Educational Mental Health Practitioner

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Castleford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to deliver evidence-based interventions and support to children and young people. The role involves conducting assessments, psychoeducation delivery, and collaborating with educational settings to promote mental well-being. Candidates must hold an EMHP Post Graduate qualification and be registered with a professional body.

Qualifications

• Must have an EMHP Post Graduate qualification and be registered with a professional body.
• Experience in providing evidence-based interventions to children and young people is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions to children and young people.
• Conduct holistic mental health assessments.
• Develop psychoeducation sessions for various stakeholders.
• Advise education staff on support for children and young people.
• Support schools in embedding whole school mental health approaches.

Skills

Low Intensity CBT interventions

Child mental health assessments

Psychoeducation delivery

Collaboration with education staff

Education

EMHP Post Graduate qualification

Job description

Overview

Our CAMHS Future in Mind MHST (Mental Health Support Team) is a growing and developing service which provides early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems. Due to additional funding we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team. You must have an EMHP Post Graduate qualification and be registered with a professional body such as BPS or BABCP.

The successful applicant will be allocated a number of education settings alongside their Senior School Practitioner in which they will have the opportunity to develop strong working relationships and provide support to the school community. With appropriate supervision, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, offering Low Intensity CBT interventions whilst also promoting a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Informal enquiries are encouraged. Please contact Sarah Dixon, Team Manager, for more information.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers. We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups; we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities. Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust. Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

Responsibilities

• Delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people, parents/carers through individual and group work.
• Carrying out holistic and child-centred mental health assessments.
• Developing and delivering psychoeducation sessions to children, young people, parents/carers through assemblies, classroom, and parent sessions.
• Ensuring children/young people play an active part in decision making about the support they need.
• Providing advice/consultation to education staff to support children/young people getting the right help at the right time.
• Supporting education settings in developing and embedding whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and coproduction within the school.
• Participating in the delivery of training programmes for education settings and community services.
• Developing local knowledge of services particularly in relation to mental health to enable effective signposting and planning.

Qualifications

• EMHP Post Graduate qualification and registration with a professional body such as BPS or BABCP.