Educational Mental Health Practitioners

Are you a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)? Are you looking for a 'sea change' and to work within a service who are truly committed to early intervention? If so then we want to hear from you.

The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Cornwall is an NHS service which works within school settings to provide early intervention for primary school children who are experiencing difficulties such as low mood and anxiety. We also support education staff in implementing strategies across the whole school to try to ensure that children's wellbeing is supported and promoted throughout school life.

We are looking to expand and reinforce our existing dedicated and skilled teams with practitioners who have already completed their training as Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP's).

Vacancies are available within teams across both west & east Cornwall. This includes in the Penwith area (Penzance / St Ives / Hayle). In the East of Cornwall we have vacancies in the Upper Tamar region.

Our service offer combines direct intervention using LICBT with a strong commitment to supporting schools to implement the Whole School Approach. As we increase our number of qualified practitioners we continue to invest in our staff and our service with a clear ongoing commitment to supporting the EMHP role though regular CPD and well established supervisory structures.

Interviews are currently planned to be held in mid / late Jan in the St Austell area of Cornwall.

The MHST is a service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings. The MHST is made up of senior clinicians who act as supervisors and managers and Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). They are based across education settings as an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and wellbeing, support earlier intervention, enable appropriate sign posting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions. The MHSTs partner with their education settings to design a bespoke offer, based on the school’s individual needs and will work with the mental health services that are already in place, such as counselling, educational psychology, school nurses, pastoral care, educational welfare officers, Voluntary Services the local authority, including children’s social care, and ‘core’ CAMHS services. In Cornwall this partnership has led to a decision for the MHST to focus its input on Primary Schools.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.