Educational Mental Health Practitioners - Bodmin, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Bodmin, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Educational Mental Health Practitioners:

Band 5:

Main area

Educational Mental Health Practitioners

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Grade

Band 5

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time hours per week

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Job ref

Site

Cornwall

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Town

Cornwall

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Salary
- £27,055 - £32,934 Per annum
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

10/01/2023 23:59

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Interview date

17/01/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

Are you a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)? Are you looking for a 'sea change' and to work within a service who are truly committed to early intervention? If so then we want to hear from you.

The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Cornwall is an NHS service which works within school settings to provide early intervention for primary school children who are experiencing difficulties such as low mood and anxiety.

We also support education staff in implementing strategies across the whole school to try to ensure that children's wellbeing is supported and promoted throughout school life.

We are looking to expand and reinforce our existing dedicated and skilled teams with practitioners who have already completed their training as Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP's).

Vacancies are available within teams across both west & east Cornwall. This includes in the Penwith area (Penzance / St Ives / Hayle). In the East of Cornwall we have vacancies in the Upper Tamar region.

Our service offer combines direct intervention using LICBT with a strong commitment to supporting schools to implement the Whole School Approach.

As we increase our number of qualified practitioners we continue to invest in our staff and our service with a clear ongoing commitment to supporting the EMHP role though regular CPD and well established supervisory structures.

Interviews are currently planned to be held in mid / late Jan in the St Austell area of Cornwall.

Main duties of the job:

The MHST is a service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in education settings.

The MHST is made up of senior clinicians who act as supervisors and managers and Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs).

They are based across education settings as an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and wellbeing, support earlier intervention, enable appropriate sign posting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions.

The MHSTs partner with their education settings to design a bespoke offer, based on the school's individual needs and will work with the mental health services that are already in place, such as counselling, educational psychology, school nurses, pastoral care, educational welfare officers, Voluntary Services the local authority,