Senior Education MH Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,890.00 to £44,720.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38890.00 - £44720.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2025 |
| Location: | HALIFAX, HX1 1TA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0173-25-0010 |
Summary
Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainee, or Qualified – Mental Health Support Team (MHST), Calderdale To apply for this post you must already be a qualified Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Practitioner or Education Mental Health Practitioner with 2 years post qualifying experience. You can still apply if you are part way through the senior course Do you want to help make a difference to thousands of people each year? We have a unique opportunity for a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join Northpoint, either as a trainee, part way through the course or already qualified. This role will involve working across Calderdale to support low intensity clinical supervision to a number of Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), as well as holding your own caseload. You will join us on a permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary. Why us? We take pride in supporting Primary and Secondary schools across Calderdale, working to enhance the health and wellbeing, and future life chances of children and young people, as well as supporting school staff, parents and carers with training and awareness opportunities through a whole school approach. We also work with local partners and stakeholders to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families. What you will be doing as our Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner: Day to day, you can expect to be supporting school settings to develop their understanding of the MHST and EMHP role. You will hold your own caseload, providing direct support to students, pupils and families at a higher level of need than EMHP support and/or working alongside EMHPs as necessary. You will be supporting EMHPs with caseload management supervision and clinical skills, this includes trainee EMHP’s who are on their journey through university to qualification. You may also be on your own training journey to complete a low intensity supervision course if you are not yet qualified as a senior EMHP. You will work alongside other Mental Health teams in Northpoint as well as wider Calderdale services. What are we looking for in our ideal Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner: Children and Young People’s Mental Health CYP/CYWP or PGDip Education Mental Health Practitioner Educated to degree level or equivalent Two or more years post qualification experience within a children and young people’s educational or mental health setting, with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families. Evidence of delivering low intensity CBT Evidence of continued professional development You may be ready to embark on your Senior Trainee EMHP journey at University (2-year course), you might be mid-way through your training, or about to qualify/ or already qualified) If you have the skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for, and are passionate about making a difference, please click ‘Apply’ to be considered for our Senior EMHP role. We would love to hear from you! Closing date: 6th August 2025 We may utilise digital interview methods. We aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working/job share opportunities for both full and part-time staff. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.