EMHP Trainee (after training completed: MHST School Practitioner)
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £33,094 - £36,195 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 5BA |
| Company: | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7469380/260-TP-989 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
EMHP Trainee (after training completed: MHST School Practitioner)
Band 4 – 1 x Training post within: Mental Health Support Team [MHST], once training completed, move to Band 5.
Permanent Post
January 2026 –January 2027 – Training.
Camden Mental Health Support [MHST] Team have an exciting opportunity to recruit a EMHP Trainee to join their team(s) as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).
CYP-PT is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into practical clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.
Please note: The position could be based at differing sites, to include: Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Lane, LONDON, NW3 5BA and/or Ampthill Square, 219 Eversholt Street, LONDON, NW1 1DR and/or Camden Primary and Secondary Schools, successful candidates will be expected to travel to Anna Freud in North London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year.
Successful candidates will enrol in a full-time professional training programme to become qualified EMHPs. The course fees are fully funded, and the salary for the job post will be funded at NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) at beginning Band 4. You will gain credits towards completing with a postgraduate degree diploma level qualification, plus guaranteed employment on completion of training, with a starting salary projected to be based on the NHS AfC Band 5 scale.
Course start date likely to start: Monday 19thJanuary 2026
Application Process:
In addition to applying for this position, candidates must secure a place on the Educational Mental Health Practitioner PG Dip course at UCL. Please complete a separate application for the university course as soon as possible. UCL EMHP January 2026 cohort link:IPP login screen
As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by Anna Freud and UCL, your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.
Due to the high volume of applications, we may close this position before the closing date.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2025
EMHP Trainee (after training completed: MHST School Practitioner)
Band 4 – 1 x Training post within: Mental Health Support Team [MHST], once training completed, move to Band 5.
Permanent Post
January 2026 –January 2027 – Training.
Camden Mental Health Support [MHST] Team have an exciting opportunity to recruit a EMHP Trainee to join their team(s) as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).
CYP-PT is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into practical clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.
Please note: The position could be based at differing sites, to include: Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Lane, LONDON, NW3 5BA and/or Ampthill Square, 219 Eversholt Street, LONDON, NW1 1DR and/or Camden Primary and Secondary Schools, successful candidates will be expected to travel to Anna Freud in North London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year.
Successful candidates will enrol in a full-time professional training programme to become qualified EMHPs. The course fees are fully funded, and the salary for the job post will be funded at NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) at beginning Band 4. You will gain credits towards completing with a postgraduate degree diploma level qualification, plus guaranteed employment on completion of training, with a starting salary projected to be based on the NHS AfC Band 5 scale.
Course start date likely to start: Monday 19thJanuary 2026
Application Process:
In addition to applying for this position, candidates must secure a place on the Educational Mental Health Practitioner PG Dip course at UCL. Please complete a separate application for the university course as soon as possible. UCL EMHP January 2026 cohort link:IPP login screen
As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by Anna Freud and UCL, your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.
Due to the high volume of applications, we may close this position before the closing date.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2025