellesmere Port, working closely with education settings and professionals supporting children, young people and their families.

The post involves working directly with schools, colleges, and settings providing information, advice, and guidance through consultation, training, direct work with children and young people and their families, and delivering evidence-based interventions.

We will require successful applicants to be registered with either the BABCP or the BPS as you will be working within an NHS commissioned service.

This is an exciting time for Children and Young People Mental Health Services, so please come and be part of the development.

Main Duties of the Job

The post-holder will work within Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Mental Health Support Team (Cheshire Ellesmere Port MHST) and provide a range of assessment and other interventions on an individual and wider systems basis under close clinical supervision from experienced staff.

Accessing regular case management and clinical supervision on an individual and group basis will be an important aspect of the role.

The post-holder will be able to deliver a range of 1:1 and group Low Intensity CBT based interventions for children, young people, and parents/carers.

Working for Our Organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’: Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion, and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website here. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email – [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Post Graduate Certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme e.g. EMHP, CWP
• Professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP)
• Psychology or other health-related undergraduate degree.
• Demonstrates continued professional development within the mental health arena as evidenced by certificated course from recognised training bodies.

Knowledge and Expertise

• Knowledge of child psychology and development
• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
• Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the impact of multisystemic issues such as home, school and community.
• Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological and systemic therapies and how it relates to this post

Experience

• Experience of safeguarding vulnerable people
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience of working in a mental health and/or CYP setting
• Evidence of working in the local community
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Sophie Holt

Job title: Clinical Lead

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07791140363

Please make initial contact via email, thank you.

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [e-mail] or telephone [phone]

Giving You Time to Care, Space to Think and Opportunity to Grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT, finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?