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.