Job overview
Are you an education mental health practitioner or accredited CBT practitioner who is passionate about making a real difference to the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Join us as a Senior Educational Mental Health Practitioner within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of schools and communities, delivering evidence-based interventions and supporting children and families with mild to moderate mental health difficulties such as anxiety, low mood, and behavioural challenges. You’ll be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team committed to early intervention and improving outcomes for young people.
If you’re looking for a role where you can combine clinical expertise with creativity and collaboration, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Main duties of the job
We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, compassionate, and committed to improving young people’s mental health.
You will:
Carry out high-quality mental health assessments for children and young people referred to the service.
Deliver CBT or CBT-informed interventions, individually and in groups, tailored to assessed needs.
Provide consultation and advice to education staff and other professionals to support whole-school approaches to mental health.
Manage a defined caseload effectively, ensuring timely care planning and delivery.
Offer clinical supervision and mentorship to colleagues and trainees.
Monitor outcomes using Routine Outcome Measures (ROM) and engage in clinical review where necessary.
Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and liaise with external agencies to ensure coordinated care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
As part of our commitment to fairness, and integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments
- Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Ability to work well with a team
- Ability to manage a caseload effectively
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health issues in young people
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to young people.
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with young people
Experience
Essential
- Professional involvement with the users of mental health services
- Experience of case management of young people
- Experience of multiagency working
- Experience of working with neuro developmental disorders
- Significant post qualification experience in mental health services to post graduate diploma level
- Experience of working with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions particularly related to anxiety, low mood and behaviour
- Have a good working knowledge of evidence based interventions for Children and Young people
- Good understanding of CYP IAPT principles
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification EMHP Must be accredited with the BABCP/BPS or Post graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) accredited with the BABCP/BPS
- Completion of the post graduate certificate in supervisory skills or eligible to be able to complete the course at time of applying for the role
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This advert is for Senior education mental health practitioner (MHST) with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Under Lyne, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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