Education Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Bolton and Wigan CAMHS have an exciting opportunity to join their Mental Health support teams in schools and colleges as Trainee EMHPs who on completion of the training will progress to a band 5 qualified EMHP.

Roles are available in both the Wigan and Bolton team and this will be discussed further at the interview stage.

There will be 4 training roles starting in September 2023 and a further 4 starting in January 2024.

There is a recently launched accreditation system for providers of EMHP training, operated by the British Psychological Society.

The training programme for EMHPs is 12 months in duration and consists of academic and supervised practice learning across mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary schools, and further education colleges.

Delivery of the training will be provided through a combination of taught days provided by the Psychological Therapies Training Centre, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services.

In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver brief evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. EMHPs work in educational settings as part of NHS led Mental Health Support Teams. This training programme is part of the national Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) initiative.

During training, the post-holder will work under the supervision of their employing NHS Trust to gain experience in providing one to one brief evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings (principally anxiety and depression). Trainee EMHPs are also trained in providing support to educational settings with Whole School Approaches, designed to improve emotional well-being and mental health more broadly in the school.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Work within schools and undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to the mental health support team providing a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions assessed and tailored to individual need. The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.

This role will be conducted under supervision and with support during training period to develop knowledge and practice skills in:

- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people, with mild to moderate mental health problems, in education settings.
- 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 educational environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.
- To evidence development of those skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an academic award and demonstrable practical ability
- It is envisaged that as the post holder becomes qualified and move to Band 5 they will be expected to be a more autonomous practitioner, with ongoing clinical and managerial supervision as per Trust policy.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts

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