Qualified Educational Mental Health/Child Wellbeing Practitioner

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; St Albans; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in St Albans is seeking a Qualified EMHP or CWP to support Children and Young People (CYP) and their families across Hertfordshire. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and some experience with SEND. This role offers opportunities for professional development and regular supervision as well as generous benefits including NHS discounts and a pension scheme.

Benefits

27 to 33 days of holiday

NHS pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Qualifications

• Qualification as EMHP or CWP is essential.
• Must have SEND experience.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in emotive atmospheres.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for children in education settings.
• Support schools in developing strategies for emotional well-being.
• Work with families using parent as therapist method.

Skills

Creative and flexible approach

Good understanding of children with additional needs

Ability to work in a team

Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions

Education

Qualification as Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Job description

Overview

The SEND MHST (Mental Health Support Team) are seeking to appoint a motivated, committed, flexible and forward thinking Qualified EMHP (Educational Mental Health Practitioner) or CWP (Child wellbeing practitioner) to work in our MHST team, who is committed to supporting Children and Young People (CYP) and their families across Hertfordshire. The Mental Health Support Team works specifically with SEND children and families across Hertfordshire and West Essex schools, delivering early intervention mental health support and supporting schools to develop their whole school approach to emotional wellbeing. This is an exciting opportunity to take your EMHP or CWP training and build the MHST offering to children, families and schools who can have a great need for mental health support, whilst working creatively with the training to meet the children's additional needs and support the schools.

• Proposed interview date: 10th October 2025

Responsibilities

• Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in an education setting with mild to moderate mental health and SEND additional needs.
• Helping children and young people within these 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 support schools in developing strategies/activities to promote emotional well-being and positive mental health.
• To work with families following the parent as therapist method to support emotional wellbeing within the home.
• To support the school to develop their overall whole school approach to emotional wellbeing.
• And 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.
• A full valid driving license and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
• Must have some SEND experience.

Requirements

• Qualification as Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP).
• Creative and flexible in their approach.
• Good understanding of children with additional needs, learning styles, and how to adapt practice to support children and their families.
• Ability to work and build relationships with a wide variety of professionals, schools, and families.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings.
• Good understanding of risk assessment and ability to seek supervisor support to manage risk.
• Willing to participate fully in supervision.
• Flexible in approach and resilient under pressure.
• Ability to work both in a team environment and autonomously.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism in settings with emotive atmospheres.

We can offer you

• Regular clinical and professional supervision.
• Regular appraisal, personal development planning and opportunities for continuing professional development, including support with fulfilling the MHST role (e.g., co-facilitating workshops).
• Regular opportunities to meet as a team.
• Regular CPD and Peer Reflection.
• Opportunities to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team and learn from other evidence-based frameworks and approaches.
• Involvement in service development.
• Opportunities to provide line management and clinical supervision to other MHST team members.
• Benefits: 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable); NHS pension scheme; Special Leave for family and personal reasons; NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff); Eye Care Vouchers; Employee Assistance Programme; NHS Discounts.