Education or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (EMHP or CWP)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves delivering evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems and their families. The post-holder will support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop a whole school/college approach to mental health. They will also liaise with supervisors for appropriate signposting and referrals. The service operates a hybrid clinical working model, combining face-to-face and remote work.
Essential criteria
- Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
- Applied for registration with BABCP and/or BPS
- Experience of working with schools
- Experience of delivering evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring and feedback
Desirable criteria
- Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of delivering group work
- Experience of delivering teaching/training
- Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and implications clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues both within and outside of the team
- Ability to engage and maintain collaborative relationships with CYP and families
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Awareness of limits of competence and ability to use supervision
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
- Other
- Ability to travel within the Borough of Tower Hamlets according to school allocation and need
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
- Recognised EMHP or CWP qualification
- Applied for registration with BABCP and/or BPS
- Experience of working with schools
- Experience of delivering evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring and feedback
- Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working with CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of delivering group work
- Experience of delivering teaching/training
- Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and implications clinical practice in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues both within and outside of the team
- Ability to engage and maintain collaborative relationships with CYP and families
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Awareness of limits of competence and ability to use supervision
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
- Other
- Ability to travel within the Borough of Tower Hamlets according to school allocation and need
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 9d ago · Closes in 8d
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Job summary
We are seeking to recruit 4x education wellbeing practitioners to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion. For further information about our service please see our website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/thews
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
1. Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
2. Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
3. Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will deliver and assess outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people with mild-to-moderate mental health problems, and their families, parents, and carers. They will support the senior mental health lead to introduce or develop their whole school/college approach. The
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