Job Title: Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner
Agency: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom, Wigan
Salary/Rate: 28,392 – 31,157 £ / Year

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Job Summary

Wigan MHST has an exciting opportunity to join their Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges as a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) who, on completion of the training, will progress to a band 5 qualified EMHP.

This training is NHS-funded, starting in September 2025, and as such, the person must be able to join the service for September 2025.

EMHP training is offered as a Postgraduate Diploma. The Diploma entitles successful trainees to join the BABCP register and then work as a qualified EMHP after training.

There is a recently launched accreditation system for providers of EMHP training, operated by the British Psychological Society.

The training programme for EMHPs is 12 months in duration and consists of academic and supervised practice learning across mental health services and educational settings, such as primary and secondary schools, and further education colleges.

Delivery of the training will be provided through a combination of taught days provided by the Psychological Therapies Training Centre, independent self-guided study days, and experience gained in education, wellbeing, and mainstream mental health services.

Candidates must have a minimum of a level 4 qualification.

If you are successfully shortlisted, the “Assessment Centre” will be held on 6/7 May 2026 and will be on-site at Horwich Wellbeing Hub.

Main duties of the job

In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and well-being support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver brief evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. EMHPs work in educational settings as part of NHS-led Mental Health Support Teams. This training programme is part of the national Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) initiative.

During training, the post-holder will work under the supervision of their employing NHS Trust to gain experience in providing one-to-one brief evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings (principally anxiety and depression). Trainee EMHPs are also trained in providing support to educational settings with Whole School Approaches, designed to improve emotional well-being and mental health more broadly in the school.

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