Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) as a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).

This 12-month fixed-term post offers a fully funded training year with Derby University (hybrid learning), combining academic study with practical experience to develop the skills and knowledge required to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Working as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in delivering evidence-based interventions within educational settings, helping to improve emotional wellbeing and mental health outcomes for children and young people. You will receive comprehensive training, regular clinical supervision, and dedicated support throughout your development journey.

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals who are passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people, keen to work collaboratively with schools and families, and committed to developing a rewarding career within NHS mental health services.

If you have any questions about the course or the role itself, please contact Gina Legg [email protected]

Main duties of the job

You will play a vital role in promoting mental health awareness and providing support to students within your designated educational settings. You will work closely with teachers, parents, and healthcare professionals to deliver targeted interventions. You will collaborate with education staff to create a supportive environment for all students through the delivery of Whole School Approach activities promoting positive mental health.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide Direct Support: Offer one-on-one and group support sessions to students experiencing mental health challenges.

Collaborate with Staff: Work alongside teachers and school staff to identify students in need of mental health support and develop tailored intervention plans through our consultation model.

Promote Well-being: Organise and participate in school-wide mental health initiatives and delivery of Whole School Approach activities such as assemblies, workshops, and drop-ins. Create and distribute resources on mental health topics for students, parents, and staff.

Professional Development: Completion of fully funded Postgraduate Diploma to become an accredited Education Mental Health Practitioner (University TBC).

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• In Training Evidence of a minimum of a bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required (in a relevant academic subject) for entry onto Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7)
• OR Evidence of a minimum of academic credit Level 5 (Level 4 in exceptional circumstances) for entry onto Graduate Diploma (Level 6)
• When qualified In addition to the above: Successful completion of the NHSE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course.
• Registered with the BABCP or BPS as an EMHP

Desirable

• A further relevant degree qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Experience

Essential

• In Training: Previous experience of working with children and young people
• When qualified: Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
• Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing
• Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
• Experience of working with looked after children
• Experience of working with other vulnerable groups

Skills

Essential

• In Training all of the below Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods.
• Computer literate
• 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
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to form a good helping relationship with children and young people with mental health problems
• When qualified all of the below: Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
• Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately
• Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk

Desirable

• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of educational environments
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence

Desirable

• Knowledge of the functional operation of children and young peoples services

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• In Training Evidence of a minimum of a bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required (in a relevant academic subject) for entry onto Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7)
• OR Evidence of a minimum of academic credit Level 5 (Level 4 in exceptional circumstances) for entry onto Graduate Diploma (Level 6)
• When qualified In addition to the above: Successful completion of the NHSE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course.
• Registered with the BABCP or BPS as an EMHP

Desirable

• A further relevant degree qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Experience

Essential

• In Training: Previous experience of working with children and young people
• When qualified: Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
• Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing
• Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
• Experience of working with looked after children
• Experience of working with other vulnerable groups

Skills

Essential

• In Training all of the below Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods.
• Computer literate
• 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
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to form a good helping relationship with children and young people with mental health problems
• When qualified all of the below: Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
• Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately
• Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk

Desirable

• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of educational environments
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence

Desirable

• Knowledge of the functional operation of children and young peoples services

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Skegness Grammar School

Vernon Road

Skegness

PE25 2QS

United Kingdom

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