Education Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

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.

There are currently five CAS Teams across Luton. The successful candidate will be employed by East London Foundation Trust (EFLT) Bedfordshire & Luton CAMHS, where the CAS Teams deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions, such as Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT) and emotional wellbeing interventions, using Guided Self-Help strategies. You will have successfully completed training as an EMHP or CWP –

There are currently five CAS Teams across Luton. The successful candidate will be employed by East London Foundation Trust (EFLT) Bedfordshire & Luton CAMHS, where the CAS Teams deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions, such as Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT) and emotional wellbeing interventions, using Guided Self-Help strategies. You will have successfully completed training as an EMHP or CWP.

Band 4 EMHP/CWP trainees are eligible to apply for this position. Subject to satisfactory performance, successful completion of and graduation from the relevant training programme and progression towards the required professional accreditation, the post will be re-banded to a Band 5 position.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD – Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training.

Experience

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

Knowledge

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.

Closing Date: 6 September 2026