Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner to provide mental health support in schools. You will deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people, as well as support educational staff. Ideal candidates should embrace diversity and uphold values of equality. The position offers a clear pathway from Band 4 to Band 5 upon qualification, making it a strong opportunity for career development.

Qualifications

• Applicants must subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
• Every applicant is encouraged to share equality information.
• Minimum criteria must be met for guaranteed interview scheme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children in education settings.
• Help children access more specialist services for severe mental health issues.
• Support staff in education settings with mental health management.

Job description

Role Title

Training Post – Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (mental health support teams in schools) – Band 4 leading to Band 5 once qualified.

Overview

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

Responsibilities

• Delivering evidence-based intervention 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.
• Working with and within education environments to promote a whole school approach to mental health wellbeing.
• To evidence development of those skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an academic award and demonstrable practical ability.
• Once qualified you may be required to work across other boroughs.

Training & Development

• Working with children
• Learning to manage a caseload
• Preparing and presenting caseload information
• Working with colleagues to provide better access
• Supporting colleagues in education to identify and manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing

Eligibility & DBS

• Applicants who require a DBS check must subscribe to the DBS Update Service. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details.

Application Process

• As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
• We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.