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Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
Off the Record (Bristol)
https://careers.otrbristol.org.uk/vacancies/
OTR Band B+ | Starting salary £24,738, with 5.5% salary increase commencing April 2023
37.5 per week
OTR are excited to announce that we are looking for two qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners to join our existing teams in North Somerset and East/Central Bristol.
The post-holders will be part of the Mental Health Schools Team (MHST). This programme, delivered in partnership with Avon Wiltshire Partnership Trust (AWP), is part of a national initiative within the Children and Young People' Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) to place Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP's) in schools.
Click here to find out more about the MHST programme
This is a varied role where practitioners hold a 50/50 workload between working closely with professionals, children and young people, families and the wider school community to deliver engaging Whole School Approach (WSA) activites, and a supervised clinical caseload to deliver high-quality; outcome-informed, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioral difficulties.
Ongoing CPD and service experience will equip post holders with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to ensure that children and young people will have access to high quality, evidence based mental health support and to influence the whole school culture in relation to mental health and wellbeing.
This role is open to qualified EMHPs who have successfully completed the commissioned one year Education Mental Health Practitioner course.
If this opportunity sounds exciting, please download the job pack for more information. To have an informal discussion about the role contact - mhstenquiries@otrbristol.org.uk
Sunday, 5 February, 2023 - 23:45
To apply for this role click here to visit our careers site
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a team that reflects the diversity of the people we work with.
mhstenquiries@otrbristol.org.uk
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