CYP Education Mental Health Practitioner EMHP/CYPWP
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner/CYPWP to join the Cheshire Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in West Cheshire. The role involves working with education settings, children, young people, and families in sixth form and college settings. You will provide information, advice, guidance, and deliver evidence-based interventions. Regular clinical supervision and building positive relationships with schools are key aspects of this role.
Essential criteria
- Qualified Post Graduate Certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme e.g. EMHP, CWP
- Professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) within 6 months of qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
- Demonstrates continued professional development within the mental health arena as evidenced by certificated course from recognised training bodies.
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Knowledge of child psychology and development
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
- Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the impact of multisystemic issues such as home, school and community.
- Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological and systemic therapies and how it relates to this post
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable people
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of working in a mental health and/or CYP setting
- Evidence of working in the local community
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Trust values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
- Qualified Post Graduate Certificate or above from a provider university as part of the CYP-IAPT programme e.g. EMHP, CWP
- Professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) within 6 months of qualification.
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree.
- Demonstrates continued professional development within the mental health arena as evidenced by certificated course from recognised training bodies.
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Knowledge of child psychology and development
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present
- Demonstrate an understanding of parenting and behaviour management interventions
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the impact of multisystemic issues such as home, school and community.
- Knowledge of child protection issues, safeguarding and other relevant legislation
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological and systemic therapies and how it relates to this post
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable people
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of working in a mental health and/or CYP setting
- Evidence of working in the local community
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Trust values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
CYP Education Mental Health Practitioner EMHP/CYPWP
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Cheshire Mental Health Support Team's (MHST) based in West Cheshire.
The Band 5 Education Mental Health Practitioner/CYPWP will work with colleagues in the East Cheshire MHST, working closely with education settings and professionals supporting children, young people and their families in sixth form and college settings.
The post involves working directly with schools, colleges and settings providing information, advice and guidance through consultation, training, direct work with children and young people and their parents / caregivers and delivering evidence based interventions.
We require successful applicants to have professional registration with recognised National Body (BPS, BABCP) OR be able to obtain this within 6 months of start date. Note if the successful applicant does not hold professional registration they will be recruited to a 6 month fixed term contract to allow time for professional registration to be completed. The contract will be amended to permanent once professional registration has been confirmed.
We are happy to consider applications from current Band 4 trainee EMHP/CYWP's due to qualify soon
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