Education Mental Health Practitioner
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An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Gloucestershire Mental Health Support Team for the recruitment of Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners.
In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the 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.
Successful candidates will be employed on a full‑time basis based within Gloucestershire and will have the responsibility for delivering the schools overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.
Potential candidates will have already successfully completed the HEE‑commissioned 1‑year Education Mental Health Practitioner course or the equivalent Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner course.
As part of this role there may be a requirement to travel across the localities.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close ahead of schedule due to a high volume of applicants.
To allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their job description, to engage in;
* Delivering evidence‑based intervention for children and young people in education settings 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 and 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
The qualification, training and experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Seniority Level
* Entry level
Employment Type
* Contract
Job Function
* Health Care Provider
* Mental Health Care
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