# EMHP / CBT Practitioner in schools

**Company**: East London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £36943.00 to £44900.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a full-time EMHP / CBT Practitioner to work within the Wellbeing in Newham Schools Team (Mental Health Support Team - MHST).

The successful candidate will provide CBT evidence-based interventions to children and young people within schools. You will have a demonstrable track record of providing collaborative and supportive interventions with children, young people, families, and parents/carers.

**Main duties of the job:**

- Deliver CBT-based interventions for low mood and anxiety in educational settings

- Establish and maintain positive relationships with professionals, agencies, charities, and teams

- Action the 3 core functions of an MHST: deliver evidence-based interventions, support the senior mental health lead, and liaise with external specialist services

**Job responsibilities:** The role includes clinical, administrative, performance, and quality work, alongside supervision and training.

**Person Specification:**

- Essential qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject and a registerable professional qualification in EMHP, CWP, or CBT Therapy

- Essential experience: working with children and young people with mild to moderate emotional and behavioral needs, experience of working with families, schools, and other partner organizations

- Essential skills: evidence of early intervention skills, ability to deliver evidence-based interventions, excellent verbal and written communication skills

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £36,943 to £44,900 per annum

- Permanent, full-time position

**Other requirements:**

- Commitment to equal opportunities

- Self-motivated, assertive, and flexible

- Ability to practice autonomously

## Skills

### Required
- CBT
- EMHP
- mental health
- child and adolescent mental health

### Nice to have
- experience working with children and young people
- experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- knowledge of child protection guidelines

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