Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioner

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wheldon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner to join their team starting in January 2026. The position is a one-year training contract with a focus on delivering mental health support in educational settings in Wakefield. Candidates will complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practitioner at Sheffield University and provide interventions to children and young people. Applicants must hold a level 6 qualification, and experience working with youth is desirable.

Qualifications

• All applicants must hold a level 6 qualification.
• Understanding of the educational system is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Completing Sheffield University's one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
• Delivering and recording accurate assessments including risk assessments.
• Providing advice/consultation to education staff.

Skills

Experience of working with children and young people

Understanding of the educational system

Education

Level 6 qualification

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (Trainee EMHP) to join our friendly and supportive team starting in January 2026. Successful candidates will be employed within Wakefield CAMHS, on a NHS Band 4 one-year training contract and on successful completion of the training will transfer to a NHS Band 5 EMHP permanent contract. The role will be based within education settings in Wakefield and the first-year part time study will be at Sheffield University.

Responsibilities

• Completing Sheffield Universitys one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
• Delivering and recording accurate assessments including risk assessments.
• Delivering evidenced based interventions to children, young people, parents/carers through individual and group work.
• Delivering psychoeducation sessions to children, young people, parents/carers through assemblies, classroom, and parent sessions.
• Ensuring children/young people play an active part in decision making about the support they need.
• Providing advice/consultation to education staff to support children/young people getting the right help at the right time.
• Supporting education settings in developing and embedding whole school approaches to mental health through collaboration and coproduction with the school community.
• Participating in the delivery of training programmes for education settings and community services.

All applicants must hold a level 6 qualification and have experience of working with children and young people, an understanding of the educational system is desirable.

About Our Future in Mind MHST

Our Future in Mind MHST (Mental Health Support Team) is a growing and developing service which provides early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.