Job summary
Job Title:
Educational
Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
Hours of work:
Monday
to Friday (37.5 hours a week)
Contract:
Fixed
term contract until 31st March 2025
Accountable to:
Clinical Supervisor
Functional Responsibility:
MHST Leadership Team
Job Purpose:
To provide a preventative, early intervention service to
children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs in
identified schools. To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to
deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces
but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these
environments.
Main duties of the job
To
allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous
and responsible practitioner and to engage in:
-
Delivering
evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting
with mild to moderate mental health problems
-
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 education environments to afford better access to specialist
mental health services
Key relationships:
-
Designated
Mental Health Lead in education setting
-
Identified
school settings
-
Mental
Health Support Team
-
Line
Manager
-
Clinical
Supervisor
-
Local
CAMHS providers
-
Colleagues
from Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster
About us
We are a leading, community based, mental health charity based in the
heart of London for over 50 years.
We are a supportive team that make it
a priority to support the wellbeing of our staff.
Over 50% of
our staff have lived mental health experiences and everything we say and do is rooted in the experiences of
people who know what it is like to live with a mental health problem.
We have an excellent track record of delivering high
quality clinical services to a range of local communities across the boroughs
we serve.
Why work for us?
Competitive
Salary.
Life-changing work.
Learning and development opportunities.
Passionate and professional workforce.
Diversity and Inclusion.
Cycle to work scheme.
Generous annual leave package.
Access to Employee Benefits with Employee Assist
Programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the Job Description and person specification attached to
ensure that you meet the requirements of the role.
To apply: Submit your application by 2nd July 2024 via NHS jobs or our website ( please find the link below)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Mind in Brent Wandsworth and Westminster
Address
23 Monck Street
London
SW1P 2AE