Education Mental Health Practitioner

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Education Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP), Band 5 in Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).

Are you looking to work in a supportive, collaborative MHST who can offer career progression opportunities?

Here is a great opportunity to join our expanding service.

As an Education Mental Health Practitioner, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. Offering Whole School Approach is a part of this exciting role.

This approach requires flexibility and working in educational settings. We encourage CPD and will continue to support you to consolidate and develop your skills. You will be able to use your skills via direct individual and group work to support children, young people and their parents.

We have neuro‑developmental practitioners and a disordered‑eating practitioner within our service. We offer in‑house training and clinical skills.

There will be an expectation and opportunities to work collaboratively with children, young people and their families to support the co‑production and development of the service, creating meaningful participation work.

We will consider CWPs and PWPs with the appropriate experience/transferable skills.

You will need to evidence BABCP or BACP registration or evidence this has been applied for.

Main duties of the job

The Education Mental Health Practitioner role will:

- Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence‑informed interventions.

- Employ developed evidence‑based skills to work directly with children, young people and families.

- Employ developed evidence‑based skills to carry out holistic and child‑centred mental health assessments, including risk assessments.

- Employ developed evidence‑based skills to facilitate parenting programmes.

The Education Mental Health Practitioner is required to:

- Have the relevant EMHP Post Graduate Diploma qualification following the completion of a CYP IAPT approved training in Evidence‑Based Psychological Treatment for Children Young People (C&Y IAPT) (successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1 year 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course). Or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) CYP‑IAPT qualification.

- Evidence of continuing Professional Development and commitment of ongoing learning.

- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.

- Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders.

- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or mental health difficulties.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Qualifications and training

- Have the relevant EMHP Post Graduate Diploma qualification following the completion of a CYP IAPT approved training in Evidence‑Based Psychological Treatment for Children Young People (C&Y IAPT) (successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1 year 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course). Or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) CYP‑IAPT qualification.

- Evidence of BABCP or BACP registration/accreditation or evidence of this being applied for.

Experience

- Experience of work with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems.

- Experience of working within education settings.

- Experience of using ROMS.

- Experience of delivering WSA.

- Experience of receiving and using clinical supervision.

- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding processes.

- Experience of managing risk.

- Experience of working with children and young people with additional needs (e.g. LD, ASD, ADHD).

- Experience of working with children and young people and families with vulnerabilities.

Skills and abilities

- Ability to use IT systems.

- Ability to offer remote and face‑to‑face interventions.

- Ability to record and document interventions.

- Ability to liaise with education settings regarding mental health needs of children and young people.

- Ability to complete audits.

- Ability to work within a team.

- Ability to work autonomously.

- Ability to carry out mental health assessments.

- Ability to safeguard children and young people and follow policy accordingly.

- Ability to travel to meet the requirement of the post (car user essential).

- Organisational skills.

- Ability to use a variety of IT systems/platforms.

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.

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Towcester/Brackley (base Danetre) and Corby (base willowbrook)

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