Educational Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO1
Salary: £40,182 – £42,060 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 31st August 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 8th September 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

A unique opportunity has arisen for an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) to join the New Haringey Integrated Transitions Service to provide mental health support within educational settings to transform the way young people with emotional and mental health difficulties are supported to transition into adulthood. The role will focus on providing mental health support work with young people and their parents or carers to deliver evidence-based early interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and behavioural problems and to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service that builds on and reinforces existing initiatives. The Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) will be a key member of the specialist multi-disciplinary team within the Haringey Integrated Transitions Service.

About the Team

The Haringey Integrated Transitions Service: Steps to Adulthood is a new multi-disciplinary initiative supporting children/young people with mild to moderate mental health needs as they transition into adulthood. It bridges the gap between child and adult services by providing early intervention, continuity of care, and tailored support.
Mental health professionals will join an established team of social workers to work collaboratively with children/young people, families, and schools, delivering evidence-based interventions and promoting emotional wellbeing.
This service is designed to empower young people, enhance support networks, and improve long-term outcomes through an integrated, strengths based approach.

About You

You are a dedicated educational mental health professional with experience delivering outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people facing mild to moderate mental health challenges. You work collaboratively with young people, their families, and educators to develop tailored intervention plans and empower informed decision-making. You are skilled in conducting Mental Capacity Assessments for those aged 16 and over, monitoring progress, and integrating support around transitions, education, training, and employment. Your approach includes thorough risk assessments and clear risk management practices aligned with local procedures.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk