Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking health and social care Trust is seeking a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner to join their dedicated Mental Health Support Teams in Hull. This role focuses on delivering targeted low-intensity CBT interventions and providing support in educational settings for children and young people aged 5 to 18. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive work environment, this position offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people while enjoying a range of unique benefits. If you are passionate about mental health and education, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a vital service in the community.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Qualified EMHP with a focus on mental health in educational settings.
• Experience working with children and families in healthcare and education.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children with mental health issues.
• Support educational staff in managing mental health and wellbeing.

Skills

Therapeutic mental health interventions

Mental health awareness

Group parenting programmes

1:1 therapeutic interventions

Teaching about mental health issues

Education

Post Graduate Certificate in Education Mental Health Practitioner

Additional relevant training

Job description

Main area: Education Mental Health Practice Low intensity CBT

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 338-6884942-25

Site: The Walker Street Centre

Town: Hull

Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.

Job overview

Are you a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner? Do you have a real passion for education, social, emotional, and the mental wellbeing needs of our young people? Do you want to make a real difference?

We are looking to recruit the right qualified EMHP to be part of our Mental Health Support Teams in Hull. The teams work directly into schools and colleges with children and young people between the ages of 5 to 18.

The teams support schools and the wider system and have a particular focus on a whole school approach, advice, support, guidance, and consultation.

The teams also deliver targeted low intensity CBT informed based 1:1 and group sessions, parent-led workshops, and creative-based interventions to support mild to moderate social, emotional, and mental health needs.

Please only apply if you are a qualified EMHP.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate, with appropriate supervision, will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in:

• Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in educational settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.
• Supporting and facilitating staff in educational settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
• Working with and within educational environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services and using the acquired skills, knowledge, and abilities to deliver a service based within educational settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
• Mentoring trainees and offering peer-to-peer support to other qualified EMHPs.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East, and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas, demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts, including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you’ll find a place to call home, including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Minimum Requirements

• Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr Post Graduate Certificate ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course.
• Additional training relevant to the post.

Experience

• Experience of working as an EMHP.
• 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.

Skills and Competency

• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group.
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children.
• Ability to carry out therapeutic mental health interventions with families.
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.
• Ability to teach others about mental health issues.
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.

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: Nick Morton

Job title: Early Intervention Team Lead

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01482 205205

Please only apply if you are a qualified EMHP.