Education Mental Health Practitioner

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

The closing date is 02 February 2025

Job summary

Are you a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner? Have you completed (or about to complete) your EMHP training? Then Leeds is the place for you!

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the MindMate Support Team (MHST) based in the City of Leeds. We currently have various EMHP posts available across the city due to lots of internal promotions as our service grows!

You will be employed as a Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner, working with colleagues across the city of Leeds, with education settings and health professionals to offer Mental Health and wellbeing support to young people and their families.

These posts involve working directly with all education settings providing information, advice and guidance through consultation, training, direct work with children and young people and their families and delivering evidence based interventions.

We will require successful applicants to be registered (or going through the process) with either the BPS or BABCP as you will be working within a NHS commissioned service. You will work within Leeds Community Health Care NHS Trust and provide a range of assessment and other interventions with individuals and wider systems under close clinical supervision from our experienced staff.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be able to deliver a range of 1:1 and group Low Intensity CBT based interventions for children, young people, and parents/carers.

In addition to this the post holder will be expected to input and work to deliver a whole setting approach within educational settings developing excellent professional working relationships along the way.

The MindMate Support Team holds a strong culture around wellbeing and work life balance and supports a hybrid model of working. If you believe you have the right attributes and want to play a key role in service development, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Delivering a 'whole setting approach' within educational settings developing excellent professional working relationships along the way. You will work within a strongly supportive mini team including a fellow EMHP and a practitioner.

Regular case management and clinical supervision on an individual and group basis will be offered to ensure excellent clinical standards and registration are maintained.

About us

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council. We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks of the job

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

Right to Work

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

VP4C30098B

Job locations

Leeds Community Healthcare Trust

Leeds

LS6 1SG

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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.