Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner to lead and support MHST projects across schools, delivering early intervention and maintaining a clinical caseload for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

You will collaborate with education settings, families, and stakeholders to co-produce initiatives, while shaping services and supporting staff.

Qualifications

• Education Mental Health Practitioner with post‑qualification experience.
• Experience of multi-agency work, in particular in schools.
• Ability to work flexibly with regard to location and hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group work with children, young people and families.
• Develop SEN offers to support access to MHST services.
• Provide supervision and support to education staff and junior team members.
• Maintain a clinical caseload delivering early intervention.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Skills

Training needs identification

Therapeutic interventions

Whole school approach to mental health

Multi-agency collaboration

CBT informed practice

Education

Education Mental Health Practitioner with post-qualification experience

Degree-level education

Registration with professional body

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Newark & Sherwood Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and play a key role in the development of mental health support within education settings across the locality. We are seeking a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to lead and support projects that enhance the involvement and participation of children and young people, families, and schools in shaping and improving mental health services. The post holder will work collaboratively with education settings, young people, parents/carers, and wider stakeholders to co‑produce initiatives and deliver meaningful participation and engagement activities across the MHST. Alongside these responsibilities, the post holder will maintain a clinical caseload, providing evidence‑based early intervention support and treatment for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. They will also offer consultation and support to education settings and contribute to service development and quality improvement. The MHST works closely with schools to support the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people, their families, and education staff.

Main duties of the job

We are an early intervention wellbeing service aimed at providing support for children young people and families around low-level emotional wellbeing needs, such as anxiety, low mood, managing emotions, and sleep. We link in directly with Nottinghamshire CAMHS teams and provide 'in school' sessions to promote a positive mental health.

• Senior oversight of groups
• Supervision of EMHP's / CWP's
• Hold a clinical caseload
• Opportunities to develop and shape the service to meet local need

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Visa sponsorship

While this role meets the current eligibility criteria for visa sponsorship. Sponsorship is only available for full‑time positions. Part‑time roles will not meet the minimum salary threshold required for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who require a Skilled Worker Visa can assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria on the UK Government website.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons. We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee‑led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

Details

• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time
• Job locations: Balderton PCC, Lowfield Ln, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3HJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The role of the Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner within the area of the Nottinghamshire project will include one to one and group work. There will also be opportunity to develop the SEN offer to support young people accessing the MHST service and provide support to staff in education.

The interventions delivered will be brief and focused on early intervention. The schools included in this project will have a designated Mental Health Lead, who can refer directly into the service. We work closely alongside these staff as we support them in creating a whole school approach to mental health.

You will work with a variety of agencies to ensure a quality service is provided. You will work alongside more junior members of the team, to deliver parent, well‑being and 1:1 sessions. There will also be a duty element to the role, alongside facilitating drop‑in sessions within schools.

You must have two years minimum experience post qualification as an Education Mental Health Practitioner to be eligible for post.

You must also have experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and families where there are emotional difficulties within a CAMHS service. It is preferable if you have experience of working in this capacity within schools.

Employment terms

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Education Mental Health Practitioner with post‑qualification experience

Desirable

• Educated to degree level
• Qualification in therapeutic approaches with children and families eg CBT systemic, solution focused, play therapy
• Registration with relevant professional body

Experience

• Proven post qualification experience
• Experience of Multi agency work, in particular in schools
• Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural and additional health or developmental needs.
• Experience of teaching groups of professionals and parents

Desirable

• Evidence of the ability to use and provide clinical supervision, and mentoring to junior staff
• Community experience, working in schools and with families

Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant legislation and documents pertaining to children (e.g. Children's Act, Mental Health Act, NSF, Every Child Matters, Future In Mind, Transforming Childrens and young people's Mental Health in Schools)
• Knowledge and experience of provision of a holistic emotional/mental health assessment particularly within Mental health support teams
• Knowledge and experience of CBT informed practice and theory
• Ability to manage a defined caseload if required.
• Organise own work schedule
• Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedure
• Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as an integral part of a multi agency locality team
• Knowledge and experience of the Whole School Approach to Mental health
• Be committed to anti discriminatory/ anti oppressive practice and equal opportunity

Desirable

• Ability to use electronic data recording systems.
• Knowledge and application of behaviour programmes and support for parents of children with emotional health problems
• Knowledge and experience of the provision of different models of therapy and interventions

Skills

• Ability to identify training needs and prepare and deliver training packages for tier 1 (universal) practitioners
• Ability to offer individual and group therapeutic interventions.
• Ability to co‑ordinate and facilitate whole school approaches to mental health , and develop robust systems around this key function
• Ability to adapt to a variety of SEN needs to ensure inclusion in the MHST

Desirable

• Providing Clinical supervision and mentorship to junior staff

Training

• Successful completion of EMHP course

Desirable

• Experience of ability to design and deliver training to a variety of audiences

Physical Requirements

• Ability to be able to work in the community & transport needed equipment for training and consultation from your vehicle to place of work in the community (e.g. Laptops, projectors, flip charts).

Contractual Requirements

• To work flexibly with regard to location and hours
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Values & Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Balderton PCC, Lowfield Ln, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3HJ, United Kingdom

Employer's website: (none)

Contact: MHST Lead, Deanna Field, [e-mail]