Job summary
Are you a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)? Do you have a real passion for education and for supporting the social, emotional, and mental well-being needs of young people? Do you want to make a real difference?

We are excited to recruit qualified EMHPs to join our Hull Mental Health Support Teams.

The teams work directly within schools and colleges, supporting children and young people aged 5 to 18.

They provide support to schools and the wider system, with a particular focus on a whole-school approach, offering advice, guidance, support, and consultation.

The teams also deliver targeted low-intensity CBT-informed 1:1 and group interventions, parent-led workshops, and creative-based interventions to support children and young people with mild to moderate social, emotional, and mental health needs.

Please only apply if you are a qualified EMHP.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate with appropriate supervision, will work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in.

• Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.
• Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and well-being.
• Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services, and use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.
• Mentor trainees and offer Peer to peer support to other qualified EMHP's.
• You will be required to travel across the locality independently as part of your role.

About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Details
Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number: 338-8141562-26
Job locations: Townend Court, 298 Cottingham Road, Hull, HU68QR, United Kingdom

Job description
For further information with regards to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person spec.

Person Specification
Qualifications, Education and Training
Essential

• Successful completion of the HEE commissioned 1yr Post Graduate Certificate 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' course.
• Undergraduate qualification is needed
• Knowledge of educational environments

Desirable

• A further relevant degree qualification
• Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist CAMHS teams

Knowledge and 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 the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT,solution focused brief therapy)

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities
Essential

• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children.
• Ability to carry out therapeutic mental health interventions with families.
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.

Desirable

• Ability to teach others about mental health issues
• Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families

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).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Townend Court, 298 Cottingham Road, Hull, HU68QR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Early Intervention Team Lead
Laura Jolley
laura.jolley@nhs.net
01482205205