MHST EMHP/CWP/ CAMHS Practitioner Band 5 | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking qualified mental health practitioners to join their Mental Health Support Teams, aimed at providing assistance to children and young people within educational environments. Successful candidates will deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions, contribute to assessments, and manage their own workload. The ideal role requires flexibility in working approaches and strong communication skills, focusing on improving the mental health quality of life for service users.

Qualifications

• Confident in providing support to young people and families.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to triages, assessments, and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Manage and prioritize own workload.
• Support delivery of training and workshops.

Skills

Mental health support

Communication skills

Flexible and creative problem-solving

Education

Relevant mental health qualification

Job description

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.

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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025