Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners

2 weeks ago


St Albans, United Kingdom Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to train become a fully qualified EMHP and build the MHST offering to children, families and schools, who can have a great need for mental health support, whilst working very creatively with the training to meet the children’s additional needs and support the schools.

You will be required to fully participate in the Educational Mental Health Practitioner training course, whilst receiving continual supervision and support.
- Creative and flexible in their approach
- Have a good understanding of children with additional needs learning styles, and how to adapt practice to support children and their families
- Able to work and build relationships with a wide variety of professionals, schools, and families
- Be able to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings
- Have a good understanding of risk assessing and seek support from supervisor to manage risk
- Have good basic literacy and numeracy qualifications, at a minimum of level 2.
- Be willing and able to participate fully in supervision
- Flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure
- Able to work both in a team environment and autonomously
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings where there is a highly emotive atmosphere.

You will be working in a variety of school environments across Hertfordshire and West Essex. We operate from 7-7 Monday to Friday.

The Mental Health Support Team is a National trailblazer scheme offering early intervention mental health support, to children and their families, within schools. The Sen’s MHST is the only MHST within the country, to offer support to SEN schools we are hosted by PALMS and work within Hertfordshire and West Essex. We currently work in 14 SEN schools offering tailored support to children with additional needs, learning disabilities, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder aged 5-18. As the only SEN’s MHST in the country we are also paving the way, and supporting other teams to develop their wellbeing services, for children with additional needs.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

The Mental Health Support Team in SEN schools are undergoing a major
expansion, with our services across Hertfordshire and West Essex. We are
seeking to appoint a motivated, committed, flexible and forward-thinking
Trainee EMHP (Educational Mental Health Practitioner), who is committed to supporting Children and Young People (CYP) with SEND.

The Mental Health Support Team offers early intervention mental health support, to children and their families, within schools. The Sen’s MHST is the only MHST within the country, to offer support specifically to SEN schools we are hosted by the PALMS service, and work within
Hertfordshire and West Essex. We currently work in 20 SEN schools with a plan to expand,offering tailored support to children with additional needs, learning disabilities, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder aged 5-18. We offer group work, individual interventions with child or family, and support the school to develop their whole school approach to overall wellbeing.

This is a very exciting opportunity to participate in a fully funded qualification, at the University of Reading to become a fully qualified EMHP.

You will be working in a variety of school environments across Hertfordshire and West Essex, combined with being part of a “virtual team” to deliver our service. We operate from 7-7 Monday to Friday.
You will be required to fully participate in the Educational Mental Health Practitioner training course, whilst receiving continual supervision and support.

The post is fixed term for one year with high potential of extension and will be full time; and you must be prepared to carry out travel to the University of Reading, and fully commit to complete the fully subsidised EMHP course.
- Creative and flexible in their approach.
- Have a good understanding of children with additional needs learning styles, and how to adapt practice to support children and their families.
- Able to work and build relationships with a wide variety of professionals, schools, and families.
- Be able to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings.
- Have a good understanding of risk assessing and seek support from supervisor to manage risk.
- Have good basic literacy and numeracy qualifications, at a minimum of level 2.
- Be willing and able to participate fully in supervision.
- Flexible in their approach



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