London Borough of Barnet Hiring for Education Mental Health Practitioner Job at London, England Full Time

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In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the new 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. These roles are funded by NHS England.

The successful candidates will be employed by Barnet Integrated Clinical Services (BICS) and based in education settings in either the west locality of London Borough of Barnet (post codes HA8, NW9 and NW7) or East/Central and South localities. The starting salary exceeds the NHS Agenda for Change Band 5 with outer London Higher Cost Allowance.

To enable this, applicants must have completed / expecting to complete the postgraduate diploma for Educational Mental Health Practitioners prior to starting this role. Our objective is for the successful candidates to be in post latest by November 2021. Please note that one of these posts will be offered on a permanent basis, while the other is offered on one-year fixed-term basis (with likelihood to roll over to a permanent contract after nine months).