Trainee/Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner West Suffolk
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) within the Suffolk Mental Health Support Team, focusing on children and young people's mental health in educational settings. You will work under supervision to develop skills in evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems, providing direct support to children, young people, and their parents. The position involves both practical work and academic study at the University of East Anglia, leading to a Band 5 role upon successful completion of training. It's a challenging yet rewarding opportunity to make a difference in young lives.
Essential criteria
- It is desirable that the applicant will have previous experience of working with children and young people
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Ability to study at degree level
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
- It is desirable that the applicant will have previous experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Ability to study at degree level
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Trainee/Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner West Suffolk
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. We are excited to be recruiting Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) as part of our expanding service.
As a Trainee EMHP you will work under supervision as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment. You will need to be adaptable and have a passion for working with children and young people in education settings. During the training year, post-holders 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, as well as whole school/college approaches, in line with the university expectations.
Vacancies are in our West Suffolk MHST: based in Bury St Edmunds and the Forest Heath Area (Mildenhall, Brandon and Newmarket). We have additional vacancies within our East team, please see the job advert for more details.
Main duties of the job
Trainee EMHPs will:
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