Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners

at  Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Havant PO9 2BF, , United Kingdom -

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Immediate20 Dec, 2024GBP 29114 Annual23 Sep, 2024N/AGood communication skillsNoNo
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Description:

EMHPs will play a key role as members of the new Mental Health Support Teams, who will have the responsibility for delivering schools’ overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. As this is a full time training post, initially you will apply for the training post, just as you would with any other job application, and then you will be expected to make a separate application to the university mentioned later on in the recruitment and selection process. Following successful completion of the course you will be then be required to make a separate application to the band 5 substantive position with the Trust. Successful candidates will be offered a full-time educational programme specifically for the role in partnership with the University of Southampton, gaining credits towards either at graduate or postgraduate level qualification (depending on level of previous academic study).
To enable this, all applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health. Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the educational system in England is highly desirable. The training programme for this post starts January 2025, is 12 months in duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning across mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary schools, and further education colleges. Delivery of the programme will be provided through a combination of taught days within a University, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services .
The training course is divided into 6 modules, developing skills and knowledge in areas such as: - Working with children, young people and their parents/carers to support self-management including development of plans for specific interventions and agreeing outcomes; - Learning to manage own caseload, gaining the necessary skills to practice a range of interventions such as guided self-help; - Preparing and presenting caseload information to supervisors; - Working with colleagues to provide better access to specialist mental health services and supporting referrals where required; - Supporting colleagues in education to identify and manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing. Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process

Responsibilities:

Please refer the Job description for details


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Havant PO9 2BF, United Kingdom