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Job Title: Educational Mental Health Practitioner
Agency: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Halesowen, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 32,073 – 39,043 £ / Year

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Job Summary

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1wte B5 Education Mental Health Practitioner (must have the specific EMHP qualification to be able to apply for this post)

Post based in Dudley but may at times need to work across the Black Country, dependent on service need.

We have an exciting opportunity for a low-intensity practitioner (Educational Mental Health Practitioner) to deliver short-term interventions in schools and colleges throughout the localities to those young people demonstrating a need for support with their emotional health and wellbeing. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our team who has been successful in their training and wants to embed their learning in the Black Country.

Main duties of the job

As an EMHP, you will be expected to work autonomously but also as part of a dynamic mental health team in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working, and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and above all, a passion for working with children and young people in educational settings. The training you will have undertaken will have enabled you to develop knowledge and practice skills to employ a range of evidence-based interventions for common mental health problems via direct individual and group support for children, young people, and their parents.

About us

The Education Mental Health Practitioner role will:

  • Work closely alongside 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.
  • Develop and practice evidence-based skills to carry out holistic and child-centred mental health assessments, including risk assessments.

The Education Mental Health Practitioner is required to:

  • Demonstrate and evidence that they have completed the Educational Mental Health Practitioner training
  • Have experience of working with children and young people, their families, and others.
  • Have experience working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders
  • Have experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional, and/or mental health difficulties

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

  • Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
  • Educational Mental Health Practitioner’s formal qualification
  • Experience of working with external agencies and stakeholders
  • Able to travel around the Black Country using own transport
  • Has established knowledge of the education system in England

Desirable

  • A further relevant degree
  • Teaching ability

Ability to demonstrate skills

Essential

  • Has the ability to build an alliance with a young person
  • Has the ability to effectively communicate with teaching staff

Desirable

  • Has the ability to communicate with larger audiences.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 21 May 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online for this job

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