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Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
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Reference: 2445301
Job summary
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
We are looking to recruit eight Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainees to join our expanding Oxleas Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) service. Four trainees will work in the Greenwich MHST Team with our Greenwich schools and four trainees will work in the Bexley MHST Team with Bexley schools. We are seeking enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
This is a training role within theGreen Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health programme. The post holder will work within education settings providing low intensity guided self-help interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at Kings College London University. The training starts on 18th January 2027 and on successful completion of the course trainees will be awarded a Post Graduate Diploma based on a nationally devised curriculum.
The training post will equip the post-holder to provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties. The postholder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the EMHP curriculum and work in Oxleas MHST service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills within education settings.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Details
Date posted
23 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£33,262 to £36,027 a year pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8346488-CYP
Job locations
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh
Lodge Hill
Abbey Wood, London
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in psychology or related subjects (e.g. education, childhood development, social work etc) OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) and have previous experience working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting.
NB: Alongside the job application process applicants are required to submit a separate application to Kings College London regarding EMHP training. Details are attached regarding how to apply. To be considered for an Oxleas MHST EMHP Trainee position you will need to have submitted your application to KCL by 25th October 2026
For further enquiries please contact: John Rea, Bexley MHST Team Manager ([email protected]) or Linda Adedayo, Greenwich MHST Team Manager ([email protected])
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in psychology or related subjects (e.g. education, childhood development, social work etc) OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) and have previous experience working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting.
NB: Alongside the job application process applicants are required to submit a separate application to Kings College London regarding EMHP training. Details are attached regarding how to apply. To be considered for an Oxleas MHST EMHP Trainee position you will need to have submitted your application to KCL by 25th October 2026
For further enquiries please contact: John Rea, Bexley MHST Team Manager ([email protected]) or Linda Adedayo, Greenwich MHST Team Manager ([email protected])
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc)
- Relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Experience
Essential
- It is essential that the applicant has previous experience of working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload .
Desirable
- Full driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc)
- Relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/Education/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Experience
Essential
- It is essential that the applicant has previous experience of working with children and young people in either a health or educational setting
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload .
Desirable
- Full driving licence
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).
Additional information
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh
Lodge Hill
Abbey Wood, London
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh
Lodge Hill
Abbey Wood, London
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)