MHST Education Mental Health / Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Applicants must be a qualified and registered Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or a qualified and registered Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) with experience of working with in CYP Mental Health Services in the provision of both individual and group treatments.

Mental health professionals with post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues and with experience of delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups may also apply.

MK MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school.

The purpose of the team is to

  • Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
  • Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
  • Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of an established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) created to improve access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people and to deliver evidence based low intensity interventions into schools enabling life long aspirations. You will work alongside other EMHPs and CYPWPs, Senior Wellbeing Practitioners and Team Leaders.

The post holder will undertake assessments of children and young people and deliver evidence based low intensity group and individual interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their families and carers. You will also provide training and consultation to schools and other agencies about mental health in children and young people and support schools in identifying specific areas of need as part of the whole school approach to mental health.

Please note this post is based at Milton Keynes Headquarters which is currently situated on the hospital site. However a consultation is currently underway with staff regarding moving the Headquarters to the Open University within Milton Keynes in the new year. If this moves goes ahead as proposed the successful candidate would be based at the Open University site.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

  • Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or CYP Wellbeing Practitioner Post Graduate Qualification or Degree level Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or equivalent substantial
  • Registered with a relevant professional body or pending completion

Desirable

  • A further relevant degree qualification
  • Teaching qualification

Previous experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in a healthcare or school setting.
  • Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
  • Experience of working with anxiety and affective disorders
  • Experience of the delivery of specific low intensity therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
  • Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
  • Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children’s emotional wellbeing
  • Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
  • Experience of working with looked after children
  • Experience of working with other vulnerable groups

skills

Essential

  • Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
  • Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of safeguarding issues

communication

Essential

  • Excellent written communication skills

Personal

Essential

  • Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post

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).

Closing Date: 19 October 2026

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