NHS
Education Mental Health Practitioner
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Job Description
- Req#: C9363-25-0622?language=en&page=1088&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' or IAPT 'Child Wellbeing Practitioner' post graduate diploma Post qualification experience as an EMHP and experience of working in schools.
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training.
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work).
- Experience of assessing children and young people who present with more mild to moderate mental health problems and to rapidly access more specialist services.
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
- Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents, teaching staff and young people.
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families. Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes.
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group.
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments and screenings of children and young people.
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage.
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' or IAPT 'Child Wellbeing Practitioner' post graduate diploma Post qualification experience as an EMHP and experience of working in schools.
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training.
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work).
- Experience of assessing children and young people who present with more mild to moderate mental health problems and to rapidly access more specialist services.
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
- Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents, teaching staff and young people.
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families. Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes.
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group.
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments and screenings of children and young people.
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately and to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage.
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.
Job summary
The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) and Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) roles offer exciting opportunities to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England, with a focus on a whole-school approach.
The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are part of a wider community pathway service in the locality, where the team are working to reduce health inequalities in communities where these are most prominent, working closely with the schools and other external partners addressing their most prominent needs, by implementing whole schools approaches and targeted interventions. The teams work under the same management team but serve three distinct areas. Luton is a very diverse locality, with a high proportion of young people who have English as an additional language. Both Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard are areas of high need but are more rural. You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMHS service, delivering a stepped model of care following the needs-led I-Thrive framework.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role as a member of the MHSTs , who will have the responsibility for delivering the school's overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.The role will help develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects, and system changes to adopt whole-school and whole-community approaches to supporting young people's mental health.
You will be confident in providing Guided Self Help to young people and families with anxiety, low mood and challenging behaviours. You will be flexible and creative in responding to the needs of the school populations, with excellent support from your team and supervision. You will also be able to adapt to working remotely and prioritising access to services and resources.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
You will be part of a very comprehensive stepped care model of delivery by CAMHS ELFT services in the county, and be an integral part of a thriving and substantive specialist multi-disciplinary service offer.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues and we will develop the service together.
Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-SSLB7249169
Job locations
Charter House
Alma Street
Luton
LU1 2PJ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached the job description and person/role specification.
For further details, please contact: Max Ahmed Maqsud.ahmed@nhs.net or Brendi Waks Brendi.waks1@nhs.net or Chommy Dafikpaku chioma.dafikpaku1@nhs.net
Job responsibilities
Please find attached the job description and person/role specification.
For further details, please contact: Max Ahmed Maqsud.ahmed@nhs.net or Brendi Waks Brendi.waks1@nhs.net or Chommy Dafikpaku chioma.dafikpaku1@nhs.net
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Charter House
Alma Street
Luton
LU1 2PJ
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Charter House
Alma Street
Luton
LU1 2PJ
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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