Trainee Education Wellbeing Practitioners

Achieving For Children

The closing date is 15 December 2024

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Job summary

In line with the governments 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 evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.

Main duties of the job

This is a training position post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in service for the Mental Health Support Teams at Achieving for Children. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post holder will use their newly developed skills to support children and young people who are referred into the service and trainees will receive supervision to support their professional development.

Applicants will need to be ready to start work in mid-January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.

Shortlisted candidates will also need to submit an application form to KCL for a place on the Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice. The application form details are attached and will need to be completed at the same time as your application for a post.

About us

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

Date posted

09 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£28,929 to £31,524 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0458-1823

Job locations

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are seeking to recruit five graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change band 4 and fully funded for a one year post graduate diploma in Education Mental Health Practice through Kings College London. Further intensive supervision and on the job training will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team. There will be a strong expectation for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of the one year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within a Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions within a borough-based cluster of schools.

During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role.

Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice needs to be made alongside your application to Achieving for Children. It is important that you read the attached guidance documents provided.

Further information can also be found on the KCL CYP-MH website here:https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/emhp

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are seeking to recruit five graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change band 4 and fully funded for a one year post graduate diploma in Education Mental Health Practice through Kings College London. Further intensive supervision and on the job training will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team. There will be a strong expectation for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of the one year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within a Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions within a borough-based cluster of schools.

During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role.

Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice needs to be made alongside your application to Achieving for Children. It is important that you read the attached guidance documents provided.

Further information can also be found on the KCL CYP-MH website here:https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/emhp

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g. Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc) OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc)
  • OR relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g. Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc) OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc)
  • OR relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ


Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Date posted

09 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£28,929 to £31,524 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0458-1823

Job locations

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ


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