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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

About

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Contact

Address: Trust Head Office; West Wing; CEME Centre; Marsh Way; Rainham; Essex; RM13 8GQ
Contact Number: 0300 300 1530

Find out more

Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 395-KM149-25 Vacancy ID: 7151329

Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners

Accepting applications until: 06-May-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 06-May-2025 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Dartford, Dartford Outskirts, Sevenoaks , Maidstone and surrounding Locality region
Cyfeiriad: 1 Twistleton Court
Tref: Dartford
Cod post: DA1 2EN
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 18 months (This is a training contract that on successful completion leads to a permanent Band 5 post on qualifying (see Band 5 JD). Our service operates in schools and therefore we ask all staff to use their Annual Leave entitlement predominantly in the school holidays. We ask staff to use 80% in school holidays and then there is an option of the remaining to be taken in term time this is to minimise disruption to treatment.)
Oriau: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time - 37.5 hours per week)

Salary

Cyflog: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 4)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Children's Mental Health

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

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Successful candidates will be offered a post-graduate educational programme specifically for the EMHP role delivered by the University of Sussex. The roles are funded at NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) bottom of Band 4, gaining credits towards a post-graduate diploma level qualification, plus guaranteed employment on successful completion of training, with a starting salary of the NHS AfC Band 5 scale with NELFT (please see both Band 4 and Band 5 Job Descriptions attached).

EMPHs are required to become registered practitioners upon qualification. There are two registering bodies: the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). These registrations do require membership and registration fees. Please discuss this during your training year.

The trainee EMHPs are funded by NHS England (formerly HEE). More details about the funding of these courses can be explained at the interview. Candidates are not expected to pay their university fees; these posts are recruit-to-train posts, so candidates will undertake their postgraduate EMHP course alongside employment with NELFT as EMHP trainees.

The university programme, which will begin in September 2025 and last 12 months, will be delivered through a combination of taught days, experience gained in education, wellbeing and mainstream mental health services, and independent self-guided study days. You will work with a variety of different age groups and families across the diverse population of Kent and Medway.

As a trainee EMHP in NELFT, you will work under clinical supervision as part of a dynamic NHS mental health team in a creative environment. Evidence-based interventions, new ideas, and ways of working and supporting children and young people are actively encouraged. This modern approach requires flexibility, adaptability, and a passion for working with children and young people, specifically in educational settings.

The training year includes both University learning and placement hours in school, predominantly in term time. Therefore, we ask staff to use 80% of their annual leave in school holiday periods to prevent disruption to service delivery and the completion of the University Training Programme.

Key Responsibilities under supervision while Training:

Delivering evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education settings 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 wellbeing
Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services

You will be joining an existing and growing team of EMHPs in NELFT who already work across other parts Kent and Medway these staff will also offer support in your training year as “buddies”. This additional support has been well received by previous trainees.

Closing date and Interviews for applications

See Advert (applications will close early if there is a high number of applicants).

Interviews will commence the week beginning 26th May 2025 and will span 2 weeks.

We look forward to your application and working with you as a Trainee EMHP with NELFT in the named geographical areas.

Candidates with a full driving licence and access to a vehicle/able to effectively travel across the required geographical area is desirable.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualification

Meini prawf hanfodol

Degree Qualification
Worked with children

Meini prawf dymunol

Child development qualification
Relevant mental health experience
18 months plus experience of paid employment working with children

Knowledge/Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

• 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.