MHS Team Lead & Supervisor – Overview
Join to apply for the MHS Team Lead & Supervisor role at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical or Educational Psychologist, Arts, Occupational or Systemic Therapist with a background of working with education settings and/or experience in child and adolescent mental health, to work within a growing multi‑disciplinary Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST). You will use your knowledge, skills and experience to supervise trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) and contribute to the general service development and functioning. You will also work closely with families, as well as colleagues in CAMHS, the Local Authority, education settings and other local services. You will be required to undertake, complete and pass the supervisors course at Kings (KCL) and will need to complete an application for the course alongside this job application. The course is based at Kings College London, is offered online or at the Denmark Hill campus and will commence in 2025.
Responsibilities
* Lead one of four established Mental Health Support Teams in Lewisham.
* Supervise trainee and qualified EMHPs and band 6 practitioners.
* Contribute in multi‑disciplinary team discussions and service development.
* Act as a link worker for MHST schools.
* Facilitate whole‑school approach workshops.
We are an early intervention service supporting mild to moderate mental health needs in 60 primary and secondary schools across Lewisham. Our service will be expanding to more schools in 2026. The team currently consists of 2 Clinical Leads and 4 Team Leads. As a Team Lead you would oversee the work of senior wellbeing and link practitioners, 4 Education Mental Health Practitioners and trainees.
About our locations: Our main office is at Kaleidoscope, and we also work across several MHST schools in Lewisham. We offer flexibility and home working.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Zoe McLeod; Job title: Clinical Service Lead Mental Health Support Team; Email: zoe.mcleod@slam.nhs.uk; Telephone: 07860704651
David Linford; Clinical Service Lead Mental Health Support Team; Email: david.linford@slam.nhs.uk; Telephone: 07970 760 794
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