Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Education Mental Health Practitioner Job at Oxford, England , UK Full Time

The roles are full time, but part time applications will be considered.

The postholder will work as an autonomous responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in;

• Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services
• Supporting/facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing
• Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services

We are looking for a self-motivated team player with excellent time management skills.

Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course is required.

Oxford MHST is one of the national trailblazer sites for this Department of Health and Department of Education project. The team is run jointly in Oxfordshire by Response and Oxford Health.

The successful candidates will join a team of EMHP and Foundation Workers to support 35 schools across the city. The lead is lead by a Locality Manager and Clinical Lead and is based at Cheney School.