Job summary
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 3 Trainee
Education Mental Health Practitioners (Trainee EMHP) to join our friendly and
supportive team starting in January 2026. Successful candidates will be
employed within Wakefield CAMHS, on a NHS Band 4 one-year training contract and
on successful completion of the training will transfer to a NHS 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 submission of a CV
and 600-word assignment.
At the time of advertising,
this role does not meet the minimum requirements (salary threshold or
occupational requirements) set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason,
unfortunately we are unable to sponsor anyone on a visa for this role at this
moment in time.
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.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are
using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We
strongly discourage this and 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
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 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 2024, 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.
Job Purpose:
For the duration of the training year,
EMHPs will attend both Higher Education Institution (HEI) in addition to
working in services (and educational settings linked to that service) for the
remaining days each week.
On successful completion of training,
trainee EMHPs will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and
capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP within the Mental Health Support Team.
Under supervision develop knowledge and practice skills in:-
Delivering evidence-based interventions for
children and young people, with mild to moderate
mental health problems, in education settings.
Helping children and young people within these
settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more
specialist services.
Supporting and facilitating staff in education
settings to identify, and where appropriate, manage issues related to mental
health and wellbeing.
Working with and within educational
environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.
To evidence development of those skills with
associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an
academic award and demonstrable practical ability.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical
Be educationally supervised, supported and
assessed whilst delivering outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in
educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to
moderate mental health difficulties.
Developing skills in supporting children and
young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their
parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting
difficulties.
Developing and practicing evidence-based skills
under supervisory support of working in partnership with children, young
people, their families and educators in the development of plans for the
specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.
Developing and learning the skills required in
order to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate
parents/carers to collaborate and determine an aagreed plan of care.
Show evidence in a variety of forms that assessment and intervention is provided from
an inclusive values base, which recognizes and respects diversity.
Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept
appropriate referrals for children and young people in educational settings,
according to agreed local and national
referral routes, processes and procedures.
Under supervision, undertake accurate
assessments of risk to self and others.
Learn, understand, rationalize and adhere to
the protocols within the educational service to which the post holder is
attached.
Engage along with more senior staff in the
signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs
to the relevant service.
Engage in robust managerial and clinical
supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual postholder
within the role, and working safely within that scope.
Gain and practice a range of interventions
related to provision of information and support for evidence based
psychological treatments.
Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate
an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of
the team.
Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency
meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where
appropriate, both for personal educational benefit in discussion with
supervisors, or to provide direct assistance.
Keep coherent records of all training and
clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and
use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.
Complete all requirements relating to data
collection.
Show evidence of working within a collaborative
approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically,
work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents,
children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to
mental health services.
Contribute to the development of individual or
group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further
such materials as falls within own degree of competence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 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 2024, 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.
Job Purpose:
For the duration of the training year,
EMHPs will attend both Higher Education Institution (HEI) in addition to
working in services (and educational settings linked to that service) for the
remaining days each week.
On successful completion of training,
trainee EMHPs will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and
capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP within the Mental Health Support Team.
Under supervision develop knowledge and practice skills in:-
Delivering evidence-based interventions for
children and young people, with mild to moderate
mental health problems, in education settings.
Helping children and young people within these
settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more
specialist services.
Supporting and facilitating staff in education
settings to identify, and where appropriate, manage issues related to mental
health and wellbeing.
Working with and within educational
environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.
To evidence development of those skills with
associated knowledge acquisition to record and evidence progression towards an
academic award and demonstrable practical ability.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical
Be educationally supervised, supported and
assessed whilst delivering outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in
educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to
moderate mental health difficulties.
Developing skills in supporting children and
young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their
parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting
difficulties.
Developing and practicing evidence-based skills
under supervisory support of working in partnership with children, young
people, their families and educators in the development of plans for the
specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.
Developing and learning the skills required in
order to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate
parents/carers to collaborate and determine an aagreed plan of care.
Show evidence in a variety of forms that assessment and intervention is provided from
an inclusive values base, which recognizes and respects diversity.
Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept
appropriate referrals for children and young people in educational settings,
according to agreed local and national
referral routes, processes and procedures.
Under supervision, undertake accurate
assessments of risk to self and others.
Learn, understand, rationalize and adhere to
the protocols within the educational service to which the post holder is
attached.
Engage along with more senior staff in the
signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs
to the relevant service.
Engage in robust managerial and clinical
supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual postholder
within the role, and working safely within that scope.
Gain and practice a range of interventions
related to provision of information and support for evidence based
psychological treatments.
Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate
an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of
the team.
Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency
meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where
appropriate, both for personal educational benefit in discussion with
supervisors, or to provide direct assistance.
Keep coherent records of all training and
clinical activity in line with both health and education service protocols and
use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.
Complete all requirements relating to data
collection.
Show evidence of working within a collaborative
approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically,
work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents,
children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to
mental health services.
Contribute to the development of individual or
group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further
such materials as falls within own degree of competence.
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
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 and Competancies
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.
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
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
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 and Competancies
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.
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
