Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Education Mental Health Trainee Practitioner Job at Beverley, England Full Time

A whole new workforce is coming to the East Riding and we are looking to recruit 8 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) in training who are enthusiastic, kind, compassionate and resilient.

As part of the national rollout of mental health support teams we are excited to be the local provider in partnership with schools, East Riding Council, NHS East Riding CCG and Northumbria University to implement and develop this fantastic innovative project in East Riding.

The Mental Health Support Teams will integrate into our already well established ERY offer and compliment the many excellent teams and services out there to further enhance the early help and intervention offer.

The teams will work directly into schools and colleges with children and young people between the ages of 5 to 18.

The teams will support schools and the wider system and will have a particular focus on whole school approach, advice support guidance and consultation.

The teams will also deliver targeted low intensity CBT informed based 1:1 and group sessions , Parent led workshops and creative based interventions to support mild to moderate social , emotional and mental health needs.

As part of this role the successful candidates will embark on a one year training course at Northumbria University to gain a post graduate diploma qualification. The role will be a combination of active learning through caseload and service and university lectures, portfolio work and assignments.

Why work for us?

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been ratedGoodby the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Provider of the Year 2019 award winners.

We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust – a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.

At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification