Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner.

37.5 Hours Per week. 4x posts available.

We are Kirklees MHST and we have an exciting opportunity to recruit Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join our growing team. Have you got experience in working with Children and Young People delivering wellbeing or mental health support and advice? Would you like to take on a new challenge and complete a qualification in low intensity CBT?

We are seeking applicants to join our Mental Health Support Team Kirklees Keep In Mind who cover all of the schools in Kirklees. This is an exciting time to join our team which deliver evidence based interventions to children within our schools with mild to moderate mental health conditions. Focusing on early intervention we also provide training and workshops to schools using the whole school approach, which enables schools to provide a culture of wellbeing for all their pupils.

You will be enrolled in the Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice in Education Settings qualification at the University of Sheffield. During term time you will be required to attend the university for two days per week for 12 months.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

In this role you will go to university and have time in service where you put the theory you learn into practice providing low intensity CBT interventions to young people and their families with mild to moderate mental health conditions under the expert supervision of our senior staff.

You will deliver workshops and assemblies as required by schools on a variety of subjects according to the need of their students. You will develop and form relationships with key wellbeing staff within the schools to promote and provide support in accessing our service.

You will work collaboratively with the wider MHST (KKIM) team including parent and community workers, educational psychologists and engagement officers to develop knowledge in all areas of holistic care.

You will form links with external agencies to increase you knowledge of services available in this area. You will use this knowledge to inform the team and to utilise when signposting young people.

You will be involved in co-delivering parent workshops to equip parents with the tools to manage their children's anxieties and worries.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.