North Cumbria Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) Following an exciting expansion of the service by NHS England, to add two additional teams to our existing four, we are looking to recruit 8 trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners to cover all of the schools in North Cumbria. The positions are in both the West team which will involve working in schools in Whitehaven, Egremont, Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick and Maryport and The East team, which will involve working in schools in Carlisle, Penrith and Eden, Brampton and Dalston. The successful post holders will be placed in either the West or East team depending on their geographical location. These roles willbe a recruit-to-train EMHP role. It is expected that the training for the recruit to train EMHP course will start in September 2026 subject to a successful interview with the university. In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and emotional wellbeing support for children and young people, an opportunity have arisen for a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner ( EMHP) to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people as part of the North Cumbria Mental Health Support Team (MHST). If you feel that you are ready to undertake an exciting step in your career, then training and working as an EMHP is for you. In return for attending fully funded training in Low Intensity CognitiveBehavioural Therapy at Northumbria University, you will be given a role as a qualified EMHP when you have completed your training. Please see additional information sheet for details of the training programme. Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardos? values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardos and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardos pay framework can be found upon application. Benefits Workplace Offer: What it means for you Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardos require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardos services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland) Barnardos believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardos service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardos service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardos service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardos. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardos stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardos Learning and Development offer *T&Cs apply based on contract About Barnardos We arecommitted to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Our basis and values