Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) x 4

About this role

We’re currently recruiting 4 full-time Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) to work directly with young people in our Croydon Mental Health Support Team (MHST). For this post you need to have an Undergraduate degree, second class or above, in a mental health of child development 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; etc).

We are also looking for people with an open and flexible attitude; excellent engagement skills and a passion for working with children and young people around mental health. Responsibilities include offering CBT based, self-guided mental health interventions to primary and secondary aged children and young people and their families. This involves individual and group-based support directly with young people, parent-led support, and supporting schools to implement a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing.

The posts have scope and opportunity for developing new initiatives and ways of working to support young people’s mental health across South London. All posts are based on-site (office/school) and may require flexibility to work across different service areas and interventions. Some evening and/or weekend work may be necessary to meet the needs of young people. This is a training position where the post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in service for Off The Record.

Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early January 2027 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date. Shortlisted candidates will also need to submit an application form to KCL for a place on the Postgraduate Diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice (CWP). Please see links below. The full Job Description and Person Specification are attached. Applying for the Posts To be considered for the position, the Application Form need to be completed and return via email to email address on the application by the end of Sunday 20th September 2026.