Educational Mental Health/Child Wellbeing Practitioner | North London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£36,943 - £44,900 Per annum including HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Haringey, N15 3TH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	18 Oct 2026

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Summary

The qualified Education and Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) or Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) or will join this growing team (that includes CAMHS clinicians, Educational psychologists, and trainee EMHPs) to support the work within schools. The post holder will providesupport for children and adolescents with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions in schools, employing CYP-IAPT principles (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). The post holder will develop relationships with designated mental health leads in schools, alongside CAMHS clinicians / supervisors, and educational psychologists, and help them develop their approaches for mental health and wellbeing in schools. They will gain some experience of teaching, training and consultation through this joint working.

1. Contribute to the assessment, and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions

2. Work in partnership with children and families

3. Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention.

4. Adhere to the service referral protocols and signpost unsuitable referrals

5. Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments.

6. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered,

7. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings

8. Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols

9. Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training

10. Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.

11. Work in collaboration with children, young people and communities

12. To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory

13. Make appropriate referrals to other service providers

14. Develop a ‘local knowledge’ of the locality and its services and facilities

15. Provide a service that is flexible as far as possible in terms of clinic hours

16. Conduct risk assessments,

17. Along with supervisors, make decisions on suitability of new referrals with advice sought from senior MHST practitioners and / or CAMHS

18. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process

19. Prepare and present clinical information

20. Complete all requirements of data collection

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

• Manage a caseload and the provision of mental healthcare services, to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

• Holistic assessment of mental health

• Work in partnership with Primary Mental Health, CAMHS, Schools and GPs

• Offer high quality brief outcome focused evidence-based practice

• Develop, support and train CWPs, EMHPs and other colleagues in evidence based, innovate practice within and outside of the organization.

• Provide support to junior colleagues under the direction of a senior colleague.

This advert closes on Thursday 1 Oct 2026

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