Assistant EMHP
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,242.40 to £25,992.40 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22581 |
Summary
Assistant Education Mental Health Practitioner
Fixed term to January 2027
North Cumbria Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)
Have you got experience of working with children and young people and are interested in working in schools with children to support their mental health and wellbeing. This role could be for you.
We have an exciting opportunity as an Assistant Education Mental Health Practitioner for a fixed term contract in our East locality team. This post will be a great development opportunity especially if you are interested in a career in working with children and young people and supporting their mental health and wellbeing such as in roles such as an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
In the East Area this will involves working in schools in Carlisle, Aspatria, Wigton, Penrith, Kirby Stephen and Appleby.
The postholder will be supporting the MHST'S provision of a high-quality service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
The role will support the delivery of whole school approach to mental health with the team in schools and work alongside trained practitioners in CBT who lead the therapeutic group interventions.
It will involve contributing to locating, preparing and utilising resources for whole school approach.
This may involve facilitating school assemblies, whole class or small groups using whole school approach resources.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Fixed term to January 2027
North Cumbria Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)
Have you got experience of working with children and young people and are interested in working in schools with children to support their mental health and wellbeing. This role could be for you.
We have an exciting opportunity as an Assistant Education Mental Health Practitioner for a fixed term contract in our East locality team. This post will be a great development opportunity especially if you are interested in a career in working with children and young people and supporting their mental health and wellbeing such as in roles such as an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP).
In the East Area this will involves working in schools in Carlisle, Aspatria, Wigton, Penrith, Kirby Stephen and Appleby.
The postholder will be supporting the MHST'S provision of a high-quality service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
The role will support the delivery of whole school approach to mental health with the team in schools and work alongside trained practitioners in CBT who lead the therapeutic group interventions.
It will involve contributing to locating, preparing and utilising resources for whole school approach.
This may involve facilitating school assemblies, whole class or small groups using whole school approach resources.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.