Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon
Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 8 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (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 in England., We are seeking to recruit 4graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-helptherapyand parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change band 4 for a one year post graduate diploma inEducation Mental Health Practicethrough Kings College London.Further intensive supervision and on thejobtraining will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team.
There will be a strong expectation for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of theone-yeartraining, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards.
Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within a Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions within aborough-basedcluster of schools.
The post is currently being recruited to within the existing service structure. The service may be subject to a future procurement process, and any subsequent changes will be managed in accordance with NHS employment policies and relevant legislation.
This is a training position post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in service for CAMHS Croydon MHST.They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post holder will use their newly developed skills to support children and young people who are referred into the service and trainees will receive supervision to support their professional development., CroydonMHST is a friendly and supportive team who have developed a close partnership with local schools in providing lowintensity interventions, creating workshops and groups and adapting services to meet the needs of schools, young people and families inCroydon in line with CYP-IAPT principles.