Education Mental Health Professional - Qualified

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £32,597 - £35,412 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Various education provisions across Nottingham City. Office base: Southglade Access Centre, Southglade, Nottingham, NG5 5GU

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) were established in Nottingham City in February 2020, providing an early intervention and preventative service for over 892 children and young people and their families so far. This includes providing support for anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties, as well as running workshops to groups of children within educational settings, on themes such as transition, resilience and wellbeing, general wellbeing hacks, worry and distractions and emotions through puberty.

Currently MHST are supporting children and young people in over 70 educational settings, which will increase over the next 18 months to around 100 sites across the city. The expansion is being funded through £1.01m from NHS England and Health Education England as part of a national initiative.

We work in partnership with the school community and other wellbeing services to develop a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing, building on what is being done already. We aim to achieve this goal through offering a range of services, including:

• Improving access to mental health support and services.
• Delivering training and workshops for schools and parents
• Providing consultation to schools on mental health and wellbeing
• Individual and group interventions for children and young people experiencing difficulties with managing emotions
• And more!

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

A successful candidate must have:

A strong understanding of how to work with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties

Knowledge of the educational system in England. Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health.

Successfully completed the HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' post graduate diploma AND/OR Successful completion of Certificate in Children's Wellbeing Practice (CWP), with post qualification experience as a CWP and experience of working in schools.

Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems.

Experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. Guided Self Help, CBT, parent work)

Experience of assessing and meeting the communication needs of the schools to deliver psycho-education on mental health or emotional wellbeing to different groups including parents, teaching staff and young people.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Applicants must have completed an HEE commissioned 1yr 'Education Mental Health Practitioner' post graduate diploma AND/OR Successful completion of Certificate in Children's Wellbeing Practice (CWP), with post qualification experience as a CWP and experience of working in schools.

Applicants with a Certificate in Children's Wellbeing Practice (CWP)
Applicants who have successfully completed the Certificate in Children's Wellbeing Practice (CWP), hold post-qualification experience as a CWP, and have experience of working in schools are encouraged to apply. Individuals with this background may be eligible to access the CYP IAPT Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) route via the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSA) portfolio, which enables CWPs to evidence equivalence and progress into an EMHP role.

If you hold this qualification and experience, please contact the recruiting team directly to discuss the KSA portfolio route and training pathway in more detail.

We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Mandy Oldershaw (MHST Manager) To contact by email, please click here or Mira Gordhan (MHST Manager) please click here

Closing Date: 27th Feb 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus; community (LGBTQ Plus) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible, and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Please see the Job description & Person specification here

Nottingham City Council provides public services including education, social services, planning, waste management, housing, events and health across the city of Nottingham.