Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) - Keynsham

Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?

We are recruiting a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join the our Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) MHST.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED A RECOGNISED EMHP (EDUCATION MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ) COURSE OR YOU ARE A CWP IN AN EMHP ROLE AND HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN THIS ROLE SINCE 1ST OCTOBER 2024.

The successful candidate will be allocated education settings (primary schools, secondary schools and colleges) across B&NES.

Your role will be to assess and provide interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions including anxiety and low mood. You will provide early, brief evidence-based interventions to promptly address emerging mental health needs of children and young people, and support schools and colleges to improve mental wellbeing for students.

You will also support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.  B*NES MHST offers a range of psychoeducation and therapeutic groups, staff training, workshops and assemblies to the education settings we support.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to deliver 1:1 and group interventions to children, young people and caregivers within your allocated schools. You will also support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.

You will receive additional training to be able to deliver the full range of interventions offered by B&NES MHST. This will include accredited Decider Skills Life Skills training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) have been set-up in response the Government’s 2017 Green Paper, Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision. MHSTs aim to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.

We are a supportive MHST and we provide many opportunities for ongoing training and CPD. You will receive regular case management and clinical skills supervision which also includes Whole School Approach supervision.

The successful post holder will deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will be through 1:1 interventions, parent led interventions, groups, workshops, and assemblies. You will work in collaboration with other EMHP's  to deliver groups, workshops assemblies and staff training.

You will work closely with the school mental health leads to develop a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing within your allocated schools.