Mental Health Practitioner

Cnwlnhshealthcharity; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Qualified EMHP or Generic Mental Health Practitioner to deliver mental health interventions for children and young people in educational settings. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and experience, particularly in providing CBT-based and low-intensity interventions. The position is part-time, with flexible working options, and offers a salary range of £35,763 - £43,466 pro rata. This role is crucial for supporting the mental health needs of students and collaborating with education staff.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous relocation package

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified EMHP or equivalent qualifications in mental health.
• Experience working with diverse populations in educational settings.
• Ability to conduct assessments and deliver interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based interventions in educational settings.
• Support mental health needs of children and young people.
• Train and consult with schools on mental health.

Skills

Experience with Children and Young People

Communication Skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Mental Health Awareness

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or similar

Relevant degree

Job description

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Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first‑class patient‑centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Main area EMHP, CYPWP, CWP, WP, MHCYP, CYP, CYP IAPT, CBT, CAMHS, Schools, MHST, Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

30 hours per week. Job ref 333-G-CA-1657

Site Ash Tree Clinic Town South Harrow Salary £35,763 - £43,466 Pro rata per annum incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 04/02/2026 23:59

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

Harrow Mental Health Support Team is looking for a Qualified EMHP or Generic Mental Health Practitioner who has experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services in the provision of individual and group treatments. We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and vibrant individual who is passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

Mental health professionals with post graduate training in a recognised therapy modality and experience of working with CYP may also apply. We are open to applications from newly qualified occupational therapists, mental health nurses, social workers or other relevant therapy post graduate qualifications.

You will work alongside other EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Practitioner to support the wellbeing and mental health needs of schools and colleges in the borough of Harrow.

Main duties of the job

This is a role within the:Green Paper for Transforming children and young people’s mental health programme. The post holder will work within a service providing low intensity interventions. The post-holder will provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their parent(s)/carer(s).

The post holder will work with children, young people and parents with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

• Undertaking assessments and delivering evidence-based, low-intensity, brief intervention for children and young people,with mild to moderate mental health problems, in an education setting.
• Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist service.
• Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify, and where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
• Working with and within educational environments to afford better access to CYP mental health services.
• Training and consultation to schools and other agencies about mental health in children and young people.
• Support schools in developing their Whole School Approach to mental health.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in which the post-holder is deployed.

Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

See job description and person specification for full list of key responsibilities.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or CYP Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Or / Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker with additional CBT or other relevant therapy post graduate qualification
• Any other relevant degree qualification

Previous Experience

• 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 and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Experience of working with children and young people experiencing anxiety and/or low mood.
• 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
• Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups of children and young people for example, looked after children, neurodiverse children, children with speech language and communication needs, children who speak English as a second language.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with the team, through face to face, video call, telephone and email communication. This includes discussing case work, taking note of actions, updating others in the team and use team meetings effectively
• Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft products including Word for letter and report writing, PowerPoint for presentations and workshop delivery and Excel for service monitoring and evaluation
• Care planning: being able to assess young people, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
• Empowering and working in partnership with children, young people and families
• Safeguarding and advocacy of children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Adhering to Infection, prevention control protocols
• Working confidentiality and obtaining consent to share information whenever possible.
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and young people
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
• Ability to carry out group work and deliver workshops
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
• Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.
• Experience delivering trainings and psycho-educational workshops about mental health issues
• Experience of providing mental health consultation and signposting to education staff and other professionals
• Experience of conducting group parenting programmes.

Knowledge

• Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the people they are working with
• Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
• Knowledge of educational environments
• Knowledge of children and young people safeguarding legislation, policies and procedures
• Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
• Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams
• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic.
• Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care.
• Mentor, teach and support others in the team.
• Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hard working
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Proven commitment to continuous professional development.

Other

• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.