Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainee Bury, North West England, England
Job description
In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, theEducation 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 either (Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust) Mental Health Support Team, which will be responsible for the delivery of low level mental health support in educational settings in one of the localities. For part of this role there will be a requirement to travel to Prestwich, to the Psychological Therapies Training Centre (PTTC), part of Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust and affiliated with the University of Manchester for the teaching element of the training.
Once qualified you may be required to move to other borough teams across the Pennine footprint.
You will work under supervision to gain experience in healthcare and educational settings 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.
The training course is divided into 6 modules, developing skills and knowledge in areas such as working with children, learning to manage a caseload, preparing and presenting caseload information, working with colleagues to provide better access, supporting colleagues in education to identify and manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
Applicants will be based within service locality and attend at Prestwich, Bury New Road, M25 3BL for the training.
On successful completion of training, trainee's will be equipped with the skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP as autonomous and responsible practitioners within their scope of practice, alongside education colleagues.
We are proud to be the most improved mental health and learning disability trust to work for and the best in the north west. (NHS Staff Survey 2022)
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming number of applications.
For further details on the role and while making your application please refer to the attached job description and person specification. This can be found in thedocuments to downloadsection.
Application tip!When completing your trac application, we want to know how and when you have demonstrated each of the criteria on the person specification. As this ultimately is what you're going to be shortlisted against. Your examples can be from your personal life, at home, your job, volunteering etc.
