Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

6 days ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust Full time

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
**Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Suffolk **Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. We are excited to be recruiting seven Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).

As a Trainee EMHP you will work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment. You will need to be adaptable and have a passion for working with children and young people in education settings. During the training year, post-holders will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents, as well as whole school approaches, in line with the university expectations.

**Main duties of the job**:
**Trainee EMHPs will**:

- Work alongside a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision
- Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to work directly with children, young people and families.
- Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to carry out holistic and child-centered mental health assessments, including risk assessments.

**Trainee EMHPs are required to**:

- Demonstrate the ability to work at degree level, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health
- Attend the EMHP training course, 100% attendance at teaching is expected (teaching timetable attached)

**Trainee EMHPs will have experience of**:

- Working with children, young people and their families
- Working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
- Working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or mental health difficulties

**Working for our organisation**:
Being a Trainee EMHP will be challenging at times, particularly working and studying concurrently, but will also be immensely rewarding and provide opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a caring, creative and hard-working environment.
- 4 posts in South Ipswich
- 1 post in Woodbridge & Leiston
- 1 post in Haverhill & Bury St Edmunds
- 1 post in Thurston & Mildenhall

**Please specify in your supporting statement which post or posts you are interested in.**

Interviews will take place in mid-September.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Experience**:
**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working in mental health settings
- Experience of working in education settings

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to study at degree level
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. _
- Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). _
- DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB) _
- Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so._
- The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual r

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