Educational Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join the Northumberland Primary Mental Health Team. This posts will work directly into the Northumberland Be you Mental Health Support Teams.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual with a passion for delivering early intervention and innovative new models of working in children’s mental health.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the 3 core functions of the EMHP role. These roles sit within the ‘getting help ‘sector of the Thrive model.

Our established ‘getting help service’ provides excellent clinical, case management and peer led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training and CPD.

We support a blended /hybrid model of working recognising the value of home life balance. We will ensure we consider suitable arrangements are made to your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support in this role.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve delivering a range of evidenced based low intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild/moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group based programmes. This will also include the facilitation of a range of psychoeducation sessions and staff training.

The role will provide support to schools to improve their the whole school approach to emotional well-being.

The post holder will also deliver a consultation and signposting role to a range of early help, targeted and specialist support services supporting children and young peoples emotional health and wellbeing.

Engaging proactively with the wider team and our external partners is fundamental to the role and the delivery of the Mental Health Support Team functions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience
  • Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications
  • Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of post graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in education environment
  • Requirement for postholder to hold up to date professional registration with a professional body e.g British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy or British Psychological Society

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England is highly desirable

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other

Essential

  • It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

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