Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Skegness; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded training year

Hybrid learning

Clinical supervision

Flexible working

Promotion opportunities

Diversity support

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust offers a 12-month fixed-term training post in the Mental Health Support Team, based in education settings and delivered in hybrid format with Derby University. The post includes a funded training year and supervised practice for aspiring EMHPs.

Entry requires a 2:2 degree or higher and completion of the NHSE-commissioned EMHP course on qualification; registration with BABCP or BPS is expected when qualified, with a focus on low-intensity CBT for

Qualifications

• Degree with 2:2 or above in a relevant subject for Level 7 entry.
• NHSE-commissioned EMHP course completed on qualification.
• Registered with BABCP or BPS as an EMHP when qualified.
• Experience with children and young people in training and collaboration with agencies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver low-intensity CBT and related interventions to children and young people.
• Provide one-to-one and group support sessions in schools.
• Refer severe cases rapidly to specialist services.
• Collaborate with teachers to identify needs and develop plans.
• Organise school-wide mental health initiatives and resources.
• Support staff to identify and manage wellbeing issues.

Skills

Learning in varied settings

Computer literacy

Interpersonal skills

1:1 therapeutic interventions

Mental health assessments

Knowledge of educational environments

Education

Bachelor's degree (2:2+) in relevant subject

NHSE-commissioned EMHP course completed

Level 7 entry (or Level 5/6 pathways)

Job description

This is a 12-month fixed-term training post in the Mental Health Support Team at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, based in education settings. The work centres on low-intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate difficulties, plus helping school staff manage wellbeing. The post carries a fully funded training year with Derby University, taught in a hybrid format alongside supervised practice. Entry needs a 2:2 or higher relevant degree, with the NHSE-commissioned EMHP course completed on qualification.

What the job involves

• Deliver low-intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Provide one-to-one and group support sessions to students experiencing mental health challenges
• Refer children and young people with more severe problems rapidly to specialist services
• Work with teachers and school staff to identify students needing support and develop tailored plans through the consultation model
• Support and facilitate education staff to identify and manage mental health and wellbeing issues
• Deliver Whole School Approach activities such as assemblies, workshops and drop-ins
• Organise and take part in school-wide mental health initiatives
• Create and distribute mental health resources for students, parents and staff
• Work with parents and healthcare professionals to deliver targeted interventions
• Build a service in education settings that complements existing initiatives without replacing them
• Work with education environments to improve access to specialist mental health services
• Complete the funded Postgraduate Diploma to become an accredited EMHP

What’s required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above in a relevant subject for Level 7 entry, or Level 5 credit for Level 6 entry (Level 4 in exceptional circumstances)
• NHSE-commissioned 1-year EMHP course completed when qualified

Registration & licences

• Registered with BABCP or BPS as an EMHP (when qualified)

Experience

• Previous experience of working with children and young people (in training)
• Working and liaising with a range of agencies and stakeholders
• Working with children and young people with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties
• Working with anxiety and affective (mood) disorders
• Delivering specific therapeutic interventions such as CBT or solution focused brief therapy

Skills & knowledge

• Learning in varied settings and methods, and self-motivated study with supervisors
• Computer literacy
• Good interpersonal skills to build helping relationships with children and young people
• 1:1 therapeutic interventions and group parenting programmes (when qualified)
• Conducting mental health assessments of children and young people
• Knowledge of educational environments, and raising mental health awareness among staff within them

Other

• Assessing risk and managing it, recording and communicating it (when qualified)
• Knowledge of safeguarding, and of capacity and consent including Gillick competence

Nice to have

• Further relevant degree qualification
• Teaching qualification or Youth Mental Health First Aid training
• Experience working with children and families in healthcare or education settings
• Experience monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeingExperience navigating complex social systems with conflicting priorities
• Experience working with looked after children and other vulnerable groups
• Ability to teach others about mental health and run other group therapeutic interventions
• Knowledge of how children and young people's services operate

What’s offered

• Fully funded postgraduate training year with Derby University, hybrid learning
• Comprehensive training and regular clinical supervision
• Dedicated support throughout development
• Options for flexible working
• Wide range of training and promotion opportunities
• Active staff networks and support for diversity