Education Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L12 2AP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9411-25-0247 |
Summary
Delivering outcome focused, Evidence-Based Interventions in Educational Settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Developing skills in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families, and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties. Developing and practicing Evidence-Based skills and working in partnership with children, young people, their families, and educators in the development of treatment plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes. Work in collaboration with children and young people and where appropriate parents/carers to formulate and develop agreed treatment plan. Incorporate Participation and Inclusivity when delivering services which recognises and respects diversity. Discuss with supervisors and agree to accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in Educational Settings, according to agreed local and national and local referral routes, processes, and procedures. Undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others. Learn, understand, rationalise, and adhere to the protocols within the educational setting to which the post holder is attached. Engage along with more senior staff in the signposting of referrals for children and young people with more complex needs to the relevant service. Gain and practice a range of interventions related to provision of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. Practice, evidence, reflect on and demonstrate an ability to manage ones own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate, both for personal development, to benefit in discussion with supervisors, or to provide direct assistance. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection. Show evidence of working within a collaborative approach, involving a range of relevant others when indicated. Specifically, work in collaboration with teachers and other educational staff, parents, children, young people and the wider community to enhance and broaden access to mental health services. Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials as falls within own degree of competence. To deliver interventions either on an individual basis or within a group format. To deliver Psychoeducation Workshops to Young People and School Based Staff.