Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner - Calderdale MHST
Northpoint Wellbeing Ltd
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Job summary
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner in the innovative Calderdale Mental Health Support Team.
The successful candidate will bring their experience of providing low intensity evidence based interventions for children, young people and their families in education settings.
You will already hold a CYP IAPT low intensity qualification to work as an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or as a Children & Young Peoples Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP).
You will also have at least 12 months post-qualification experience in a role where you have using the skills learned on this training.
Main duties of the job
The 3 main areas of the job will include:
1. Providing direct support to children, young people, and families in school settings
2. Supporting trainee and newly qualified EMHPs through joint working, peer support, and potentially clinical supervision (if eligible for the EMHP supervisor training course)
3. Helping school/college staff to develop their whole setting approach to emotional health
Ideally, the postholder will meet the criteria to complete low intensity EMHP Supervision Training at Sheffield University or they would expect to meet this criteria within 12 months (support and introductory supervisor training will be available to the right candidate).
The post will begin in January or February 2022. The supervision training is likely to start in spring 2022 and will correspond to the EMHP training which begins in February 2022 (Northpoint are recruiting 4 trainee EMHPs to attend this course).
About us
All staff within the Calderdale Mental Health Support Team are employed by Northpoint Wellbeing, a local charity that provides a range of services to promote emotional wellbeing. We believe that timely access to appropriate support, particularly talking therapies, is an effective way of promoting emotional wellbeing and relieving mental distress, for people of all ages and backgrounds.
When consulted on the workforce, children and young people have told us they want to be supported by staff who can identify with them, who have empathetic skills, who listen, and who involve them in decisions about their care.
Young people also felt the Open Minds Partnership workforce should be representative of the population they support.
Therefore, we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who will help to make the Mental Health Support Team representative of the Calderdale population in terms of ethnicity, disability, sexuality, and lived experience (i.e. experience as service users).
Please note that the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Date posted
03 November 2021
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£26,920 to £33,650 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
B0173-21-7621
Job locations
9 Clare Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2HX
Employer details
Employer name
Northpoint Wellbeing Ltd
Address
9 Clare Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2HX
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