Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Main duties of the job

(Main duties and responsibilities)

As a Band 5 EMHP, you will: Deliver evidence-based low-intensity interventions in schools and community settings.

Work directly with children, young people, families, and school staff.

Be supported to maintain high-quality practice and meet agreed clinical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Be an integral part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

What Were Looking For

You'll need to be highly organised and able to manage your caseload efficiently to meet your clinical activity targets.

You'll be ready and willing to travel across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland, working flexibly where needed.

Most importantly, you'll have children and young peoples mental health and wellbeing at the heart of everything you do.

Please see the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for more detail.

Registration Requirement

Professional registration with BABCP/BPS as an EMHP/BPS is an essential requirement for this post, shortlisting and offers of employment to this post will be conditional on proof of registration.

Candidates who do not hold a valid registration but who have successfully completed their EMHP/CWP course and have evidence of this, can apply for this post. If successful, candidates without a professional registration will be employed on a fixed term (3 month) contract at the trainee Band (band 4) whilst they apply for their registration.

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible wor