Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust; South Shields; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner / Senior Wellbeing Practitioner. The post works with education sites to deliver early intervention and preventative evidence-based care to children and young people, promoting resilience and emotional wellbeing.

You will supervise and train trainees and EMHPs, provide clinical leadership, and develop whole-school mental health approaches in partnership with schools.

Qualifications

• Deliver clinical evidence-based therapeutic interventions based on a Low Intensity CBT model.
• Deliver evidence-based group work programmes of low-level and preventative support.
• Deliver evidence-based support to parents.
• Support school professionals with advice, consultation and training.
• Work collaboratively with schools to deliver Whole School Approach to mental health.
• Reach children and young people who find it hard to access services.
• Deliver clinical and caseload supervision.
• Oversee junior members of the team.
• Lead activity within locality base.
• Support trainees and newly qualified EMHPs through supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people within education settings with CBT-based interventions.
• Deliver group programmes and preventative support.
• Provide parental support.
• Advise, consult, and train school professionals.
• Collaborate with schools on Whole School Approach to mental health.
• Reach hard-to-access children and young people.
• Provide supervision and supervise junior staff.
• Coordinate activity within locality base.

Skills

CBT-based interventions

Group work delivery

Parent support

Consultation & training

Whole School Approach

Clinical supervision

Leadership

School liaison

Education

EMHP qualification

Senior practitioner experience

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of South Tynesides Mental Health Support Team (MHST) The Healthy Minds Team as a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner / Senior Wellbeing Practitioner. The post holder will work collaboratively with our education sites across the city to provide early intervention and preventative evidence-based interventions to children and young people to promote resilience and support their emotional wellbeing. The post holder will be responsible for working in a timely fashion, building sound and positive relationships with schools, aid in delivering consultation and training, and be a positive and professional role model for the service. The post holder will have a specific role in supporting trainees, newly qualified and existing qualified EMHPs through clinical and caseload supervision, training, and providing clinical leadership.

The post holder will be expected to work with their school settings to build and develop a positive mental health ethos through a whole school approach model, and will identify individual needs of the school and work collaboratively to develop and implement an action plan.

The post holder will be an experienced (Senior) / Education Mental Health Practitioner/ Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, who understand the aims and objectives of the national Mental Health Support Team initiative set out in the Mental Health Green Paper.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Senior EMHP / SWP and aims of the MHST include:

• Support children and young people within an education setting by delivering clinical evidence-based therapeutic interventions based on a Low Intensity CBT model.
• Delivering evidence-based group work programmes of low-level and preventative support for children and young people in accordance with their needs and age.
• Deliver evidence-based support to parents
• Support school professionals with the provision of advice, consultation and training
• Work collaboratively with schools to deliver Whole School Approach to mental health, such as workshops, assemblies, class based activities.
• Be able to reach those children and young people who find it hard to access services.
• Deliver clinical and caseload supervision
• Oversee junior members of the team
• Offer support and guidance to team
• Engage in further training as required to support the role and clinical delivery of the service.
• Take a lead role in overseeing and coordinating activity within your locality base

One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.