Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join the Huntingdon and St Neots Mental Health Support Team based at the Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon.

‘It is a condition of your employment that you will be registered with either the BPS or BABCP. We understand there is a backlog and therefore will accept applications where registration is in progress or you intend to register as soon as possible‘.

The EMHP role is an opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions to parents and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors.

Mental Health Support Teams work in collaboration with education settings to provide early intervention to children, young people and their families/carers for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

The role requires the applicant to travel around the area to allocated schools.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people (CYP) are actively encouraged. The approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and a passion for working with CYP in education settings.

The post holder will work as an autonomous Practitioner in education and health care settings alongside a team of mental health professionals and within the scope of their job description.

The post holder will carry out assessments, develop and deliver evidence-based interventions to children, young people, parents and carers. The interventions address mild to moderate mental health difficulties (anxiety, worries and fears, behaviour, low mood).

The post holder will receive regular supervision to support them in their work.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Successful completion of the EMHP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma) AND Registration with the BPS or BABCP (or in process or registering)

Desirable

  • A further relevant degree qualification
  • Teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people, their families
  • Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders, including schools
  • Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
  • Experience of working with anxiety disorders and affective (mood) disorders
  • Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children and their families in a health care 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 other vulnerable groups

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions with children and families
  • Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
  • 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
  • Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
  • Well-developed record keeping skills

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: 9 August 2026

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