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Job overview

We will be hosting a recruitment webinar on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. The webinar will give you information on the Trainee education mental health practitioner programme and it's requirements. To register click here. 

In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education 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 a new specialist mental health support team (MHST) focusing on health inequalities within our communities.  The team will cover the Pennine Care footprint working across Bury, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham & Rochdale. Access to a car will therefore be essential for this role.

The team will be responsible for the delivery of low level mental health support in educational settings across the localities.

For part of this role there will be a requirement to travel to Edge Hill University for the teaching element of the programme. For further details please refer to their website: PGDip Education Mental Health Practitioner for Children and Young People (edgehill.ac.uk)

The successful candidates must be able to start employment by 1.1.2025 in order to start the course at the university. 

Main duties of the job

The post-holder 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 across Pennine Care service localities and attend at Edge Hill University 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.

Working for our organisation

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.