Job summary
Full Time - 37.5 Hours Per Week
Our Future in Mind MHST (Mental Health Support Team) is a growing and developing service which provides early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.
We are looking to recruit 4 Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (Trainee EMHP) to join our friendly and supportive team starting in January 2025. Successful candidates will be employed within Wakefield CAMHS, on a band 4 one-year training contract and on successful completion of the training will transfer to a band 5 EMHP permanent contract. The role will be based within education settings in Wakefield and the first-year part time study will be at Sheffield University.
All applicants must hold a level 6 qualification and have experience of working with children and young people, an understanding of the educational system is desirable.
The interview process will include a service interview, a university interview and submit a CV and 600-word assignment.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
of the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner include:
Completing
Sheffield Universitys one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health
Practitioner (EMHP).
Delivering
and recording accurate assessments including risk assessments.
Delivering
evidenced based interventions to children, young people, parents/carers through
individual and group work.
Delivering
psychoeducation sessions to children, young people, parents/carers through
assemblies, classroom, and parent sessions.
Ensuring
children/young people play an active part in decision making about the support
they need.
Providing
advice/consultation to education staff to support children/young people getting
the right help at the right time.
Supporting
education settings in developing and embedding whole school approaches to
mental health through collaboration and coproduction with the school community.
Participating in the delivery of training
programmes for education settings and community services.
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using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance
on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we
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.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Successful candidates will be employed
full-time and based in Wakefield Mental Health Support Team, which will be
responsible for the delivery of mental health support across a range of
educational settings in the region. For part of this role there will be a
requirement to travel to Sheffield Trust and affiliated with the University of
Sheffield for the teaching element of the training.
This post will be funded at NHS T&Cs
2021 Band 4 scale, in pay band 4 bottom scale( gaining credits towards either a
degree or diploma level qualification (depending on level of previous academic
study), plus guaranteed employment on completion of training, with a starting
salary projected to be based on the NHS T&Cs 2021 Band 5 scale.
To enable this, all applicants must
demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an
equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous
learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health.
Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an
understanding of the educational system in England is highly desirable.
The training programme for this post
starts in February 2025, is 12 months in
duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning across
mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary
schools, and further education colleges.
Delivery of the programme will be
provided through a combination of taught days at Sheffield, independent
self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and
mainstream mental health services.
During training, the post-holder 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.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Successful candidates will be employed
full-time and based in Wakefield Mental Health Support Team, which will be
responsible for the delivery of mental health support across a range of
educational settings in the region. For part of this role there will be a
requirement to travel to Sheffield Trust and affiliated with the University of
Sheffield for the teaching element of the training.
This post will be funded at NHS T&Cs
2021 Band 4 scale, in pay band 4 bottom scale( gaining credits towards either a
degree or diploma level qualification (depending on level of previous academic
study), plus guaranteed employment on completion of training, with a starting
salary projected to be based on the NHS T&Cs 2021 Band 5 scale.
To enable this, all applicants must
demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an
equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous
learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health.
Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an
understanding of the educational system in England is highly desirable.
The training programme for this post
starts in February 2025, is 12 months in
duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning across
mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary
schools, and further education colleges.
Delivery of the programme will be
provided through a combination of taught days at Sheffield, independent
self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and
mainstream mental health services.
During training, the post-holder 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.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Proven academic record or previous learning or formal study in Child Development. Well-being or Mental Health.
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2.
Desirable
- Relevant Degree qualification.
- Teaching or education related qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the educational system in England.
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
Desirable
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and legal framework.
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues with young people.
- Knowledge of the whole school approach to mental health.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with children and young people and their families in either Health or Education settings.
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and / or behavioural difficulties.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people in either a healthcare or education setting.
- Experience of multiagency working.
Skills/Competencies
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can monitor their won progress towards learning objectives.
Desirable
- Skilled at engaging and building relationships with children, young people and their families.
- Ability to work collaboratively with young people, parents, colleagues and partner agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Proven academic record or previous learning or formal study in Child Development. Well-being or Mental Health.
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2.
Desirable
- Relevant Degree qualification.
- Teaching or education related qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the educational system in England.
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
Desirable
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and legal framework.
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues with young people.
- Knowledge of the whole school approach to mental health.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with children and young people and their families in either Health or Education settings.
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and / or behavioural difficulties.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people in either a healthcare or education setting.
- Experience of multiagency working.
Skills/Competencies
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can monitor their won progress towards learning objectives.
Desirable
- Skilled at engaging and building relationships with children, young people and their families.
- Ability to work collaboratively with young people, parents, colleagues and partner agencies.
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.
