Education Mental Health Practitioner/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS; Sleaford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking an Education Mental Health Practitioner/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner in Sleaford. This full-time role involves supporting children and young people with mental health issues in educational settings, delivering low-intensity interventions and conducting assessments. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience working with young people. Opportunities for training and career development are included in this rewarding position.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered with the BABCP or BPS as a CWP or EMHP or applied for this.
• Experience in delivering low intensity CBT interventions.
• Experience working with children in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of young people with mental health needs.
• Deliver low-intensity CBT and evidence-based interventions.
• Implement Whole School Approach in allocated settings.

Skills

Low-Intensity CBT

Therapeutic interventions

Mental health assessments

Risk management

Group interventions

Education

Education Mental Health Practitioner or Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner qualification

Teaching qualification

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Job description

Go back Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Education Mental Health Practitioner/Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 03 October 2025

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Lincoln, Louth and Gainsborough Mental Health Support Team as a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) at Band 5 (Agenda For Change).

This is a diverse role and an opportunity to make a real difference in outcomes for children, young people, and families by offering early support and intervention.

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) support children and young people aged 5-18 within school and college settings who are presenting with mental health or emotional wellbeing problems which are of a low to moderate level of complexity and/or intensity.

You will support several allocated education settings, offering support to children and young people and their families. A key part of the role is around implementing Public Health England's Whole School Approach, part of which will be to deliver training, workshops and assemblies to the wider educational communities and promote awareness of mental health within the educational settings.

For more information, please contact Lesley Hutton 01522 707474 or 07783 992840.

Main duties of the job

As an MHST practitioner you will manage a caseload of young people, providing interventions for mild-moderate mental health needs using Low-Intensity CBT and other evidence based interventions. You will also lead in implementing the Whole School Approach within your allocated settings by providing regular consultation, advice and training to professionals.

You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision to support you throughout this role. There will be an opportunity to access internal training as well as identification of other development needs via your appraisal.

This is advertised as a full-time post operating Monday to Friday 9am-5pm; however, other working patterns can be considered, and the base can be negotiated.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We\'re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you\'re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that\'s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details of duties.

The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)/Low-intensity CBT practitioner will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and with appropriate supervision and engage in:

• Delivering Low-intensity CBT and other evidence-based interventions for children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Helping children and young people within these education settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services
• Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and, where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
• Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services
• To use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.

There is an expectation that at times work occurs across the county; therefore, access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Education Mental Health Practitioner or Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner qualification Registered with the BABCP or BPS as a CWP or EMHP (or applied for this)
• Teaching qualification
• Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Experience

• Experience of delivering low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people
• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of delivering whole school approach work
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of other therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families
• Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children\'s emotional wellbeing
• Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
• Experience of working with looked after children
• Experience of working with other vulnerable groups

Skills

• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
• Ability to conduct group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
• Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate appropriately
• Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk
• Ability to teach others about mental health issues

Knowledge

• Knowledge of educational environments
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
• Knowledge of the functional operation of children and young peoples services

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.

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust