Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join the Lambeth Mental Health Support Team (MHST).
You will work in a multi-disciplinary, early intervention service which aims to increase and improve mental health and wellbeing for the whole school community withing education settings for 5 - 18 year olds.
The team is consists of multidisciplinary professionals who come from a variety of training backgrounds bringing in a wealth of experience and expertise. This includes: Systemic Family Therapist, Systemic Family Practitioners, Social Work, Education Psychologists, Arts Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapy, CBT Therapists, Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, Education Mental Health Practitioners, Quality Assurance and Communications Lead and Senior Administrative Support.
Lambeth MHST is currently working with 61 education settings in the borough. This will increase to 100% coverage of all schools in Lambeth by 2030.
Main duties of the job
Education Mental Health Practitioners play a key role within Mental Health Support Teams. As a qualified practitioner, you will use your skills, knowledge, and experience to work autonomously, with appropriate supervision from senior staff, and in close collaboration with education and health colleagues.
You will confidently deliver 1:1 low-intensity interventions using Guided Self-Help materials to support children, young people, and families experiencing anxiety, low mood, and behavioural challenges. You will also be able to deliver these interventions in a group format.
You will work effectively with the wider network around the child, including education, social care, family, and health professionals.
You will contribute to the Whole School Approach by supporting and facilitating a range of workshops and group interventions for the wider school community.
You will support improved access to mental health and wellbeing services by working with diverse populations and adapting interventions to increase engagement, accessibility, and awareness of the service.
The role requires working directly with schools and delivering interventions both face-to-face and remotely (e.g. via MS Teams).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be employed by the MHST deliver emotional wellbeing interventions using Guided Self Help strategies. You will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and capabilities to work as a qualified EMHP, as an autonomous and responsible practitioner within your scope of practice, alongside education and health colleagues.
You will be confident in providing Guided Self Help to young people and families in anxiety, low mood and challenging behaviours. You will be flexible and creative in responding to the needs of the school populations, with excellent support from your team and supervision. You will also be able to adapt to working remotely and prioritising access to services and resources.
Please see job description attached for further details.
Person specification
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children and families
- Ability to conduct group parenting and group young person programmes
- Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments and screenings of children and young people
Desirable
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children, young people and their families
- Ability to teach others about mental health
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self-Help, CBT, parent work)
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child and young person including educational, social care, family and health
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents, teaching staff and young people
- Experience of adapting resources to be able to deliver online
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ post graduate diploma
- Professional registration with the BPS or BABCP as EMHP
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD - Continuous Professional Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Family work training
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This advert is for Education Mental Health Practitioner with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum plus HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Jul 2026.
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