Children​/Young Mental Health Education Practitioner

Job Summary

Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has become available at Stepping Hill Hospital for a Children and Young Person Mental Health Nurse to join the welcoming Treehouse team. This role is based within the Treehouse children's Unit, working alongside the Children's Safeguarding Team. You will be fully supported by the Senior Nursing Team, Matron for ADHD and the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children. You will be the specialist lead for children and young people presenting at the hospital with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional issues in the Emergency Department, on the Paediatric Unit and, for those young people aged 16-17 years, the adult wards.

You will work collaboratively with relevant disciplines, to be accountable for own decision making and clinical practice, care planning and intervention. You will ensure joined-up, seamless care and service provision for vulnerable children and young people, especially those with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional difficulties. You will develop knowledge and skills of staff across the Trust to support safe, high quality and evidence-based care for vulnerable children and young people, in order to develop and enhance services for this patient group throughout their hospital attendance, admission, discharge and follow-up care planning.

• Lead on the further development and delivery of the children and young people s mental health agenda; working closely alongside colleagues in all Paediatric areas to ensure timely and robust assessments and referrals are undertaken, in line with current policy and NICE guidelines.
• Lead on the development of processes and procedures for those children and young people presenting in the Emergency Department or admitted onto the Paediatric Ward with mental health, behavioural and emotional needs.
• Support the Paediatric services across the organisation to plan/organise actions to maximise the health of individuals, including multi-disciplinary/agency referrals and discharge planning; working closely with community services.
• Maintain a highly visible, clinical presence and ensure others benefit from expertise through  on-the-job  education, teaching and advice.
• Evaluate additional training needs and deliver training to enhance the knowledge and skills of staff across the Trust.
• Be the specialist lead for hospital staff in the care of vulnerable children and young people with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional issues and ensure engagement and links between all services is efficient and effective across all relevant services.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.

Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you. If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Date posted: 17 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change
Band:
Band 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata per annum

Contract:

Permanent
Working pattern:
Part-time
Reference number: 362-NAM7

PAEDS-02-26
Job locations:
Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, SK2 7JE

Job responsibilities

• Band 7 role however will consider band 6 to band 7 development role for the right candidate.
• To work closely with mental health services to support Paediatric and Emergency Department staff to facilitate safe discharge planning for vulnerable children and young people; working closely alongside relevant services and care providers, to ensure safe and timely follow-up arrangements are in place and fully agreed by all relevant agencies and services.
• To support the Paediatric services across the organisation to plan/organise actions to maximise the health of individuals, including multi-disciplinary/agency…