Education Mental Health Practitioner - Qualified EMHP/CWP

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is hiring two Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) to join its dynamic mental health team in Ipswich. This role focuses on supporting children's mental health and wellbeing.

The successful candidates will work closely with young people, conducting assessments and providing evidence-based interventions. You'll be part of a creative team, contributing to the Whole School/College approach to emotional wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and young people, their families, and others.
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues.
• Knowledge of educational environments.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments with children and their parents to support mental health needs.
• Support delivery of the Whole School/College approach to mental health.
• Utilise supervision sessions and training opportunities for practice development.

Skills

Working with children

Collaboration skills

Mental health support

Education

Education Mental Health Practitioner course

Children's Wellbeing Practitioner course

Job description

Band 5

Main area Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 246-WSU8227929

Site Mariner House Town Ipswich Salary £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum/ pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/11/2026

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

Are you passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? We are excited to be recruiting 2 Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or a Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs). The Suffolk Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is based within education settings, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support and the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering this service.

We are a dynamic mental health team working in a creative environment to continue developing this new service. Suffolk has had MHSTs since 2020 and we continue to expand. The roles are in our existing teams based one in our East Ipswich team and one in Coastal and Rural team. You will need to be adaptable and have a passion for working with children and young people in education settings.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will complete assessments with children, young people and their parents/carers to inform targeted and evidence-based interventions to support the management of mild to moderate mental health needs. Using a collaboration and coproduction approach, the successful candidate will also support the team’s delivery of the Whole School/College approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

You will work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals, will utilise regular supervision sessions, reflective practice and training opportunities in the team to continue to develop your practice and ensure a high level of clinical support is provided.

You must have successfully completed the EMHP course or equivalent for CWP. However, we would welcome applications or interest from trainee EMHP's /CWP's who are about to qualify.

We have two positions based in the East Ipswich team and one in the coastal and rural team (Leiston, Framlingham, Eye and Debenham).

As a community based team the ability to drive is a requirement of the post.

Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 2nd November.

Working for our organisation

A job in the Suffolk MHSTs will inevitably be challenging and demanding at times, but it will also be immensely rewarding and provide you with great opportunities to make a genuine difference to the lives of others. You will join a team that has developed a caring, creative and hard-working environment; your ideas about how this new service continues to develop and grow will be highly valued.

We will ensure that you continue to access training and supervision to develop your own practice and further your career ambitions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course or CWP course.

Previous Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting

Knowledge

• Knowledge of educational environments
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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 certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.