Education Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

In this role you will work across schools and healthcare settings to deliver early, evidence-based mental health support for children and young people with mild to moderate difficulties. You’ll collaborate with schools, families and partners to promote emotional wellbeing and establish access pathways to care. Under supervision, you will assess, formate and plan low-intensity interventions, including guided self-help, and monitor outcomes. This is a multidisciplinary, development-focused position within the MHST that supports whole-school approaches and cross-agency collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• Band 5 salary (32,073 to 39,043 per year)
• High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (15%)
• Induction up to two weeks
• Development opportunities and training
• Supportive, values-driven culture
• Equality and diversity initiatives

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties
• Collaborate with schools, families and young people to support self-management of wellbeing
• Undertake assessments, contribute to formulations and develop collaborative intervention plans under supervision
• Deliver guided self-help and low-intensity interventions (individual and group)
• Support education staff to identify and respond to mental health needs in settings
• Promote emotional wellbeing and improve access to mental health support across educational settings
• Liaise with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners for integrated care
• Escalate concerns when higher levels of need is identified
• Maintain accurate clinical records, outcomes data and activity reporting
• Participate in the Education Mental Health Practitioner training programme and supervision requirements

Key requirements

• HEE commissioned 1-year Education Mental Health Practitioner course completed
• Ability to work to degree level
• Experience of working with children, young people and families
• Experience in mental health and/or education settings
• Experience with social, emotional, or behavioural difficulties in youth
• Ability to work within educational settings to raise mental health awareness
• Experience liaising with multiple agencies
• Experience with anxiety disorders
• Ability to deliver 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions and assess risk
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments and document appropriately

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative and partnership-oriented working style
• Child-centered, strengths-based and inclusive approach
• CBT or solution-focused brief therapy delivery
• Guided self-help and low-intensity interventions
• Assessment, formulation, and intervention planning

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