MHST EMHP/CWP/ CAMHS Practitioner Band 5

Job summary

The Mental Health Support Teams are a service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people in educational settings. The MHS Teams are made up of Senior Clinicians, CAMHS Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and Children well being practitioners (CWP). They are based across education settings as an additional resource within a whole-system approach to promote resilience and well being, support earlier intervention, enable appropriate signposting and deliver evidence-based support, care and interventions.

Main duties of the job

There are currently eight MHSTs across Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Bedford, working across 110 schools in total. The successful candidate will be employed by Bedfordshire & Luton CAMHS (ELFT), where the MHSTs deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions, such as Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT) and emotional wellbeing interventions. You will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified core professional/EMHP/CWP, as an autonomous and responsible practitioner within your scope of practice, alongside education and health colleagues.

You will be confident in providing support to young people and families with anxiety, low mood and challenging behaviours. You will be flexible and creative in responding to the needs of the school populations, with excellent support from your team and supervision. You will also be able to adapt to working remotely, prioritising access to services and resources.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Details

Date posted

16 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-SSLB7586917

Job locations

Charter House

Alma Street

Luton

LU1 2PJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

- To contribute towards triages, assessments and providing evidence-based interventions, advice and support to professionals, parents and children/young people.

- To be responsible for managing and prioritising own workload.

- To support the delivery of training and workshops to groups of young people, parents and professionals.

- To assess risk and seek supervision from the Operational Lead or senior staff in the team as necessary when self-harm or suicidal thoughts are expressed.

- To keep accurate, up-to-date electronic records in keeping with the Trust policy on record keeping standards.

- To liaise with and support other professionals involved with identified children, young people and families.

- To attend professional meetings as required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

- To contribute towards triages, assessments and providing evidence-based interventions, advice and support to professionals, parents and children/young people.

- To be responsible for managing and prioritising own workload.

- To support the delivery of training and workshops to groups of young people, parents and professionals.

- To assess risk and seek supervision from the Operational Lead or senior staff in the team as necessary when self-harm or suicidal thoughts are expressed.

- To keep accurate, up-to-date electronic records in keeping with the Trust policy on record keeping standards.

- To liaise with and support other professionals involved with identified children, young people and families.

- To attend professional meetings as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Core profession or successful completion of the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) post-graduate diploma. E.g., Qualified EMHP/CWP, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disabilities Nurse, Social Worker, Allied Health Professional
• Post qualification experience in core profession or as EMHP/CWP
• Experience of working in schools

Desirable

• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family Work training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems, their families and others in educational and health settings - for newly qualified staff, this could relate to placement experience
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting
• Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work)

Desirable

• CAMHS experience
• Experience of assessing and meeting the needs of schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups, including parents, teaching staff and young people
• Experience of adapting resources to be able to deliver online /via phone/ Google Classroom

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
• Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group

Desirable

• Ability to conduct other therapeutic group interventions with children and their families
• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to think and work systemically

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Core profession or successful completion of the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) post-graduate diploma. E.g., Qualified EMHP/CWP, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disabilities Nurse, Social Worker, Allied Health Professional
• Post qualification experience in core profession or as EMHP/CWP
• Experience of working in schools

Desirable

• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family Work training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems, their families and others in educational and health settings - for newly qualified staff, this could relate to placement experience
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting
• Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work)

Desirable

• CAMHS experience
• Experience of assessing and meeting the needs of schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups, including parents, teaching staff and young people
• Experience of adapting resources to be able to deliver online /via phone/ Google Classroom

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
• Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group

Desirable

• Ability to conduct other therapeutic group interventions with children and their families
• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to think and work systemically

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Charter House

Alma Street

Luton

LU1 2PJ

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Charter House

Alma Street

Luton

LU1 2PJ

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)