Education Mental Health Practitioner in Crawley inCrawley PUBLISHED TUE 21 JAN 2025 Jump to job information section

Are you looking for the next stage in your career?

Do you hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health?

Do you have experience working with children and young people in an education setting, along with carrying out CBT?

As an Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP), you will be based within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST), working alongside various mental health professionals.

You will work in education settings and in the community delivering a range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision. You will undertake mental health assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions based on the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.

You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary school age, and in some cases their parents and carers. You will support MHST work to develop and deliver whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

• Ability to carry out low-intensity, CBT-informed 1:1 therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions with children and young people, and/or their families, in line with EMHP training.
• Ability to effectively manage an allocated caseload.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree (2:1 or 2:2), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard (in any academic subject).
• Post Graduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
• Evidence of prior experience working with children and young people.
• Experience of working within an education setting.

About us

About the job

You will be based in one of our Mental Health Support Teams. You will be a member of a team working alongside other mental health professionals.

You will work in education settings and in the community delivering a range of evidence informed interventions, under supervision. You will undertake mental

health assessments (including risk assessments) and interventions based on the

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model.

You will work directly with children and young people of primary and secondary

school age, and in some cases their parents and carers. You will support MHST work to develop and deliver whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.