Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner

Are

you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting

opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people within the

Kirklees area? Would you like to be part of a diverse and innovative service

who offer mental health support in an educational setting?

We are

seeking applicants to join our Mental Health Support Team who cover the schools

and colleges in Kirklees. This is an exciting time to join our team who deliver

evidence based interventions to children within our schools with mild to

moderate mental health conditions. Focusing on early intervention we also

provide training and workshops to schools using the whole school approach,

which enables schools to provide a culture of wellbeing for all their pupils.

You

will be part of a supportive and resilient team within a trust which places

staff health and wellbeing at the top of its agenda. Our team sits within our CAMHS service which

means that we can provide expert CPD opportunities, further training and

supervision from a diverse range of experienced practitioners.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to

have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

This role would suit an experienced health

care professional with experience in assessing and working with young people

with mild- moderate mental health concerns and preferably experience delivering

CBT interventions and delivery of supervision.

As a band 6

mental health practitioner you will be expected to confidently manage a

caseload of young people including triaging, consulting with schools/ parents

and assessing CYP with a range of mental health issues and making decisions as

to what support they may need.

You will support

the senior leadership team and be involved with service development of the

MHST, taking initiative to identify opportunities to improve the service.

You will be

expected to draw on your experience to lead case management supervision and

supervise the junior staff within the team.

You will be able

to make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services

referral protocols, refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back

to the referral agent as necessary.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the

minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to

work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

About us

We

are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health

and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,

Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are

the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is

to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this

by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ

staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a

difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people

(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join

us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving

the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and

help each year.

We

are committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and

vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this

commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-CK2566

Job locations

Folly Hall Mills

St Thomas Road

Huddersfield

Kirklees

HD1 3LT

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder will work as part of the Kirklees Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

to manage a defined case- load with

a focus on providing comprehensive assessment, consultation and evidence-based

interventions, for children and young people (CYP) with mental health

difficulties and their parents/carers.

This post will involve

supporting Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP)s with developing their clinical

practice, psychological formulation and school engagement.

The post holder

will be expected

to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills

Supervision to a number of trainee/EMHPs within the

service (training may be provided).

The post holder will be able to work flexibly

across a range of education providers, be a keen contributer to joint working

initiatives and adaptive to change in a ever-growing service. Kirklees MHSTs are delivered through

a partnership involving CAMHS (South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation

Trust) as the lead provider, Educational Psychology services (Kirklees Council)

and Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust as wrap around services.

KEY RESULT

AREAS:

The

postholder will:

1.1 Care/service/function

provision:

Work in partnership to deliver a range of evidence-based

mental health interventions with children and young people (CYP) as well as some parent-led interventions.

Facilitate evidence-based

group interventions with CYP and/or parents.

Offer specialist mental health-based consultation,

advice and guidance with professionals.

Be responsible and ensure the effective

co-ordination of clinical care provided including

consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.

Support clinical staff to

identify children and young people with emerging mental health needs aswell as psychological formulation.

Promote overall access to

Kirklees MHST where appropriate.

Establish therapeutic relationships with children, young

people and their families

and implement

evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Plan and organise

interventions ensuring that reviews are held within the required time frames.

Ensure that all members of the

multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving

current care plans, progress, mental

state, and psychosocial factors in line with best practice.

Liaise with and advise CYP and families, local

authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies

including childrens safeguarding as necessary.

Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.

Use a range of inclusive

communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to

referrals or patients in treatment, where appropriate.

Care plan and manage own

caseload

Maintain accurate written records

on the electronic record system

of the Trust

Undertake mental health assessments, with an

agreed plan of action and/or care and low moderate intervention.

Set and monitor Goal Based Outcomes with

CYP/parents.

Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a

formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management

plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible

options.

Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex

bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation

which will lead to the development of personalised care packages in line with evidence based and routine

outcome measures.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder will work as part of the Kirklees Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

to manage a defined case- load with

a focus on providing comprehensive assessment, consultation and evidence-based

interventions, for children and young people (CYP) with mental health

difficulties and their parents/carers.

This post will involve

supporting Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP)s with developing their clinical

practice, psychological formulation and school engagement.

The post holder

will be expected

to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills

Supervision to a number of trainee/EMHPs within the

service (training may be provided).

The post holder will be able to work flexibly

across a range of education providers, be a keen contributer to joint working

initiatives and adaptive to change in a ever-growing service. Kirklees MHSTs are delivered through

a partnership involving CAMHS (South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation

Trust) as the lead provider, Educational Psychology services (Kirklees Council)

and Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust as wrap around services.

KEY RESULT

AREAS:

The

postholder will:

1.1 Care/service/function

provision:

Work in partnership to deliver a range of evidence-based

mental health interventions with children and young people (CYP) as well as some parent-led interventions.

Facilitate evidence-based

group interventions with CYP and/or parents.

Offer specialist mental health-based consultation,

advice and guidance with professionals.

Be responsible and ensure the effective

co-ordination of clinical care provided including

consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.

Support clinical staff to

identify children and young people with emerging mental health needs aswell as psychological formulation.

Promote overall access to

Kirklees MHST where appropriate.

Establish therapeutic relationships with children, young

people and their families

and implement

evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Plan and organise

interventions ensuring that reviews are held within the required time frames.

Ensure that all members of the

multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving

current care plans, progress, mental

state, and psychosocial factors in line with best practice.

Liaise with and advise CYP and families, local

authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies

including childrens safeguarding as necessary.

Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.

Use a range of inclusive

communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to

referrals or patients in treatment, where appropriate.

Care plan and manage own

caseload

Maintain accurate written records

on the electronic record system

of the Trust

Undertake mental health assessments, with an

agreed plan of action and/or care and low moderate intervention.

Set and monitor Goal Based Outcomes with

CYP/parents.

Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a

formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management

plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible

options.

Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex

bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation

which will lead to the development of personalised care packages in line with evidence based and routine

outcome measures.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Clarity of decision making.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Training

Essential

• Experience delivering training to a diverse audience (or group work).

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• A good understanding of evidence -based, low intensity interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• An understanding of mental health and wellbeing support within community settings.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and the importance of
• multi-agency work for children and families in the community.
• Understanding of CYP-IAPT principles including the use of evidence-based therapies and Routine Outcome Measures.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
• Ability to work effectively with partner services & external partners to promote and adapt change processes.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Good negotiation skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Desirable

• A good understanding of the green paper initiative and the function of a MHST.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with children, young people and their carers in a mental health or community setting.
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ MHST Services / or CAMHS.
• Experience of managing a case-load of children and young people
• with a range of moderate mental health needs.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence-based practice.
• Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological therapy e.g. CBT.
• Experience of working with parents (or with adults).
• Experience of working in or in conjunction with an educational setting.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience working within Early Intervention and Prevention Services.
• Experience of service delivery via digital platform.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Wellbeing Practitioner (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP),Childrens Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) & Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).
• or
• Registered mental health practitioner (NMC, HCPC)
• or
• Registered social worker
• or
• KSA equivalent accreditation (www.babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-Skills-and-Attitudes).

Desirable

• Successful completion of the CYP-IAPT CBT/EMHP supervisor training or willing to undertake.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Clarity of decision making.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Training

Essential

• Experience delivering training to a diverse audience (or group work).

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• A good understanding of evidence -based, low intensity interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• An understanding of mental health and wellbeing support within community settings.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and the importance of
• multi-agency work for children and families in the community.
• Understanding of CYP-IAPT principles including the use of evidence-based therapies and Routine Outcome Measures.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
• Ability to work effectively with partner services & external partners to promote and adapt change processes.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Good negotiation skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Desirable

• A good understanding of the green paper initiative and the function of a MHST.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with children, young people and their carers in a mental health or community setting.
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ MHST Services / or CAMHS.
• Experience of managing a case-load of children and young people
• with a range of moderate mental health needs.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence-based practice.
• Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological therapy e.g. CBT.
• Experience of working with parents (or with adults).
• Experience of working in or in conjunction with an educational setting.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience working within Early Intervention and Prevention Services.
• Experience of service delivery via digital platform.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Wellbeing Practitioner (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP),Childrens Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) & Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).
• or
• Registered mental health practitioner (NMC, HCPC)
• or
• Registered social worker
• or
• KSA equivalent accreditation (www.babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-Skills-and-Attitudes).

Desirable

• Successful completion of the CYP-IAPT CBT/EMHP supervisor training or willing to undertake.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Folly Hall Mills

St Thomas Road

Huddersfield

Kirklees

HD1 3LT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Folly Hall Mills

St Thomas Road

Huddersfield

Kirklees

HD1 3LT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The

post holder will work as part of the Kirklees Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

to manage a defined case- load with

a focus on providing comprehensive assessment, consultation and evidence-based

interventions, for children and young people (CYP) with mental health

difficulties and their parents/carers.

This post will involve

supporting Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP)s with developing their clinical

practice, psychological formulation and school engagement.

The post holder

will be expected

to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills

Supervision to a number of trainee/EMHPs within the

service (training may be provided).

The post holder will be able to work flexibly

across a range of education providers, be a keen contributer to joint working

initiatives and adaptive to change in a ever-growing service. Kirklees MHSTs are delivered through

a partnership involving CAMHS (South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation

Trust) as the lead provider, Educational Psychology services (Kirklees Council)

and Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust as wrap around services.

KEY RESULT

AREAS:

The

postholder will:

1.1 Care/service/function

provision:

Work in partnership to deliver a range of evidence-based

mental health interventions with children and young people (CYP) as well as some parent-led interventions.

Facilitate evidence-based

group interventions with CYP and/or parents.

Offer specialist mental health-based consultation,

advice and guidance with professionals.

Be responsible and ensure the effective

co-ordination of clinical care provided including

consideration to safeguarding and clinical risk issues where indicated.

Support clinical staff to

identify children and young people with emerging mental health needs aswell as psychological formulation.

Promote overall access to

Kirklees MHST where appropriate.

Establish therapeutic relationships with children, young

people and their families

and implement

evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Plan and organise

interventions ensuring that reviews are held within the required time frames.

Ensure that all members of the

multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others are informed/updated of changes involving

current care plans, progress, mental

state, and psychosocial factors in line with best practice.

Liaise with and advise CYP and families, local

authority and other statutory bodies and third sector agencies

including childrens safeguarding as necessary.

Communicate sensitive information to carers and relatives.

Use a range of inclusive

communication styles and channels as appropriate to the task.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to

referrals or patients in treatment, where appropriate.

Care plan and manage own

caseload

Maintain accurate written records

on the electronic record system

of the Trust

Undertake mental health assessments, with an

agreed plan of action and/or care and low moderate intervention.

Set and monitor Goal Based Outcomes with

CYP/parents.

Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a

formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management

plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible

options.

Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex

bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation

which will lead to the development of personalised care packages in line with evidence based and routine

outcome measures.

For full job description, please see attached supporting

documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants

are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application

forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is

strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before

selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to

enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application

form.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Clarity of decision making.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Training

Essential

• Experience delivering training to a diverse audience (or group work).

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• A good understanding of evidence -based, low intensity interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• An understanding of mental health and wellbeing support within community settings.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and the importance of
• multi-agency work for children and families in the community.
• Understanding of CYP-IAPT principles including the use of evidence-based therapies and Routine Outcome Measures.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with children/young people of all ages experiencing a wide range of mental health presentations.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
• Ability to work effectively with partner services & external partners to promote and adapt change processes.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Good negotiation skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Desirable

• A good understanding of the green paper initiative and the function of a MHST.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with children, young people and their carers in a mental health or community setting.
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ MHST Services / or CAMHS.
• Experience of managing a case-load of children and young people
• with a range of moderate mental health needs.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence-based practice.
• Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological therapy e.g. CBT.
• Experience of working with parents (or with adults).
• Experience of working in or in conjunction with an educational setting.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience working within Early Intervention and Prevention Services.
• Experience of service delivery via digital platform.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Wellbeing Practitioner (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP),Childrens Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP) & Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP).
• or
• Registered mental health practitioner (NMC, HCPC)
• or
• Registered social worker
• or
• KSA equivalent accreditation (www.babcp.com/Accreditation/Provisional-Accreditation/Knowledge-Skills-and-Attitudes).

Desirable

• Successful completion of the CYP-IAPT CBT/EMHP supervisor training or willing to undertake.

Physical Attributes

Essential