Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP)

Moving Mindsets, Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs)

EMHP Trainee - Project Worker 1 £27,417 - £28,374

EMHP Qualified – Project Worker 2 £30,798.85

An opportunity has arisen for a new round of Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP's) to join the Moving Mindsets Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in Morecambe Bay.

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!

EMHP's provide therapeutic support to children, young people and their parent-carers and work in partnership with education settings. They do this whilst also attending a university programme to qualify as an EMHP. The university education programme has been designed specifically for the EMHP role, in partnership with the Greater Manchester Psychological Therapies Training Centre, NHS England and the University of Manchester.

Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis to deliver mental health support across a range of educational settings in either North Lancashire or South Cumbria. The positions will be line managed and clinically supervised within one team.

You will be employed by Barnardo's as a Project Worker 1 post, gaining credits towards a diploma level qualification throughout your year of study. On successful completion of the training, you will progress to a Project Worker 2 EMHP post.

The service bases are situated in The Hub at Project John in Barrow, Stricklandgate House in Kendal and Northgate, White Lund in Morecambe.

We have created a friendly, caring and supportive service environment, with a strong ethos around providing quality and effective care for children and young people. Does this appeal to you? If yes, then please apply to join us.

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a national programme jointly delivered with the Department for Education, NHS England, NHS workforce, training and education, and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS ICB). The programme has three main commitments:

• Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs
• Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach
• Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education

Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing is a key component of Barnardo's Corporate Strategy and Mental Health Support Teams are part of this strategy.

We welcome enquiries from people interested in this role and are happy to facilitate visits or online meetings prior to interviews.

For further information, please contact:

Amy Armstrong, Team Manager

amy.armstrong@barnardos.org.uk

Mobile 07874 795 425

or

Rachael Dale, Team Manager –

Email: rachael.dale@barnardos.org.uk

Mobile: 07596 891 510

Please be aware, Barnardo's use generic Job Descriptions and Person Specifications when recruiting to posts.  However, when completing the application form for this role, applicants must provide evidence to demonstrate how their skills, experience and, if required, qualifications, relate to the essential requirements as set out in the Additional Information Sheet.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:22891
• Job Title:Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner
• Location:Morecambe
• Locality:North Lancashire
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:37
• Salary:£27,417 - £28,374
• Closing Date:22 May 2026