Education Mental Health Practitioner - Melksham, United Kingdom - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Melksham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?

We are recruiting a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join the our Wiltshire MHST.

The Wiltshire team works with schools and colleges across the county, with bases in Melksham, Chippenham, Devizes, Westbury and Salisbury.

We currently have vacancies in our North and South areas.

You will be allocated education settings (primary schools, secondary schools and colleges) within a specific area of Wiltshire, which will be agreed upon an offer being made.

There will be occasions where a practitioner will need to travel across different Wiltshire sites outside of their specified area.

Your role will be to assess and provide interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions including anxiety and low mood.

You will provide early, brief evidence-based interventions to promptly address emerging mental health needs of children and young people, and support schools and colleges to improve mental wellbeing for students.

You will also support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Wiltshire MHST offers a range of psychoeducation and therapeutic groups, staff training, workshops and assemblies to the education settings we support.

Your role will be to deliver 1:1 and group interventions to children, young people and caregivers within your allocated schools.

You will also support schools with their Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing.

You will receive additional training to be able to deliver the full range of interventions offered by Wiltshire MHST. This will include accredited Decider Skills Life Skills training.

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) have been set-up in response the Government's 2017 Green Paper, Transforming children and young people's mental health provision.

MHSTs aim to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.

The Wiltshire MHST is made up of four teams: North, South, East and West. We currently cover 32% of the schools in Wiltshire. Every team has a team base for use in their geographical patch.

We are a supportive MHST and we provide many opportunities for ongoing training and CPD. You will receive regular case management and clinical skills supervision which also includes Whole School Approach supervision.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Staff accommodation
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme

The successful post holder will deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.

This will be through 1:1 interventions, parent led interventions, groups, workshops, and assemblies. You will work in collaboration with other EMHP's / CWP's to deliver groups, workshops assemblies and staff training.

You will work closely with the school mental health leads to develop a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing within your allocated schools.

Please note:

New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.