Education Mental Health Practitioner – Qualified EMHP/CWP: Sponsorship Available

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Job summary

Are you passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? We are excited to be recruiting 2 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or a Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs). The Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support and the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering this service.

We are a dynamic mental health team working in a creative environment to continue developing this new service. Suffolk has had MHSTs since 2020 and we continue to expand. The roles are in our existing teams based one in our East Ipswich team and one in Coastal and Rural team. You will need to be adaptable and have a passion for working with children and young people in education settings.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will complete assessments with children, young people and their parents/carers to inform targeted and evidence-based interventions to support the management of mild to moderate mental health needs. Using a collaboration and coproduction approach, the successful candidate will also support the team’s delivery of the Whole School/College approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

You will work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals, will utilise regular supervision sessions, reflective practice and training opportunities in the team to continue to develop your practice and ensure a high level of clinical support is provided.

You must have successfully completed the EMHP course or equivalent for CWP. However, we would welcome applications or interest from trainee EMHP’s /CWP’s who are about to qualify.

We have two positions based in the East Ipswich team and one in the coastal and rural team (Leiston, Framlingham, Eye and Debenham).

As a community based team the ability to drive is a requirement of the post.

Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 2nd November.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course or CWP course.

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
  • Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of educational environments
  • Knowledge of safeguarding issues

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: 19 October 2026

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