Job overview

Our Mental Health Support Team are seeking to recruit Trainee Mental Health Education Practitioners. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and growing Mental Health Support Team, which provides mental health support in schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. Our team is a partnership between Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership and children and young people’s charity Off The Record.

The post-holders will be part of the Mental Health Schools Team (MHST) delivering, under supervision, high-quality, outcome-informed, evidence-based low intensity cognitive behaviour (CBT) interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.  The training and service experience will equip the post holders with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to ensure that children and young people will have access to high quality, evidence based mental health support.

You will automatically enrolled and be expected to complete the PG/PCERT Education Mental Health Practitioner training at Exeter University.

If you would like further details details on the course and entry requirements we will be holding webinars on Tuesday 2nd of September at 5.30pm. Please contact [email protected] to request a link.

Main duties of the job

We will be looking for the following attributes in you:

• You will have a knowledge and understanding of why you want to become a CBT practitioner and be prepared to commit to a busy year of combining study with practice.
• You have  2 years experience of working with children/ young people, preferably in educational, social care or health provider settings.
• You have the ability to travel between your allocated schools, the office and various other locations in the BNSSG area.
• You have an awareness and commitment to working from an anti-oppressive approach. This includes a commitment of working towards equitable access of mental health services.  
• You will have excellent communication skills and be prepared to network with many agencies. 
• You are passionate about participation and including children/ young people and their families  in aspects of our design and delivery.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. 

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within 

AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.  

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.