MHST Band 5 EMHP or CWP

Are you an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) who has experience in delivering low intensity therapy to children and young people?

Do you want to be part of a supportive and friendly team?

We are seeking either EMHP's or CWP's to be part of the Mental Health Schools Team (MHST)- please note that either qualification is suitable for this post.

The role is aimed at providing early intervention to children and young people experiencing mild not moderate mental health difficulties.

You will work alongside other professionals and be part of a team that supports a cluster of around 20 schools and colleges each.

We work across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and have vacancies in many of our localities : City localities : South, West, East, North, North West and CentralCounty localities : Charnwood, Loughborough, Hinckley & North West Leicestershire, Oadby & Wigston and Melton & Rutland., For this role you will require a full UK Driving License and access to a car- there are two car lease schemes available

Main duties of the job

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are a nationally driven initiative which offers mental health early intervention to children and young people.

This is via low-intensity CBT both on a 1 : 1 basis and via groups within education settings.

What we can offer :

• On-going support from a friendly and dedicated teamProfessional development opportunities


• Working alongside Public Health, Healthy Together and CAMHS colleagues


• Regular supervisions and guidance


We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible., We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages.

Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment.