Education Mental Health Practitioner inSouthampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED
WED 18 DEC 2024
Candidates must possess an EMHP qualification to apply for this Band 5 position. The work environment is dynamic and encourages innovative approaches to supporting children and young people’s mental health. Interviews for the role are scheduled for February 7, 2025, and the Trust emphasises inclusivity in its recruitment process, inviting potential applicants to discuss flexible working arrangements.
Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner: Mental Health in Schools Team (MHST).
We are pleased to be recruiting to an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) post within our Mental Health in Schools Team (MHST).
Southampton MHST offers city-wide coverage for its schools and colleges, where the teams will work within education settings to provide early intervention and prevention work for mild to moderate mental health issues and provide support to staff in schools and colleges. Teams also act as a link with local children and young people's mental health services.
The clinical team structure of the MHST consists of qualified EMHPs (this post), EMHP Supervisors, Senior Wellbeing Practitioner trainees and CBT Therapists. The team also comprises of the Team Manager, Clinical lead, and Clinical Team Coordinators, offering strong leadership and governance structures within the team.
We are looking for candidates who hold an EMHP qualification to offer specialist knowledge and practice skills in delivering low intensity CBT evidence-based intervention for children and young people within education settings, with mild to moderate mental health problems, and offer consultations and training to local schools and colleges.
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged.
Interviews for this post will be taking place on: 7th February 2025
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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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