Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people?Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. We are excited to be recruiting a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).

As a Trainee EMHP you will work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment. You will need to be adaptable and have a passion for working with children and young people in education settings. During the training year, post-holders will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents, as well as whole school approaches, in line with the university expectations.

Main duties of the job

Trainee EMHPs will:

• Work alongside a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision
• Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to work directly with children, young people and families.
• Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to carry out holistic and child-centered mental health assessments, including risk assessments.

Trainee EMHPs are required to:

• Demonstrate the ability to work at degree level, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health
• Attend the EMHP training course, 100% attendance at teaching is expected (teaching timetable attached)

Trainee EMHPs will have experience of:

• Working with children, young people and their families

• Working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or mental health difficulties

About us

Being a Trainee EMHP will be challenging at times, particularly working and studying concurrently, but will also be immensely rewarding and provide opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a caring, creative and hard-working environment.

Posts are subject to 2-year fixed term contracts; the first 12 months will be on a training contract at Band 4. On successful completion of training, EMHPs will be employed for a further 12 months (with potential for longer) at Band 5.

Training involves attending teaching at the University of East Anglia (UEA), virtually and in person, placement and study days. Some non-teaching weeks are spread throughout the year. Successful candidates will be expected to travel to UEA in Norwich in the first year, we have a number of positions available across West Suffolk which include Haverhill & Bury St Edmunds.

We also have positions within the East of Suffolk. Please state on your application if you are applying for both opportunities.

Please not that you would need to be available to start in the post from the 8th January 2024 to ensure you do not miss any of the course.

Interviews are anticipated to take place on the week commencing the 11th of September 2023.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 3BH

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 3BH

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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