Location

This role is based in North East Essex during your training year, supporting children and young people across:

• Colchester
• Tendring

Ready to Make a Difference?

This is more than a training programme. It's an opportunity to launch a fulfilling career while helping children and young people access the support they need to thrive.

Join us and become part of a passionate team committed to transforming mental health support in schools and shaping brighter futures for young people across Essex.

Main Duties of the Job

Clinical Duties

As a Trainee EMHP, your responsibilities will include:

• Under supervision, assess and manage a caseload of children and young people (CYP).
• Deliver low-intensity, evidence-based interventions such as guided self-help, group sessions.
• Deliver assemblies in schools and psychoeducation to parents, staff and young people.
• Collaborate with CYP, families, and educators to co-produce care plans and agree on treatment outcomes.
• Conduct risk assessments and follow safeguarding procedures.
• Promote inclusive, anti-discriminatory practices and engage with issues of power, diversity, and equity.

Training And Development

• Attend and complete all academic components of the Postgraduate Diploma.
• Engage in university-based teaching, self-directed study, and supervised practice placements.
• Apply course content to clinical work and demonstrate progression through assessments and supervision.
• Participate in reflective practice and personal development to enhance clinical competence.

Teamwork And Leadership

• Participate in service development, audits, and quality improvement projects.
• Share knowledge through supervision, peer learning, and training activities.

Administrative And Communication Duties

• Maintain accurate and confidential documentation.
• Communicate effectively with CYP, families, colleagues, and external partners.
• Support caseload planning and administration.
• Contribute to the development of clinical and training materials.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Successful candidates will be offered a full-time educational programme specifically for the role. The course fees are fully funded (with employees signing a training contract), and the salary support 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 successful completion of training, with a starting salary projected to be based on the NHS AfC Band 5 scale. For the training year, successful candidates will be employed by NELFT based in educational settings in across Essex. Due to the vast area covered by North East Essex, including rural and urban school sites, an ability to travel independently to school settings and university is essential.

Please note: The EMHP posts are training positions subject to 18 months fixed term contracts, successful candidates will be expected to travel to the University of East Anglia in the first year to complete their training.

Please note the training will be provided by University of East Anglia (UEA). 100% attendance is required to complete the course, please only proceed to application if you are able to meet this requirement.

Face To Face Interviews Will Be Completed By NELFT. Please Do Not Apply If You Cannot Attend Face To Face On One Of The Following Dates

• 26th October
• 27th October
• 28th October

Working for Us

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 and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by

the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being

properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters

will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will

undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which

will include mandatory training, systems training and the

allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will

have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior

managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on

engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The

induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable

to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility

under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic

salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not

included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Please See The Attached Job Description And Person Specification

for more information about this role and working at North East

London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this

when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the

criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as

possible as some posts close early to limit the number of

applications.

Name: Peta Waterman

Job title: Team Lead

Email: peta.waterman2@nhs.net