East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Hiring for Education Mental Health Practitioner Job at Burnley, England Full Time

Education Mental Health Practitioner

Recently rated outstanding by the CQC, ELCAS are excited to be recruiting a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner for the new Mental Health in Schools Support Teams in East Lancashire. The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community.

There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary schools in the Burnley and Pendle areas of East Lancashire. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be integrated with community ELCAS team and based in primary educational settings within the 2 localities.

The Education Mental Health Practitioners ensure that a wide range of evidence based interventions are used to support young people’s mental health and to ensure integration within the school environment is seamless and transparent.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic practitioner with a demonstrable track record of training and delivery of therapeutic interventions. You will join the existing team of practitioners in training, mental health practitioners and senior practitioners, which is passionate about children’s mental health and has a demonstrable track record of training and delivery of therapeutic interventions.

You must have successfully completed the EMHP course in a previous wave.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

At ELCAS (East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Services) our vision is to be a centre of excellence providing high quality Child and Adolescent psychological and mental health services that exceed people’s expectations. This vision is being delivered. We have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Quality Network for Community CAMHS (QNCC) since 2016. In February 2019 the CQC rated us as Outstanding in providing Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led services – rating us as Outstanding overall.