Overview
The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions across educational settings and healthcare sectors. The Haringey Mental Health Support Team, part of the broader CAMHS service, maintains strong relationships with schools throughout the borough and seeks enthusiastic trainees to help expand its service and fulfil its vision.
Programme Delivery
The programme combines taught days with Anna Freud and UCL, independent self‑guided study days, and practical experience in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services.
Responsibilities
* Work under supervision as part of a dynamic, creative team that values evidence‑based interventions, new ideas, and innovative approaches to support children and young people (CYP) in educational settings.
* Employ evidence‑based interventions for common mental health problems, providing direct individual and group support for children, young people, and their parents/carers in line with university expectations.
* Collaborate closely with a team of mental health professionals delivering a wide range of evidence‑informed interventions.
* Develop and practice evidence‑based skills under supervision to work directly with children, young people, and families.
* Carry out holistic and child‑centred mental health assessments, including risk assessments.
* Work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and educational settings to achieve competence required to deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based early interventions for CYP experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.
Requirements
* Successful candidates must enrol in the full‑time professional training programme to become qualified EMHPs and secure a place on the Educational Mental Health Practitioner PG Dip course at UCL.
* Successful candidates will be expected to travel to the Anna Freud office (N1 9JH) in the first year to complete training; the position will be based at St Ann's Hospital and partner education settings.
* Candidates must be willing to work at different locations within Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington as needed.
Benefits & Career Path
* Four graduate‑level practitioner positions available with intensive supervision and on‑training support from an experienced supervisor.
* Strong expectation for trainees to continue in post upon successful completion of the one‑year training, with a salary increase to NHS Band 5 scale in the second year onwards.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Nov 2025.
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