Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr Post Graduate Certificate ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course.
• An undergraduate qualification is needed
• Knowledge of educational environments

Desirable

• A further relevant degree qualification
• Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams

Experience

Essential

• 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 the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people, or their families (e.g., CBT, solution-focused brief therapy)

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an educational setting

skills and competency

Essential

• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness among the staff group
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children.
• Ability to carry out therapeutic mental health interventions with families.
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.

Desirable

• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

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: 20 May 2026