Would you like to work therapeutically with children and young people in education settings, to support their emotional health and wellbeing?
Do you have direct experience of supporting children and young people with their emotional and mental health? Are you interested in learning about evidence-based therapies?
If, yes, then this role is for you!
We are looking for a practitioner with the vision and expertise to make a difference to the lives of children and young people. The successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis as recruit-to-train EMHPs and on successful completion of the training will be offered a permanent contract.
If you feel that you are ready to undertake an exciting step in your career, then training and working as an EMHP is for you. In return for attending fully funded training in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Southampton university you will be given a role as a qualified EMHP when you have completed your training. Please see additional information sheet for details of the training programme.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme jointly delivered with the Department for Education, NHS England and Health Education England.
All applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to work at degree level and have relevant experience in child development, emotional wellbeing and mental health. For those applying for trainee positions it is a condition of the role that you will attend University, which is funded by Barnardo's and complete the course.
CV's are not reviewed during the shortlisting stage and therefore should not be submitted.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
