Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust is recruiting a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner to undertake training at the University of Derby while working within the Mental Health Support Team. The role focuses on delivering low-intensity CBT-based interventions for children and young people alongside a supervised, supportive team.

The post is a training position with potential move to a B5 permanent term-time contract after course completion.

Qualifications

• Meet criteria set by University of Derby to access the training course.
• Postgraduate or graduate entry as required.
• Commitment to CPD and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver low-intensity CBT-based interventions for children and young people.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team under supervision.
• Participate in CPD and supervision arrangements.

Skills

Self-motivated learner

England education system

Education

Degree level entry for EMHP

Job description

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 16 November 2026

Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it. To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate individual who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving mental health Trust in the country. We are looking to recruit Trainee Education mental health practitioners. This is a training position and the post holder will be undertaking the training at the University of Derby alongside working in the Mental Health Support Team.

The role is specific and involves offering Low Intensity interventions based on Cognitive Behavioural Techniques for Children and Young People. All applicants will need to meet the criteria laid out by the University of Derby to access the training course - either post graduate or graduate, these details are on the job description and person specification.

The training year will be worked across the full year, on completion of the course contracts move to a B5 permanent term time only contract.

Main duties of the job

Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.

You can expect Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is tailored to meet your professional development; individual CPD advice is available from our Practice Education Team.

You will receive supervision in line with the Trust values and the training course.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.

The Mental Health Support Teams are currently based in two sites across the locality. These are Stoke, the Staffordshire Moorlands and North Staffordshire.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a developing service with high expectations for improving the outcomes for children and families in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

Job responsibilities

As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trusts Values. These are:

Proud to CARE:

Caring with compassion, its about how we listen, what we say, what we do.

Approachable

Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open

Responsible

Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions

Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving

This is an exciting time in the Transformation of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services, and as one of the founding areas for this service, this role is a perfect opportunity to help shape the services we provide in Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire in our MHST schools.

Person Specification

Skills

• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the educational system in England

Qualifications

• For access to PG EMHP course o Ability to study at degree level. o Proven record of previous academic attainment of second class bachelors degree or equivalent overseas qualification. o Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2 For access to Graduate EMHP course: o Minimum academic credit at level 4 and 5 or equivalent and significant related experience in a workplace setting. o Level 3 will also be considered in a relevant subject and with significant related experience (subject to university approval) Maths and English GCSE minimum grade 4 (or grade C) or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust