Educational Mental Health/Child Wellbeing Practitioner | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking qualified Education and Mental Health Practitioners to support children and adolescents in schools. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions, conducting assessments, and working collaboratively with families and educational professionals. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health services.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering evidence-based interventions for mental health.
• Skills in collaboration and partnership with families, schools, and clinicians.
• Understanding of CYP-IAPT principles.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Manage a caseload of children and young people with mental health difficulties.
• Support and empower clients to make informed choices.

Skills

Education and Mental Health Practitioner skills

Ability to work with children and families

Holistic assessment abilities

Education

Relevant qualifications in mental health or education

Job description

Overview

The qualified Education and Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) will join this growing team (that includes CAMHS clinicians, Educational psychologists, and trainee EMHPs) to support the work within schools. The post holder will provide support for children and adolescents with mild to moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions in schools, employing CYP-IAPT principles (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). The post holder will develop relationships with designated mental health leads in schools, alongside CAMHS clinicians / supervisors, and educational psychologists, and help them develop their approaches for mental health and wellbeing in schools. They will gain some experience of teaching, training and consultation through this joint working.

Responsibilities

1. Contribute to the assessment, and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions
2. Work in partnership with children and families
3. Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention.
4. Adhere to the service referral protocols and signpost unsuitable referrals
5. Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments.
6. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered
7. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings
8. Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols
9. Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training
10. Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.
11. Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities
12. To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory
13. Make appropriate referrals to other service providers
14. Develop a ‘local knowledge’ of the locality and its services and facilities
15. Provide a service that is flexible as far as possible in terms of clinic hours
16. Conduct risk assessments
17. Along with supervisors, make decisions on suitability of new referrals with advice sought from senior MHST practitioners and/or CAMHS
18. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process
19. Prepare and present clinical information
20. Complete all requirements of data collection

About NLFT and Strategy

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

• Manage a caseload and the provision of mental healthcare services, to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Holistic assessment of mental health
• Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health, CAMHS, Schools and GPs
• Offer high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based practice
• Develop, support and train CWPs, EMHPs and other colleagues in evidence based, innovative practice within and outside of the organization.
• Provide support to junior colleagues under the direction of a senior colleague.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025