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Educational Mental Health Practitioner National Networking Forum

Educational Mental Health Practitioner National Networking Forum
Online Forum, 3.5 CPD hours
Thu 4 Jun 2026 09:00-12:55

Positive strategies to empower and progress the role of the EMHP

As Educational Mental Health Practitioners in schools navigate rising demand, increasing complexity and evolving expectations from schools and families, this national networking forum offers a valuable opportunity to come together online, update your understanding and share real-world solutions.

This informative and supportive forum has been created with and for EMHPs working in NHS and non-NHS services. Featuring practical strategies, boundary-setting, creativity within remit and sustainable career development – this is a great opportunity to exchange real-world insights, benchmark your experience and leave with ideas you can implement immediately.

Sponsored by Silvercloud    

Strengthening EMHP practice

As an online and interactive forum, you will receive guidance on how to strengthen your practice, manage expectations, and clarify your professional progression. An excellent morning for:

  • Being creative within the clinical remit while maintaining evidence-based practice
  • Managing the gap between early intervention services and CAMHS
  • Setting realistic expectations to help manage demand, capacity and risk in practice
  • Focusing on the importance of self-care and how to set boundaries to protect yourself

Education and inspiration

By coming together with fellow EMHPs as well as expert speakers, you will be provided with an invaluable opportunity to ask your burning questions, network and share best practice. As an exceptionally engaging online forum, you will have the opportunity to

  • Connect with fellow professionals to share challenging cases, creative insights and solutions to being overwhelmed
  • Refresh your approach with practical ideas for managing boundaries and setting expectations
  • Gain actionable takeaways from expert speakers who will support you in navigating real-world settings 
  • Reignite team purpose with ideas on managing the intervention gap and building strong relationships 

Thanks to the sponsor

SBK Healthcare would like to thank SilverCloud by Amwell for sponsoring this unique forum.

Opportunities to sponsor

Talking Therapies National Networking Forums enable providers of Talking Therapy technology and treatments to support healthcare professionals. If you would like to sponsor this forum please email Vanessa Pearce or call 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.



9:00
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Georgina Shires, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist & Supervisor and Specialist Lecturer, Psychological Therapies Training Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
EMHP role in practice
9:40
EMHP in complex real-world settings: Creativity within the clinical remit
  • Are interventions addressing root problems? Exploring CBT model adherence vs practical follow-through
  • Making your sessions more engaging: guidance on how to be creative while staying within the clinical remit
  • Engaging parents: setting realistic expectations and the benefit of online parent groups
Nicolina Mustafaj, Educational Mental Health Practitioner, Fearn O’Hara and Jo Ordish, Mental Health Practitioners, Alder Hey - Sefton CAMHS
10:05
Questions and answers with your speakers
10:10
Interactive discussion: Benchmarking your EMHP practical experiences
  • What challenging types of case presentations are you seeing?
  • How have you been creative, but stayed within the clinical remit?
  • What real-life management strategies have you implemented?
10:30
Feedback from interactive discussion: Benchmarking your EMHP practical experiences
10:40
Using SilverCloud by Amwell's clinical robust digital tools to deliver CBT interventions
Sam Lane, Senior Product Manager, SilverCloud by Amwell
10:50
Questions and answer with Sam Lane
10:55
Opportunity to meet your industry partners in breakout rooms
11:05
Screen break
Responding to growing demand
11:15
Setting boundaries and staying safe within the Mental Health Support Team
  • Exploring the three areas MHSTs perform: interventions, consultations and whole school approach
  • Setting the boundaries, not going outside of the model and working with patients: staying safe and early intervention
  • Whole school approach: supporting neurodivergent children and undiagnosed SEND
Lynsey Roocroft, Associate Head - Social Work and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University
11:40
Questions and answers with your speaker
11:45
Screen break
Workforce sustainability
11:55
The importance of self-care: how to set boundaries and protect yourself from burnout
  • Overwhelm and expectations: what are the challenges of an EMHP?
  • Job planning and timing tasks: importance of diarising your admin and breaks
  • Self-care: how to protect yourself in day-to-day work life
  • Role of support and supervision: how practitioners are sustained
Georgina Shires, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist & Supervisor and Specialist Lecturer, Psychological Therapies Training Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
12:20
Questions and answers with your speaker
12:25
Interactive discussion: Managing the emotional toll: boundary setting and supervision quality
  • When have you felt overwhelmed and how do you protect yourself from burnout?
  • How do you go about setting boundaries and relaying the role of the EMHP?
  • What does good supervision look like in practice?
  • What has helped you stay in the profession?
12:45
Feedback from interactive discussion: Managing the emotional toll: boundary setting and supervision quality
12:55
Chair’s closing remarks and close of morning

Expert advice

Receive expert guidance on how to strengthen your practice, manage expectations, and clarify your professional progression with:

Georgina Shires

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist & Supervisor and Specialist Lecturer
Psychological Therapies Training Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Fran Green

Educational Mental Health Practitioner
Alder Hey - Sefton CAMHS

Nicolina Mustafaj

Educational Mental Health Practitioner
Alder Hey - Sefton CAMHS

Lynsey Roocroft

Associate Head - Social Work and Wellbeing
Edge Hill University
Biography

Calling all EMHPs

This online forum has been designed for Educational Mental Health Practitioners working across NHS Talking Therapies, Mental Health Support Teams and non-NHS partner organisations.

Book your place to join fellow:

  • Educational Mental Health Practitioners
  • Senior EMHPs
  • Clinical Supervisors
  • Service Managers
  • Mental Health Support Team Leads

Audience experience

Over the past two years the CWP National Networking Forum has delivered supportive and engaging online forums that have been very well received. Now it is the turn of Educational Mental Health Practitioners. Take a look at just some of the feedback from the last two years:

“They all presented brilliantly and confidently“
- Children's Wellbeing Practitioner, Hampshire CAMHS 2026
“Great for networking and finding out how the role is embedded in services across the country”
- Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 2026
“Very well organised forum, I felt the day ran very smoothly. Interesting and relevant presentations by passionate and experienced people. Really enjoyed the day!”
- Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 2025
“It was a very positive experience. The presentations were interesting and inspiring. All of the staff facilitating the day were supportive and worked really hard to facilitate interesting discussion”
- Trainee Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, HCRG Care Group 2025
“Really professional and friendly. Enjoyed hearing from all of the speakers, who were extremely knowledgeable and covered a wide range of relevant topics”
- Senior Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust 2025

Meet our industry partner




SilverCloud by Amwell a leading provider of evidence-based digital mental and behavioural healthcare solutions. Supporting 80% of NHS Talking Therapies Services, with up to 70% clinical recovery rates.

Why sponsor this forum?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing talking therapies forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully  immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk