• Job Description

  Req#: C9333-25-0480?language=en&page=990&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  MHST EMHP / CWP/ Mental Health Practitioner

  Hillingdon Mental Health Support Team is looking for a Qualified EMHP or Generic Mental Health Practitioner who has experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services in the provision of individual and group treatments. We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and vibrant individual who is passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

  Mental health professionals with post graduate training in a recognised therapy modality and experience of working with CYP may also apply. We are open to applications from newly qualified occupational therapists, mental health nurses, social workers or other relevant therapy post graduate qualifications.

  You will work alongside other EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Practitioner to support the wellbeing and mental health needs of schools and colleges in the borough of Hillingdon.

  The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

  Main duties of the job

  This is a role within the Green Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health programme. The post holder will work within a service providing low intensity interventions. The post-holder will provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their parent(s)/carer(s).

  The post holder will work with children, young people and parents with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

  • Undertaking assessments and delivering evidence-based, low-intensity, brief intervention for children and young people,with mild to moderate mental health problems, in an education setting.
  • Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist service.
  • Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify, and where appropriate, manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.
  • Working with and within educational environments to afford better access to CYP mental health services.
  • Training and consultation to schools and other agencies about mental health in children and young people.
  • Support schools in developing their Whole School Approach to mental health.

  About us

  We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

  We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

  With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

  Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.

  To find out more about working in CAMHS, CLICK HERE for our video.

  Date posted

  02 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £32,720 to £39,769 a year per annum incl HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  333-G-CA-1448-C

  Job locations

  Minet Clinic

  Avondale Drive

  Hayes

  UB3 3NR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in which the post-holder is deployed.

  Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

  Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

  Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

  See job description and person specification for full list of key responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Assess and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, working at all times in collaboration with and giving respect to the education function of the setting in which the post-holder is deployed.

  Work in partnership to support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers, families and educators in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

  Work in effective, evidence-based partnership with children, young people, their families and their educators in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

  Support and empower children, young people, their parents/carers and families and their educators to make informed choices about the interventions being offered.

  See job description and person specification for full list of key responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or CYP Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Or / Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker with additional CBT or other relevant therapy post graduate qualification

  Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in a healthcare or school setting.
  • 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 disorders
  • Experience of the delivery of specific low intensity therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
  • Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

  Desirable

  • Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing

  Skills/Competencies

  Essential

  • Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
  • Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.

  Desirable

  • Ability to teach others about mental health issues

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of educational environments
  • Knowledge of safeguarding issues

  Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

  Essential

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

  Desirable

  • Proven commitment to continuous professional development.

  Other

  Essential

  • Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.
  • Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or CYP Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Or / Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker with additional CBT or other relevant therapy post graduate qualification

  Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in a healthcare or school setting.
  • 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 disorders
  • Experience of the delivery of specific low intensity therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)
  • Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

  Desirable

  • Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for children's emotional wellbeing

  Skills/Competencies

  Essential

  • Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
  • Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.

  Desirable

  • Ability to teach others about mental health issues

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Knowledge of educational environments
  • Knowledge of safeguarding issues

  Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

  Essential

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

  Desirable

  • Proven commitment to continuous professional development.

  Other

  Essential

  • Access to car or other motor vehicle for use for work purposes.
  • Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Minet Clinic

  Avondale Drive

  Hayes

  UB3 3NR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Minet Clinic

  Avondale Drive

  Hayes

  UB3 3NR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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