Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner – Schools

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting six trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) to join SHINE teams across the Fylde Coast. The role combines practice in schools with a training year at Edge Hill University, splitting time between university modules and clinical placements.

You will assess and deliver 1:1 and group mental health interventions for children and young people, work with families, and contribute to a whole-school approach while maintaining

Qualifications

• Undertake a training year at Edge Hill University while delivering clinical practice.
• Be able to assess and deliver 1:1 and group interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
• Collaborate with families and carers to promote good mental health.
• Deliver and embed a whole-school approach within allocated schools.

Responsibilities

• Work with children and young people to assess and deliver 1:1 and group interventions for mental health needs.
• Engage with families and carers to support emotional wellbeing.
• Deliver and integrate a whole-school approach into the ethos of allocated schools.
• Carry out consultations to advise staff on how to support children and signpost to relevant services.
• Engage in regular caseload management and clinical skills supervision.
• Use electronic clinical systems to keep accurate notes and records.

Skills

1:1 interventions

Group interventions

Family work

Caseload management

Electronic records

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Education Mental Health Practice

Tools

Electronic clinical systems

Job description

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting six trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) to join SHINE teams across the Fylde Coast. The role combines practice in schools with a training year at Edge Hill University, splitting time between university modules and clinical placements.

You will assess and deliver 1:1 and group mental health interventions for children and young people, work with families, and contribute to a whole-school approach while maintaining