Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Training salary £23,730 p.a. following successful completion of the Post Graduate Diploma salary will rise to £28,395 £35,126 p.a.

The role of the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (TEMHPs) is to deliver short term low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed interventions for children and young people aged 5 -19 years with anxiety, low mood, common challenging behaviours, family and peer relationship difficulties, difficulty adjusting to change and transition or difficulty managing emotions in educational settings.

Trainee EMHPs must undertake a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice in Education Settings qualification at Northumbria University. During term time you will be required to attend (blended- online and face to face) Northumbria University two days per week.

The 12 month post graduate course will start in September 2023 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.

On successful completion of training, Trainee EMHPs will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP as autonomous and responsible practitioners within their scope of practice, alongside educations colleagues, delivering schools overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

Compass GO (NEL Mental Health Support Team) is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and wellbeing needs.

It is part of the Mental Health Support Team Trailblazer Pilot, which has been commissioned by the Dept of Education & NHSE following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017). The trailblazer will increase the children and young peoples mental health workforce and increase capacity to support pupils.

Compass GO aims to:

• Ensure children and young people access the right early help, in the right setting removing duplication and preventing CYP/families being bounced in-between services
• Help children and young people (5-19 years) to manage their feelings, behaviours, thoughts, physical sensations so that they can better engage with their learning and education
• Work alongside educational staff to embed Whole School Approaches at all levels

You will have to demonstrate in your application that you have 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. You should also have experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the educational system in England is desirable.

About us

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and you should share our commitment. All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, gender reassignment, age or sexual orientation and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives. Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Family-friendly policies
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual performance / salary review

Closing date: Sunday 9th July 2023

Interview date: Wednesday 19th July 2023

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (TEMHPs) is to deliver short term low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed interventions for children and young people aged 5 -19 years with anxiety, low mood, common challenging behaviours, family and peer relationship difficulties, difficulty adjusting to change and transition or difficulty managing emotions in educational settings.

Trainee EMHP will also work with Designated Mental Health Leads and other educational staff to build on and develop evidenced-based Whole School Approaches.

Trainee EMHPs must undertake a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice in Education Settings qualification at Northumbria University. During term time you will be required to attend (blended- online and face to face) Northumbria University two days per week.

The 12 month post graduate course will start in September 2023 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.

On successful completion of training, Trainee EMHPs will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP as autonomous and responsible practitioners within their scope of practice, alongside educations colleagues, delivering schools overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Ability to study at degree level.
• Proven record of previous academic attainment.
• Good solid literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2.

Experience

Essential

• It is desirable that the applicant have previous experience of working with children and young people.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams.
• Knowledge of the education system in England.
• Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
• Full enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role.
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic, and potentially emotionally distressing caseload.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated
• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
• Team player.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.