Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Bolton CAMHS have an exciting opportunity to join their Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges as a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner ( EMHP) who on completion of the training will progress to a band 5 qualified EMHP.

The  training programme for EMHPs is 12 months in duration and consists of academic and supervised practice learning across mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary schools, and further education settings.

Delivery of the training will be provided through a combination of taught days provided by the Edgehill University, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services.

This training is NHS funded starting in January 2025. For part of this role there will be a requirement to travel to Edgehill University approximately 2 days a week to successfully complete the EMHP IAPT course.

EMHP training is offered as a Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma, you will need to be able to demonstrate you can study at degree level or above and are committed to completing the training.  From April 24 2024,  once qualified EMHPs will be required to be registered with either British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or the British Psychological Society (BPS).

In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver brief evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. EMHPs work in educational settings as part of NHS led Mental Health Support Teams. This training programme is part of the national Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) initiative.

During training, the post-holder will work under the supervision of their employing NHS Trust to gain experience in providing one to one brief evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings (principally anxiety and depression). Trainee EMHPs are also trained in providing support to educational settings with Whole School Approaches, designed to improve emotional well-being and mental health more broadly in the school.

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

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