Education Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Please note you must have completed the HEE commissioned 1yr Education Mental Health Practitioner Course to be considered for this role.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, suitably qualified and experienced person with the ability, commitment and passion to support children and young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

In line with the government's priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across educational and healthcare sectors.

EMHP's work in educational settings, schools and colleges, as part of NHS led Mental Health Support Teams and will be based in either East Lancashire or Blackburn with Darwen.

The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment and short-term clinical intervention of children and young people referred to service and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.

Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people in education settings experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Working in partnership, support children, young people and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties, principally anxiety and depression.

Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing whilst improving access to mental health services.

To support schools in developing strategies/activities to promote emotional well-being and positive mental health.

Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.

Signpost referrals to the relevant service.

Undertake assessments of risk to self and others.

Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, primarily guided self-help.

To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

At ELCAS (East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Services) our vision is to be a centre of excellence providing high quality Child and Adolescent psychological and mental health services that exceed people's expectations.

We have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Quality Network for Community CAMHS (QNCC) since 2016. In 2019 the CQC rated us as Outstanding in providing Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led services, and as Outstanding overall.