At a Glance
- Tasks: Support mental health in schools, delivering assessments and interventions for children and families.
- Company: Join the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in mental health support.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team dedicated to creating safe and inclusive school communities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in young people's lives while promoting mental wellbeing in schools.
- Qualifications: Postgraduate diploma in Wellbeing Practice or relevant core profession qualification required.
The predicted salary is between 47951 - 56863 £ per year.
Senior MHST Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Company
Company: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior MHST Practitioner to join the Lambeth Mental Health Support Team.
We are looking for a12 month fixed-term maternity coverfrom August 2026 to August 2027.
You must have completed the Senior Wellbeing Practice Postgraduate Diploma ORhave a qualification in another core profession for example: Art, Music or Drama Psychotherapy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology.
You will need to have a professional registration with the relevant statutory body (e. g. BABCP, HCPC, SWE or NMC).
The successful candidates will be working with schools to improve mental health outcomes for children, young people and their families, including planning and delivering activities as part of a whole school/college approach, providing assessment and intervention using evidence-based approaches and providing guided signposting and liaison with other services.
- Work as part of the Lambeth MHST to manage a defined caseload.
- Complete holistic assessments, and provide evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.
- Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a school's whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
- Provide consultation and guided signposting to education settings.
- Be expected to provide case management and clinical skills supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service (if applicable).
- Be able to work flexibly across a range of education providers. Promote the participation of children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community.
- Promote equity, diversity and inclusion within their own role, the MHST and school communities, contributing to enabling other staff, children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
Lambeth MHST mission statement
Through early support and working with children, young people, families and staff, we help to enable healthy minds and thriving school communities.
We offer a safe space to work with you collaboratively and with transparency.
We value who you are and where you are.
We are an early intervention service supporting mild to moderate mental health needs in 60 primary and secondary schools in Lambeth.
Our service will continue to expand to cover all schools in Lambeth by 2029.
The team is consists of multidisciplinary professionals who come from a variety of training backgrounds bringing in a wealth of experience and expertise.
This includes: Systemic Family Therapist, Systemic Family Practitioners, Social Work, Education Psychologists, Arts Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapy, CBT Therapists, Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, Education Mental Health Practitioners, Quality Assurance and Communications Lead and Senior Administrative Support.
Our main office is at Liz Atkinson Children's Centre but we also work across several MHST schools in Lambeth. We offer flexibility and home working.
- Work as part of the Lambeth MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.
- Plan and deliver whole school activities, as part of a school’s whole school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
- Provide consultation and guided signposting to education settings.
Be expected to provide Case Management and Clinical Skills Supervision to qualified and/or trainee EMHPs within the service (if applicable).
- Be able to work flexibly across a range of education providers.
- Promote the participation of children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community.
- Promote equity, diversity and inclusion within their own role, the MHST and school communities, contributing to enabling other staff, children, young people, families, carers and the wider school community from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
A further detailed job description is attached.
- This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Sep 2026
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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