Educational Mental Health Practitioner inAshington inAshington PUBLISHED 4 DEC 2023

Band 5: £29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum  PERMANENT 
NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, to provide support the Northumberland Be You mental health in schools team.

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, to provide support the Northumberland Be You mental health in schools team. This post will be based in the Ashington family hub in the Central locality of the County, specifically supporting the Ashington and Bedlington partnership of schools.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual with a passion for delivering early intervention and innovative new models of working in Children's mental health.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the 3 core functions of the EMHP role into the 'Be You' mental health support team, within the 'getting help 'sector of the Thrive model.

This role will may also support the teams in the Blyth, Hexham, and Alnwick partnerships.

Our established 'getting help service 'provides excellent clinical, case management and peer led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training and CPD.

We support a blended /hybrid model of working recognizing the value of home life balance. We will ensure we consider suitable arrangements are made to your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support in this role.

The role will involve the delivering a range of evidenced based low intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild / moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group based programmes. This will also include the facilitation of a range of psychoeducation sessions and staff training.

The role will provide support to schools to improve their the whole schools approach to emotional well-being.

The post holder will also deliver a consultation and signposting role to a range of early help, targeted and specialist support services supporting children and young peoples emotional health and wellbeing.

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

NHCFT has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Work Service, to provide support the Northumberland Be You mental health in schools team. This post will be based in the Ashington family hub in the Central locality of the County, specifically supporting the Ashington and Bedlington partnership of schools.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual with a passion for delivering early intervention and innovative new models of working in Children's mental health.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the 3 core functions of the EMHP role into the 'Be You' mental health support team, within the 'getting help 'sector of the Thrive model.

This role will may also support the teams in the Blyth, Hexham, and Alnwick partnerships.

Our established 'getting help service 'provides excellent clinical, case management and peer led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training and CPD.

We support a blended /hybrid model of working recognizing the value of home life balance. We will ensure we consider suitable arrangements are made to your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support in this role.

The role will involve the delivering a range of evidenced based low intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild / moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group based programmes. This will also include the facilitation of a range of psychoeducation sessions and staff training.

The role will provide support to schools to improve their the whole schools approach to emotional well-being.

The post holder will also deliver a consultation and signposting role to a range of early help, targeted and specialist support services supporting children and young peoples emotional health and wellbeing.



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