Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Skegness; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs invites applications for a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner. The role involves delivering Low-intensity CBT and related interventions to children and young people in education settings, guided by supervision and clinical governance.

It also focuses on rapid access to specialist services for more severe cases and supporting education staff to promote mental health and wellbeing within their environments.

Job description

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details of duties. The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Low-intensity CBT practitioner will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and with appropriate supervision, and engage in; Delivering Low-intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education setting 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 education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing. Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services. And to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.