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Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) Agenda for change, Band 4

Closing date 16th January 2026

Are you passionate about improving childrens emotional wellbeing?

Would you like to join a well-established and successful Mental Health Support Team with a strong team culture and excellent support?

We have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are recruiting for a

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. This exciting role spans both educational and community settings in the South Tees area in the Northeast of England.

You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), known as the InsideOut Team, supporting children, young people and schools in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.

The InsideOut Team is delivered by a consortium of partners, primarily from the voluntary and community sector. You will be employed by

Changing Futures North East

, a charity that has supported children, young people, and families for over 25 years. We help children and families thrive through strong, healthy relationships and are proud partners in several mental health support services across Hartlepool and Teesside.

Please note:

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check with barring.

To apply, please visit the NHS Jobs website or complete the application form at: https://form.jotform.com/233374130372348

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner - and Personal Specification

Key Deliverables

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems

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.

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.

Key Relationships

Designated Mental Health Lead in education setting

Identified school settings

Mental Health Support Team

Line Manager / Case Manager

Clinical Supervisor

Other local mental health providers

Therapeutic - Assessment and Intervention

Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in which the post-holder is deployed.

Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.

Accept referrals within educational settings according to agreed local and national local protocols.

Undertake and record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk management processes in line with locally agreed procedures including the safeguarding protocols of the educational setting and Local Safeguarding Board guidance.

Adhere to all regulations, processes and procedures within the educational service to which the postholder is attached within the educational setting where the post-holder working including (but not limited to) HR policies, training requirements, referral protocols, and emergency procedures. Signpost referrals of children with more complex needs to a locally identified appropriate relevant service

Through case management, supervision and any other relevant local pathway, escalate cases where the level of need or risk is beyond the scope of practice of the postholder.

Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments.

Practice, evidence and demonstrate an ability to manage one's own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team.

Attend multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings relating to referrals or children and young people in treatment, where appropriate.

Keep clear, professionally coherent records of all activity in line with both health and education service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making.

Complete all requirements relating to data collection.

Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.

Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.

Contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as falls within own degree of competence, and under direction of the wider team.

Training and Supervision

Continue to apply learning gained on the EMHP training program directly to practice.

Prepare and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.

Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in practice.

Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and practice.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings in appropriate formats through agreed channels.

Professional

Ensure the maintenance of standards of own professional practice according to both the postholder's employer and the Higher Education Institution in which they are enrolled.

Ensure appropriate adherence to any new recommendations or guidelines set by the relevant departments.

Ensure that confidentiality is always protected.

Ensure that any risks or issues related to the safety and wellbeing of anyone the postholder comes into contact with in the course of their professional duties are communicated and shared with appropriate parties in order to maintain individual safety and the public interest.

Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

Keep all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and the requirements of the post and ensure personal development plans maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

Attend relevant educational opportunities in line with identified professional objectives.

Qualifications

Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course. A further relevant degree qualification Teaching qualification Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Skills / Competencies

Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families Ability to conduct group parenting programmes Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately. Ability take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk. Ability to teach others about mental health issues Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

Knowledge

Knowledge of educational environments Knowledge of safeguarding issues Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams Knowledge of the school's safeguarding procedures and who the Designated Safeguarding Lead, (DSL), is in each establishment that they work in.

Previous Experience

Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others. Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting

Specialist Experience

Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties Experience of working with anxiety disorders Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy) Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas Experience of working with looked after children Experience of working with other vulnerable groups

Specific Attributes

Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload Excellent oral and written communication skills Proven commitment to continuous professional development.

Personal Qualities

Self-motivated Able to drive with access to own car for travel requirements of the post Team player Excellent time management and organisational skills Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 30,478.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Work Location: In person