Job description
Educational Mental Health Practitioner – Band 5
Full time, permanent role
In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the new Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors.
Please note many Trust interviews are taking place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
Are you a qualified EMHP or about to qualify? Or are you a qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner? Are you passionate about delivering low intensity psychological interventions to children, young people, parents and carers? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of a team of people delivering interventions into schools and other settings in the Coventry and South Warwickshire area. You will have successfully completed or be about to successfully complete your EMHP training or CYPIAPT CWP training.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.