We are seeking to recruit an experienced senior wellbeing practitioner to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People’s Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.
Core Functions
1. Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
2. Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
3. Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP get the right support and stay in education.
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. It provides clinical supervision to practitioners within the team, holds a small caseload of clinical work (based on the postholder’s training and interests), acts as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, engages in project work and other tasks as/when required.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – we seek people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
THEWS is part of the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based in Whitechapel, East London. In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate. The service embraces continual improvement and well‑being of the staff and has a high enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Qualifications
The successful candidates must have completed either the PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing or the PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course.
For further information about this role, please contact Marsha Mungo-Okolie, Senior CAMHS Practitioner - m.mungo-okolie2@nhs.net
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026
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