Practice Tutor

Anna Freud; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 45 427; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Perkbox rewards platform

Wellbeing offers

Free counselling via Employee Assistance Programme

Résumé du poste

A mental health charity is looking for a Practice Tutor to deliver the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Mental Health Practitioner. This part-time role, hybrid in nature, involves facilitating groups, supporting trainees, and maintaining high-quality educational experiences. Candidates should have a recognised mental health qualification and experience in child services. The position offers a competitive salary of £45,427 FTE per year and a contributory pension scheme, with flexible working required primarily on Wednesdays at the office in London.

Qualifications

• Experience in child mental health or related children’s services.
• Knowledge of delivering CBT or CBT-informed interventions for children and families.
• Experience facilitating small group learning or training adults.

Responsabilités

• Facilitate Practice Tutor Groups and skills-based sessions.
• Contribute to teaching and deliver sessions in liaison with module leads.
• Mark assignments across modules in line with UCL requirements.

Connaissances

Teaching skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Formation

Recognised qualification in a core mental health profession

Description du poste

Ready to make a difference as a Practice Tutor?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Anna Freud is seeking a Practice Tutor – Postgraduate Diploma Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join our world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

Our EDI commitment

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience.

We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve.

As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.

What we offer

We offer a range of staff benefits, including an all-in-one rewards and recognition platform called Perkbox and wellbeing offers such as finishing early on Fridays and free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme. We are proud to have staff-led Diversity Networks offering unique opportunities for learning, connection and impact.

In this role, you would join a collaborative team working on a specialist postgraduate programme with UCL, with opportunities to build your skills in teaching, facilitation and trainee support through work across Anna Freud, Postgraduate Studies and UCL.

What you’ll do

This role supports the delivery of the EMHP postgraduate programme, with a focus on teaching, facilitating practice tutor groups, supporting trainees and helping maintain a high-quality learning experience.

• In this role you will facilitate Practice Tutor Groups and skills-based sessions to support trainee development.
• Contribute to teaching and deliver sessions in liaison with module leads and admin colleagues.
• Mark assignments across modules in line with UCL requirements and agreed deadlines.
• As the Practice Tutor, you will provide personal tutoring and respond to trainee queries and concerns during the programme.
• Take part in programme meetings, training and development, and wider quality and safeguarding responsibilities.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for a qualified and experienced professional with a background in child mental health or related children’s services, who can support postgraduate trainees through teaching, skills development and tutoring, and who brings a strong commitment to inclusive practice, safeguarding and high-quality learning.

• A recognised qualification in a core mental health profession, or a qualification in working with children supported by additional child mental health training or experience.
• You will have knowledge and experience of delivering CBT or CBT-informed interventions for children, young people and families in a CAMHS and/or educational setting.
• Experience of facilitating small group learning, teaching or training adults in an inclusive way.
• As the ideal candidate, you will have experience of supervision, reflective practice or supporting staff, colleagues or students on a university course.
• You will be a strong communication, organisation and teamwork skills, with knowledge of safeguarding and a proactive, flexible approach to managing priorities.

Hours: Part-time, 7 hours per week. Candidates will need to be available to work on Wednesdays from 09:00 to 17:00, with occasional flexibility to work at other times as required.

Salary: £45,427 FTE per annum, plus 6% contributory pension scheme

Location: Hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working), the delivery of teaching and Practice Tutor Groups facilitation by the post-holder is almost all face-to-face. For face-to-face work, the post-holders will be required to attend in person at our London office (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).

Contract type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Next steps

Closing date for applications: midday (12pm), Thursday, 02 April 2026. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.

Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday, 08 April 2026. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews: will be held remotely in week commencing 13 April 2026

How to apply: visit www.annafreud.org/careers/ to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Questions?

Please email [e-mail] with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.