# Band 6 Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bushey Fields Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T14:00:56.444Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/West_Bromwich/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Band_Emotional_Health_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Band_Emotional_Health_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8330538
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8330538?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

0.6wte (22.5hrs) Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (Specialist Educational Mental Health Practitioner)

We welcome application from practitioners who hold a professional registration in Mental Health or a related field e.g. Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC Registration, Qualified Social Worker, CBT Therapist or Creative Therapist

Based in the Sandwell Mental Health Support Team (Reflexions) however working across the Black Country is required where there is service need

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to be part of the Children's and Young People's Mental Health Support Teams (Reflexions) across the Black Country.

### Main duties of the job

The Reflexions team can provide the opportunity to further develop work within the field of young people’s mental health and wellbeing with a focus on development of whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing and the development of the think family approaches within the schools environment.

The mental health support teams provide individual interventions, guided self-help, parenting and whole school approaches. Working with parents/carers and teaching staff is also part of the service offer.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Knowledge and passion around reducing health inequalities and increasing access to mental health support is vital in this role.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies such as Public Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities amongst others as and when required. It is beneficial for applicants to have experience of managing staff. This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

For further details please contact:

Zoe Gilbert, Service Manager for Mental Health Support Teams In Schools (Reflexions) on z.gilbert@nhs.net.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### General

**Essential**

- Core professional qualification relevant to mental health e.g. nursing with specialism, in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
- Experience of continued professional development or skills based training in counselling or delivering mental health interventions in young people to support emotional health and wellbeing up to degree of equivalent level
- CYP IAPT low intensity supervisor training or willing to undertake this training
- Significant and relevant experience of working therapeutically with children or young people with emerging mental health needs
- Able to travel across the Black Country when there is service need
- Must be a car driver

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a community environment.
- Therapeutic post graduate qualification
- Experience of working in an educational setting

## Documents

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