Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner – MHST Job at United Kingdom , UK Full Time

As part of Hertfordshire CAMHS transformation, our priority is simple: to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people through the implementation of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs).

Driven by this goal and in line with NHS long term plan, we have exciting new opportunities for Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP). Training will be with the University of East Anglia (UEA) and therefore travel to Norwich will be required, and when not in University you will be in placements working predominantly in schools or from your work base.

Please note that this is an HEE funded position and to access this funding you must have not benefitted from another funded position within the last two years. This role will start at Band 4 with progress to Band 5 upon completion of the course and placement.

Over the course of the training year, the post-holder will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents, in line with the university expectations.

The Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner will:

• Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision.
• Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to work directly with children, young people and families.
• Develop and practice evidence-based skills under supervision to carry out holistic and child-centred mental health assessments, including risk assessments.You will study alongside other trainee EMHPS at the University of East Anglia; and be based and work with EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Clinical Practitioner to support the wellbeing and mental health needs identified schools and colleges.
• HPFT MHST trainee roles will work with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school in the following areas:

Stevenage, Broxbourne, St Albans & Watford

**You MUST specify your preferred location within your application**

Please note that this role requires a commitment to travel in the first year and beyond.

As a Trainee EMHP you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility, dynamism and above all a passion for working with children and young people in educational settings.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on…

The purpose of the team is to

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support the mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
• Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education. HPFT are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training, and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction. This post is designed to open up a new and exciting opportunity for a career in children’s and young people’s mental health in schools.
• Please note: Continued employment in this post is conditional on the successful completion of the course. The successful candidates are required to be available to commence training from January 2023. The successful candidates will be expected to attend university in Norwich with the potential for blended remote learning and travel to the University site will be required in the first year to complete their training.

Be the catalyst to inspire future generations and make a difference – join the HPFT MHSTs today!

The Programme’s official start date is Monday 16thJanuary 2023, with Trust employment and induction starting in December.

Interview Date – week commencing 15thAugust 2022