Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners

2 days ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the new Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.

The posts are situated in Thanet, Swale, Dartford, Medway areas please discuss your preference at interview. (please see both Band 4 and Band 5 Job Descriptions attached)

NELFT are funding the University Fees and the training year therefore these posts will have a 2 year tie in for the Band 5 post on successful completion of the course, please contact us for more details.

For more information about the service please see our website.

Kent and Medway Mental Health Support Teams | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

For more information about the course please see the KCL website

Education Mental Health Practice - King's College London (kcl.ac.uk)

PLEASE ENSURE YOU APpLY FOR THIS POST AND KCL EMHP TRAINING AT THE SAME TIME

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Probationary Period

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Under supervision and with support, to develop knowledge and practice skills in:

- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems as part of the broader new and developing mental health support team (MHST)
- Helping children and young people within these education settings who present with more severe problems to to access / be signposted to more specialist services
- Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing
- Developing an awareness of and engagement with issues of power, discrimination and diversity throughout the systems where the work is carried out
- Fulfilling the requirements of and completing a PG diploma at Kings College London (Face to Face at university at Denmark Hill campus) to enable progression to a fully qualified EMHP; evidence development of clinical skills with associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards this academic award and demonstrable practical ability.

For Qualified EMHP post holders please see the Job Description included with this advert.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.



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