SHSCT Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner Band 5
Branch: St Luke's Hospital site, Armagh (SHSCT)
Location: Trustwide Based in St Lukes Armagh
Directorate: Children & Young People's Services
Salary: Band 5 (£31,049 - £37,796)
Contract Type: Temporary
Opening date: 13/11/26
Closes: Fri, 27 November 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Interview Dates: To Be Confirmed

Online and Manual applications accepted. If you are submitting a manual application, please post it to: Recruitment Shared Services, Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital Site, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7PR. Applications received after the advertised closing date/time cannot be considered, so please allow enough time for postage.

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Job Description / Personnel Specification

Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
Emotional Wellbeing Team for Schools

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Emotional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
Band: Band 5
Directorate: Children & Young People's Directorate
Initial Location: Trustwide (based in Hill Building, St Luke's Site)
Reports To: Team Leader Emotional Wellbeing Team for Schools
Accountable To: Team Leader Emotional Wellbeing Team for Schools

Job Summary
The post-holder will be a member of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) working at a universal level within the remit of CAMHS Emotional Wellbeing Team for Schools (EWTS). The team will be dedicated to supporting a number of identified Post Primary schools at any one time for a specific timeframe through promoting the positive psychological, emotional and mental health of children. This will include building individual and collective resilience, supporting capacity within educational staff by equipping staff with the knowledge, skills and ability to provide intervention at the earliest opportunity for children and young people with emerging emotional and mental health concerns. The overall aim is for a reduction in the growth of longer term mental health difficulties for children and young people.

The Emotional Wellbeing Team for School (EWTS) pilot is part of a continuum of services across health and education which have been developed to support the implementation of the Framework for Children & Young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Education. Each service has been developed to complement the others and to ensure the needs of children and young people, their families and school staff are met.

The post holder will work within the core CAMH Service as a member of the EWTS Service.

Key Duties / Responsibilities
Service Delivery

• Work collaboratively with other members of the EWTS Service in the delivery of early intervention support to Post Primary Schools.
• Engage teachers and facilitate virtual workshops / programmes to increase their knowledge on how to improve children and young people's emotional health and well-being.
• Act as a named worker within EWTS to provide School staff with a range of mental health awareness training.
• Participate in the development of evidence based practice.
• Signpost to statutory/community/voluntary providers.
• Engage parents and offer a range of parent workshops to increase their knowledge of how to respond to improve their child's emotional health and wellbeing.
• Participate in the dissemination of regional learning events as appropriate.
• Engage with the wider community/ voluntary and statutory sector to enhance emotional health and well-being supports by establishing teams around schools.
• Perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time by the line manager.

Collaborative Working

• Participate fully in team activities and team development.
• Provide advice and signposting to School staff working with children, adolescents and their families.
• Engage in activities which will educate the public and voluntary organisations in relation to mental ill health and its possible prevention. Maintain channels of communication that facilitate co-operation and co-ordination.
• Develop relationships with locality Family Support Hubs.

Information Management

• Maintain legible, accurate and comprehensive records.
• Assist in the compilation of weekly and monthly statistical data relating to CAMHS as required.

Quality

• Be accountable at all times for maintaining of Standards of Care in relation to professional practice.
• Under take surveys with Staff and Students to identify areas of emotional health and well-being need within Schools.
• Adhere to established Trust Policies/Procedures and assure their implementation.
• Ensure that confidentially is maintained at all times. Comply with relevant code of professional conduct/practices.
• Consider and respond appropriately to child protection concerns and act in accordance with Regional and Trust Safeguarding Policy and Procedures.
• Support the development of Emotional Health & Well-being Forums within Schools to enable Students to contribute ideas, be active participants and share what difference they would like to see within their schools.
• Promote peer mentoring across pupil and staff systems.
• Maintain a high level of self-development through training, supervision and learning and research linked to continued professional registration requirements.
• Work with the Team Lead to ensure practices within the team support a culture of workload management and effective co-working.
• Assist and co-operate with the achievement of key Outcome Based Accountability targets.
• Undertake data collection, analysis and the production of reports and summaries using IT and statistical programmes.

General Management Responsibilities

• The post holder will promote and support effective team working, fostering a culture of openness and transparency.
• The post holder will ensure that they take all concerns raised with them seriously and act in accordance with the Trust's raising concerns Policy.

General Requirements
The post holder will be required to: Ensure the Trust's policy on equality of opportunity is promoted; co-operate with the Trust's Health and Safety arrangements; adhere to all Trust policies and codes of conduct including Smoke Free policy, IT Security Policy and standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour; contribute to the highest standards of environmental cleanliness; co-operate with infection prevention and control policies; take responsibility for records management under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018; take responsibility for ongoing learning and development; and treat all people with whom they come into contact in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner.

This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within the Trust's area, as needs of the service demand.

Personnel Specification
Job Title and Band: EHWB Practitioner Band 5
Department / Directorate: Children & Young People's Directorate
Salary: £25,655 - £31,534
Hours: Full time / Part time

Essential Criteria (Section 1)

• Experience & Qualifications / Registration: University degree in a relevant area such as Childcare, Psychology or Education plus a minimum of one year's experience working directly with children and young people in relation to emotional wellbeing / mental health, OR HND in a relevant area such as Childcare, Psychology or Education plus two years' experience working directly with children and young people in relation to emotional wellbeing / mental health. Either hold or be eligible for immediate registration with NISCC on the social care part of the register.
• Other: Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Essential Criteria (Section 2, measured at interview/selection)

• Excellent communications skills to meet the needs of the post in full.
• Knowledge of emotional health and well-being issues in relation to children and young people.
• Evidence of designing, delivering and evaluating group based interventions.
• Experience of providing advice and signposting to professionals.
• Ability to work as a team member and collaborate with others across health, social care and education.
• Willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service including evenings, weekends and bank holidays as required.

Desirable Criteria (Section 3)

• Experience of working within CAMHS.
• Training in evidence based programmes / interventions relating to Child & Adolescent Mental Health.

As part of the Recruitment & Selection process it may be necessary for the Trust to carry out an Enhanced Disclosure Check through Access NI before any appointment to this post can be confirmed. Successful applicants may be required to attend for a Health Assessment.
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times.