Job summary
We will only accept applicants who have completed their EMHP course. Please do not apply if you are not a trainee or qualified EMHP.
We will accept applications from candidates currently awaiting registration.
Join our Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) and play a vital part in improving the emotional wellbeing of children and young people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
As a Band 5 Educational Mental Health Practitioner you will deliver evidence based early interventions using a Low-Intensity CBT approach, supporting children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs in schools and colleges. Working closely with education staff, you will help develop whole school approaches to mental health and ensure children can access the right help at the right time. We currently have vacancies across the following areas giving you the opportunity to work directly within local communities.
- Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley Leicester City Loughborough North West Leicestershire Oadby & Wigston
You will receive robust clinical supervision, be part of an inclusive multidisciplinary team, and benefit from strong professional development opportunities within a service guided by the THRIVE framework.
If you're ready to bring your passion, skills, and commitment to this role, wed love to hear from you.
Apply now and help make a difference to children and young peoples futures.
Main duties of the job
You will have completed a CYPIAPT accredited programme and hold valid registration with the appropriate psychological professional body.
You will bring experience in delivering evidence based interventions for children, young people and families, along with the ability to assess need, manage risk and maintain high quality clinical records.Strong communication, resilience, and a commitment to safeguarding are essential, as is the confidence to work within busy education settings.
You will be organised, adaptable, and able to build positive relationships with school staff, external agencies and families. The role involves travel between education settings across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, so the ability to meet this requirement is important.
If you are passionate about early intervention and making a meaningful difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.
PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED YOUR EMHP COURSE. WE WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES CURRENTLY AWAITING REGISTRATION WITH BABCP/BPS TO COME THROUGH.
Candidates who do not hold a valid registration but who have successfully completed their EMHP course and have evidence of this, can apply for this post.
If successful, candidates without a professional registration will be employed on a fixed term (3 month) contract at the trainee Band (band 4) whilst they apply for their registration.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
- Date posted: 05 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 007039
- Job locations: Leicestershire County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
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Person specification
Mobility
Essential
- Travel around schools and other venues is an essential part of this role. You must have your own transport. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.
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 working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Experience of working with anxiety disorders
- Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
- 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 education setting
- Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children’s emotional wellbeing
- Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities or agendas
- Experience of working with looked after children
- Experience of working with other vulnerable groups
Trust Values
Essential
- Compassion
- Trust
- Respect
- Integrity
Qualifications
Essential
- CYP-IAPT accredited Education Mental Health Practitioner training (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma Educational Mental Health Practitioner)
- Valid registration with appropriate psychological professional body (BPS, BABCP)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Personal resilience and awareness of how to positively manage own mental health
- Able to dynamically adapt to changing circumstances
- Excellent oral and written communication skills that are persuasive and confident
- Self-motivated
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
- Team player
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
- Proven commitment to continuous professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Computer literate
- Ability to work as a self motivated clinician with supervisor input
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children
- Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families
- Ability to conduct group parenting programmes
- Ability to work within primary care settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
- Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately
- Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
- Knowledge of primary care environments
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and Alderson106 consent issues including Gillick competence
Desirable
- Ability to teach others about mental health issues
- Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
- Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams
- Knowledge of the primary care system in England
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.
Standard Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
- Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection
- Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides)
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This advert is for Education Mental Health Practitioner with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in Glenfield, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Aug 2026.
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