Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 25 May 2026
Northumberland Mental Health Support Team has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner to join our West (Hexham) team. This is a full‑time, permanent position.
The role will support the delivery of the three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team: therapeutic support for young people, delivery of the whole school approach element, and provision of advice, guidance and signposting. As a Senior EMHP there will also be a responsibility to provide supervision in line with the service supervision arrangements, which may include supervision of both qualified staff and those in training.
The post holder will have an active role in service evaluation, impact and the integration of findings into service development.
We provide excellent clinical, case‑management and peer supervision, as well as service safeguarding supervision which the post holder will be expected to take a proactive role in. We also encourage engagement in ongoing training and CPD to ensure high quality service delivery, in line with our service offer and remit.
We support a blended/hybrid model of working and ensure suitable travel expenses are provided to support the role.
Main duties of the job
* Provide consolidated and enhanced clinical skills in the role of a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner.
* Deliver evidence‑based intervention for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.
* Provide support to other professionals in their development.
* Ensure understanding of relevant legislation for the role of a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner.
* Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This involves engaging, enabling and empowering others, using coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement, and facilitating team working and collaboration within teams, departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge and skills:
* Help children and young people who present with a deterioration in their emotional/mental wellbeing access the necessary support.
* Support professionals in education and other settings to identify and, where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
* Support young people through the relevant clinical and therapeutic pathway to achieve positive outcomes in relation to their emotional and mental health goals.
* Communicate and negotiate with both internal and external partners.
Demonstrate enhanced skills, experience and competence in the full range of low‑intensity interventions for mild‑moderate low mood, anxiety‑based and behavioural difficulties. This aligns with Senior Wellbeing Practitioner training in supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, their parents/carers, families and educators in the self‑management of presenting difficulties.
Demonstrate and practice evidence‑based intervention independently, under the guidance and supervisory support, working in partnership with children, young people, their families and educators in the development of plans for the specific intervention and agreeing outcomes.
Demonstrate confidence in developing and learning the skills required to enable children and young people in education, and where appropriate parents/carers, to collaborate and co‑produce their own agreed plan of care with an expectation to work independently within remote working arrangements.
Show evidence in a variety of forms that at all times assessment and intervention are provided from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
Contribute to decision making and agree and accept appropriate referrals for children and young people in educational settings, according to agreed local and national referral routes, processes and procedures.
Conduct, initiate and undertake accurate assessments of risk to self and others.
As a Senior Education Mental Health Practitioner support other members of the team under your supervision.
Engage in and provide robust case management and clinical supervision, identifying the scope of practice of the individual post holder within the role, and working safely within that scope.
Lead on and contribute to the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials and go on to develop further such materials within your degree of competence.
Coordinate and deliver a range of psycho‑education and training to children/young people, parents/carers and school staff based on evidence‑based knowledge.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience.
* Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications.
* Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of a postgraduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in an education environment, including a recognised CYP IAPT Low Intensity Qualification and an Education Mental Health Practitioner Qualification or a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner qualification.
* Membership/registration of relevant professional body.
* Relevant post‑qualification training that may have been attended in an EMHP or CWP role.
* A qualification in delivering CYP IAPT low‑intensity supervision training with EMHPS.
Other requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle that may be used for the role. The Trust will consider making reasonable adjustments to the role if necessary to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Experience
* Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England.
* Previous experience working as an EMHP with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families.
* Experience of delivering interventions in education settings.
* Experience of delivering CBT‑informed practice.
* Experience of multi‑agency collaborative working.
* Experience of delivering supervision (ideally CBT‑informed supervision).
* Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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