# Qualified EMHP or Qualified CWP - Wiltshire MHST > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/qualified-emhp-or-qualified-cwp-wiltshire-mhst/9b2ebd9a-58da-480f-8dfb-da56e11e86b4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/qualified-emhp-or-qualified-cwp-wiltshire-mhst/9b2ebd9a-58da-480f-8dfb-da56e11e86b4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours can be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-12T14:51:00.578Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Melksham/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8419108 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8419108?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people? * Please note: You must have either completed the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course or 'Children's Wellbeing Practitioner course' or be due to complete this to be considered for this post * We are recruiting qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) to join our Wiltshire MHST on a full time basis. The Wiltshire team works with schools and colleges across the county, with bases across our three areas. You will be working in education settings within a specific area of Wiltshire, which will be agreed upon an offer being made. There will be occasions where we will need you to travel across different Wiltshire sites outside of your specified area. Your role will be to assess and provide interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions including anxiety and low mood. You will provide early, brief evidence-based interventions to promptly address emerging mental health needs of children and young people, and support schools and colleges to improve mental wellbeing for students. Where appropriate, you will also support schools with their 'Whole School Approach' to mental health and wellbeing. Wiltshire MHST offers a range of psychoeducation and therapeutic groups, staff training, workshops and assemblies to the education settings we support. ### Main duties of the job You will deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will be through 1:1 interventions, parent led interventions, groups, workshops, and assemblies. You will work in collaboration with other EMHP's / CWP's to deliver groups, workshops assemblies and staff training. You will work closely with the school mental health leads to develop a Whole School Approach to mental health and wellbeing within your allocated schools. You will receive additional training to be able to deliver the full range of interventions offered by Wiltshire MHST. This will include accredited Decider Skills Life Skills training. Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) have been set-up in response to the Government’s 2017 Green Paper, Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision. MHSTs aim to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### 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) ### Qualifications **Essential** - Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr ‘Education Mental Health Practitioner’ course or 'Children's Wellbeing Practitioner' course **Desirable** - A further relevant degree qualification - Teaching qualification - Youth Mental Health First Aid trained ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post - Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability. ## Documents - [emhp jd & ps (pdf, 137.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10752674) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.