Job overview

We are excited to bring several opportunities to join our established Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in MFT.  You will join us as a trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) in one of our four MHST teams. 

You will be based in either Salford or North Manchester MHST, as part of the Prestwich Training Centre cohort (start date Aug/Sept 2026) OR Trafford or South Manchester MHST as part of the Edge Hill University Cohort (start date Dec/Jan 2026).  Successful candidates will be employed full-time and find themeselves working in a split post of three days clinical and two teaching days at their training site for 12 months. 

Please would you advise in your supporting information if you have a work base preference.

A permanent position is available on successful completion of the course.

Main duties of the job

In line with the government’s priority to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people, the Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role is an exciting opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors in England.

Please see attached detailed job description and person specification for full details of the role and requirements

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 
 
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.