Job summary
- Main area
- Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8 - 4)
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-2068
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Ann's Hospital
- Town
- Tottenham
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
Band 4
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions, working across educational settings and healthcare sectors.
Haringey Mental Health Support Team is an established team within the wider CAMHS service. We have excellent relationships established with schools across the borough, and are looking for enthusiastic trainees to help us with expanding our service and delivering our vision.
The programme is delivered through a combination of taught days with Anna Freud and UCL, independent self-guided study days, and practical experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services.
A Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner will work under supervision as part of a dynamic team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people (CYP) are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and above all a passion for working with CYP in educational settings.
During the training year, the post-holder will develop their knowledge and practical skills under supervision. They will employ evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems, providing direct individual and group support for children, young people, and their parents/carers, in line with university expectations.
Main duties of the job
. Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision.
. Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to work directly with children, young people, and families.
.Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to carry out holistic and child-centred mental health assessments, including risk assessments.
Successful candidates will enrol in a full-time professional training programme to become qualified EMHPs. For the training year, successful candidates will be employed by Haringey CAMHS and work in educational settings within this service’s borough.
Please note: Successful candidates will be expected to travel to the Anna Freud office (N1 9JH) in the first year to complete their training, but the position will be based in St Ann's Hospital and partnering education settings.
Application Process
In addition to applying for this position, candidates must secure a place on the Educational Mental Health Practitioner PG Dip course at UCL. Please complete a separate application for the university course via this link as soon as possible:
As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by Anna Freud and UCL, your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking to recruit four graduate level practitioners for our team. Intensive supervision and on training will be provided by an experienced supervisor. There will be a strong expectation for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of the one year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards.
Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within the Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions within a borough-based cluster of schools.
During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them 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.
Please see attached JD & PS for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) OR • Relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with children and young people, demonstrates adaptability and a capacity to learn across diverse settings with diverse communities, using various learning approaches, experience of working in an education setting,
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pamela Beck
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087024300
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