Job Description

Greenwich & Bexley Mental Health Support Teams is looking to recruit two Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainees (1 per team) to join our established teams.
We are seeking graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help interventions and parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change band 4 and fully funded for a one year post graduate diploma in Education Mental Health Practice through Kings College London.
There will be strong expectations for trainees to continue in post on successful completion of the one-year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale for the second year onwards, but only following the successful completion of the EMHP training programme and subsequent attainment of professional registration.
During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems. Intensive supervision and on the job training will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team.
"As we anticipate a high volume of applications, candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as the vacancy may close early once a sufficient number of applicants have been received."
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis within Greenwich or Bexley Mental Health Support Team delivering individual, group and workshop-based mental health interventions in a number of London Borough of Greenwich & Bexley mainstream education settings.
Job summary
In line with the governments priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.
Main duties of the job
This is a training position with post holders undertaking training at Kings College London alongside working in service for Oxleas CAMHS. Trainees will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post holders will use their newly developed skills to support children and young people who are referred into the service and trainees will receive supervision to support their professional development.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details
Date posted
29 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
32,199 to 34,876 a year pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-7517070-CYP
Job locations
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh
Welling, Kent
DA16 1BL
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.
In addition to the Oxleas job application potential candidates ALSO need to submit an additional application form to KCL for a place on the Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice. The application form details are attached and will need to be completed at the same time as the Oxleas application
Please read the attached and Person Specification before applying for the role.
Please contact: cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions about the course.
Please contact: Alexandra Akande or John Rea, Greenwich & Bexley MHST Team Managers, (alexandra.akande@nhs.net/john.rea1@nhs.net) or tele: 020 8319 7016 Option1 for Bexley & 2 for Greenwich. if you have any questions about the job role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.
In addition to the Oxleas job application potential candidates ALSO need to submit an additional application form to KCL for a place on the Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice. The application form details are attached and will need to be completed at the same time as the Oxleas application
Please read the attached and Person Specification before applying for the role.
Please contact: cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions about the course.
Please contact: Alexandra Akande or John Rea, Greenwich & Bexley MHST Team Managers, (alexandra.akande@nhs.net/john.rea1@nhs.net) or tele: 020 8319 7016 Option1 for Bexley & 2 for Greenwich. if you have any questions about the job role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) OR oRelevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)

Experience
Essential

• It is essential that the applicant has previous experience of working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of the educational system in England.
• Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.

Skills
Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) OR oRelevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)

Experience
Essential

• It is essential that the applicant has previous experience of working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of the educational system in England.
• Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.

Skills
Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

Skills Required