Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a training post for a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) within the Mental Health Support Team in Schools. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings. It also includes supporting staff in schools to manage mental health issues and promoting a whole-school approach to wellbeing. The position offers a fully funded Post Graduate Diploma, leading to qualification and professional registration as an EMHP, with progression to Band 5 upon successful completion.
Essential criteria
- Requirement to study at degree level
- Proven record of previous academic attainment
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2
- Requirement to complete PGDip Education Mental Health Practitionertraining (CBT informed practice)
Desirable criteria
- Degree qualification
- It is desirable that the applicant will have previous experience of working with children and young people
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Ability to be responsible for management of own diary, booking roomsin education and community settings, arranging appointments, liaising with parents/careers, making changes/adapting diary depending on service pressures
- Ability to contribute to service development
- Computer literate - knowledge of Microsoft office
- 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 personally manage a sensitive,traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skill
- Ability to monitor own caseload
- Ability to participate in weekly clinical 1:1s
- Demonstrate high levels of concentration particularly for assessments, report writing, and university assignments
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to manage expectations of children & young persons, parents, carers, professionals, and external stakeholders
- Ability to assess mild to moderate mental health issues of children and young people referred by education settings - identifying appropriate therapeutic offer to support cyp needs, under the supervision of clinical supervisor, and providing evidence to university as part of EMHP training programme (including video evidence of interventions offered
- Knowledge of the educational system in England
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
- Knowledge of safeguarding, care planning, risk assessment, holistic assessment and supervision
- Experience of using of RiO, Attend Anywhere (virtual interventions) and OBS studio
- Requirement to study at degree level
- Proven record of previous academic attainment
- Good solid basic literacy and numeracy qualifications at a minimum of level 2
- Requirement to complete PGDip Education Mental Health Practitionertraining (CBT informed practice)
- Degree qualification
- It is desirable that the applicant will have previous experience of working with children and young people
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Ability to be responsible for management of own diary, booking roomsin education and community settings, arranging appointments, liaising with parents/careers, making changes/adapting diary depending on service pressures
- Ability to contribute to service development
- Computer literate - knowledge of Microsoft office
- 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 personally manage a sensitive,traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skill
- Ability to monitor own caseload
- Ability to participate in weekly clinical 1:1s
- Demonstrate high levels of concentration particularly for assessments, report writing, and university assignments
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to manage expectations of children & young persons, parents, carers, professionals, and external stakeholders
- Ability to assess mild to moderate mental health issues of children and young people referred by education settings - identifying appropriate therapeutic offer to support cyp needs, under the supervision of clinical supervisor, and providing evidence to university as part of EMHP training programme (including vid
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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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
Training Post - Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Support Teams in Schools) - Band 4 leading to Band 5 once qualified.
An exciting training opportunity has arisen for multiple Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) within our established Mental Health Support Team in Schools, based in Warrington, Halton and Knowsley.
We would like to invite applicants from children and young people's mental health, wellbeing and education backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.
This opportunity will offer a fully funded Post Graduate Diploma leading to qualification and professional registration as an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP), via an approximately 12-month training programme, beginning January 2027, delivered by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT (gmmh.nhs.uk), Prestwich or Edge Hill University dependent on post.
Those who successfully qualify as EMHPs will be uplifted to Band 5, following successful completion of course and interview at end of training.
Main duties of the job
To allow the postholder, under supervision and with support, to develop knowledge and practice skills in the following:
Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education s
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