Job Overview
This role is a secondment opportunity. The post holder must agree to a minimum of 12 months. The role is a senior position within the established MHST teams, providing clinical leadership and supporting the development of the MHST alongside senior colleagues within the service.
The post will support the delivery of all interventions within the MHST teams, ensuring a wide range of evidence‑based interventions, using CBT based principles and a CBT informed framework, to support young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and to ensure early help and access to specialist services is seamless and transparent. The post holder must be flexible with a clear understanding of THRIVE and how all providers and organizations build on collaborative working with children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
Main Responsibilities
* Provide line management and clinical supervision to trainee EMHPs and junior clinicians across schools.
* Support clinicians in delivering consultation, mental health assessments, and evidence‑based treatments to children, young people and families in education settings.
* Deliver support to frontline children’s services in developing capacity for early identification and intervention, promote emotional and mental health, and facilitate access to specialist CAMHS and local provision.
* Lead and manage service delivery as part of the leadership team, oversee complex cases within the early intervention remit, and supervise service delivery across a group of schools and colleges.
* Handle day‑to‑day operational running of the MHST teams, including recruitment, performance management, team meetings, and health roster management.
* Hold a caseload and act as lead professional for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings.
* Work autonomously as a practitioner, conducting assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for the child or young person.
About the Organisation
We are looking for a committed senior supervisor/MH Practitioner with a passion for working with children, young people and their families. The senior supervisor will work alongside the MHST Lead to develop the Harrow MHST service, providing supervision to junior staff, liaising and consulting with schools, ICB, and other community agencies, and ensuring the best outcomes for children with emotional difficulties. Opportunities exist to further develop leadership and strategic skills with support from senior colleagues.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please review the attached job description for more details about the role.
Person Specification – Desirable Criteria
* Access to a car or driver licence.
Education And Qualifications – Essential Criteria
* Core professional qualification (e.g., Psychology, Nursing, Social work, Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, Family Therapy). Qualified teachers also considered.
* Current professional registration with an appropriate professional body (HCPC, SSC, NMC, BACP).
* Supervision training or demonstrable experience in supervising others.
Education And Qualifications – Desirable Criteria
* Mentorship qualification.
* CYP IAPT qualification.
* CBT qualification.
Previous Experience – Essential Criteria
* Experience working with children and young people in a mental health setting.
* Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children, young people and families.
* Experience demonstrating ability to provide case‑management supervision for lower banded CAMHS workers, students, and other team professionals.
Previous Experience – Desirable Criteria
* Previous experience working in a CAMHS setting.
* Experience of teaching and training professionals.
Skills and Knowledge – Essential Criteria
* Knowledge of the educational system in England.
* Knowledge of legislation related to children and adolescents, safeguarding procedures, and policies.
* Knowledge of NHS, Social Care, and Education structures, national policies, frameworks, and evidence‑based guidelines (NICE).
* High‑level knowledge of the theory and practice of short‑term and long‑term clinical interventions in CAMHS.
* Ability to maintain accurate, timely, concise, and legible clinical records electronically and handwritten, adhering to CNWL policies.
* Ability to communicate effectively, discuss sensitive issues supportively, and challenge appropriately in a professional manner.
* Clear verbal and written communication skills, including reports and documentation.
* Understanding of the 2014 Children and Families Act in relation to children and young people with SEND.
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