Overview
In this role you will provide operational, clinical and professional leadership to a multidisciplinary MHST across Hampshire, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based mental health support for children and young people in schools. You will oversee the EMHPs, CWPs and Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, drive service development and staff wellbeing, and work with schools and partners to implement the MHST model and Whole School Approach. This is a chance to shape child mental health provision in a growing, inclusive service.
Pay / Benefits
- Flexible working
- Permanent contract
- Band 7 salary (£49,387–£56,515) (pro rata for part-time)
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and operational management within the MHST
- Support and develop EMHPs, CWPs and the wider practitioner workforce
- Oversee delivery of evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties
- Provide clinical guidance, consultation and risk management support to staff
- Collaborate with schools, families and local community partners to implement the MHST model and Whole School Approach
- Promote high-quality, safe practices and positive outcomes for young people and education settings
- Support staff development, wellbeing and performance through supervision and professional development
- Represent psychological therapy within multi-disciplinary care settings
Key requirements
- Postgraduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (or equivalent)
- BABCP accreditation
- Qualification in a core mental health profession recognised by BABCP OR evidence of KSA route to BABCP accreditation
- Current registration with the core professional body
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Post-qualification training in clinical supervision relevant to service provision
- Substantial experience in mental health after qualification
- Experience delivering specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation, treatment) with positive outcomes
- Experience in teaching, training and supervision in a demanding organisational context
- Knowledge of safeguarding, educational environments and capacity/consent issues
- Experience of working across diverse agencies, with anxiety and mood disorders, and multicultural settings
- Demonstrable knowledge of low intensity CBT and whole school approach to mental health in education settings
- Minimum 2–4 years therapeutic work within a CYP Mental Health Setting
- Experience delivering CBT-informed supervision
- Leadership and people management
- Collaborative, cross-disciplinary communication
- Teaching, training and supervision
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Low intensity CBT interventions
- Whole School Approach to mental health in education settings
MHST Team Lead in Hampshire employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
