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Working within the MHST in Bradford and Craven District is an amazing experience for any qualified EMHP. The team is a passionate and caring team with capacity to support individual growth and development leading the way in Mental health in schools and colleges.
Responsibilities
* To provide low intensity CBT to mind to moderate mental health conditions within school/colleges and community settings.
* To audit/plan and review whole school/college approach interventions.
* Engage in case management and clinical skills supervision.
* Offer assessments to children, young people and families.
* To provide consultation to education staff and supportive signposting.
* Work alongside other professionals within mental health services.
Closing Date: 24th October 2025
Short listing Date: 28th October 2025
Interview Dates: 5th November 2025
The post-holder will work within a CYP mental health service delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions and guided self-help for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
To act as an interface between staff working in all emotional mental health services providing liaison, assessment, training, and consultation regarding the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people.
To work as a member of the MHST to support education settings to create a positive ethos through Whole School Approaches (WSA) to mental wellbeing.
This post will work under the direction of the Lead and Senior MHST Practitioners within Bradford District Care Trust’s MHST service, across primary, secondary, and further education settings (college) within the Craven Locality of the Bradford, Keighley and Craven MHST.
The actual distribution of workload within these areas will depend on the demands of the service by agreement with the Clinical lead.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Benefits
* We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
* Plus many more
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
Note: The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Garforth; Job title: Craven Team Lead; Email: hannah.garforth@bdct.nhs.uk; Telephone: 07834172439
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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