Education Mental Health Practitioner
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Blandford, DT11 7DDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
15 September 2026
5 days leftJob description
Dorset Mental Health Support Teams in Schools are seeking Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners in the North and East Dorset including the P...
As a member of the team, you will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner, with appropriate supervision and within the scope of your training, experience and local job description.
- Delivering evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties within education settings.
- Identifying children and young people who require additional or specialist support, and facilitating timely access to appropriate specialist mental health services where required.
- Working collaboratively with education staff to support the identification, understanding and, where appropriate, management of issues relating to children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing.
- Developing effective relationships with schools, colleges and other education settings to improve access to mental health support and specialist services.
- Working across education and mental health services to promote integrated and effective pathways of care for children and young people.
- Using your knowledge, skills and professional expertise to provide a high-quality mental health service within education settings.
- Building on and complementing existing wellbeing and mental health initiatives within education settings, ensuring that the service enhances rather than replaces the support and resources already available.
- Working within professional, organisational and clinical governance frameworks, seeking appropriate supervision and support to ensure safe, effective and evidence-based practice.
- Promoting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people, working in partnership with them, their families/carers and education professionals wherever appropriate.
At Dorset Health Care we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Essential
Essential: - Evidence of ability study at degree level; - Good written and oral communication skills; - IT literate
Essential
Essential: - Evidence of successfully working within a team/teamworking; - Core Values which concur with trust values
Essential
Essential: - Car driver with access to vehicle for work
Essential
Essential: - Evidence of working with children and young people; - Understanding of safeguarding/risk
Desirable: - Evidence of working with families; - Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health needs
Desirable
Desirable: - Evidence of knowledge and understanding of the education system
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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