Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner to Start in January 2026

Band 4 Trainee EMHPs work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 4 trainee EMHPs are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

  • keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
  • ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.
  • ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.

This course involves university study and clinical work as a practitioner working with children.Candidates will need to apply for the EMHP role with CNWL and the training at UCL via the training portal at the same time.

Main duties of the job

Brent / Harrow CAMHS MHSTTrainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

As a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner, you will be expected to work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and above all a passion for working with children and young people in educational settings. Over the course of the training year, the post-holder will, under supervision, develop knowledge and practice skills to employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people and their parents, in line with the university expectations.

Please note: Continued employment in this post is conditional on the successful completion of the course and a 13-week probationary period. The successful candidate will require to be available to commence training from January 2026. The successful candidates will be expected to attend university and to travel to the University site as required in the first year to complete their training.

This post is one of 5 Positions available designed to open up a new and exciting opportunity for a career in children’s and young people’s mental health in schools.

In your application, please state CLEARLY if you are applying for Brent / Harrow.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ability to study at degree level
  • Proven record of previous academic attainment
  • Successfully secured a training place on EMHP course at UCL/Anna Freud (PG Dip Educational Mental Health Practitioner).

Skills / Competencies

Essential

  • Demonstrates adaptability and a capacity to learn across diverse settings with diverse communities, using various learning approaches;
  • Self-motivated as a learner, capable of independently structuring progress toward learning objectives, and adept at negotiating pathways to achievement in collaboration with supervisory teams;
  • Displays a proficiency in transferable skills, fostering a flexible and dynamic approach to learning and goal attainment.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of the educational system in England
  • Knowledge of child development, child wellbeing and/or mental health across a range of cultural backgrounds.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with children and young people.

Specific Attributes

Essential

  • Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure;
  • Ability to personally manage sensitive and potentially emotionally distressing caseload material;
  • Effective communication skills.

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Self-motivated;
  • Capacity to work well in teams;
  • Good time management and organisational abilities;
  • Effective oral and written communication skills;
  • Computer literate;
  • Capable of accommodating travel demands associated with the role;
  • Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.

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: 12 November 2025

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.