Clinical Associate in Psychology/ Senior Well-being Practitioner

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Clinical Associate in Psychology/Senior Well-being Practitioner within City & Hackney CAMHS MHST. The role involves training, consultation, assessment, formulation and interventions for children, young people and families, plus supervision to EMHPs and CWPs.

Hybrid working model with direct school engagement and CAMHS clinic work continues to develop evidence-based interventions and collaboration with partner services.

Qualifications

• PG Cert Supervision or PG Dip required.
• Registration with BABCP and/or BPS applied for.

Responsibilities

• If not already completed, complete UCL EMHP Supervisors training course starting January 2027.
• Provide supervision to junior colleagues (EMHPs and CWPs).
• Deliver training and consultation to schools and CAMHS clinics.

Skills

Supervision experience

Consultation skills

Training others

MHST experience

Education

PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing

PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

BABCP/BPS registration applied for

Job description

Clinical Associate in Psychology/ Senior Well-being Practitioner

City & Hackney CAMHS are excited to be recruiting to 1 x band 6 full time 1 year fixed term post within the Mental Health Support Team in schools (MHST).

This is a role for either a Qualified Senior Well-being Practitioner or a Clinical Associate in Psychology who has existing experience of working in a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools. The post holder will work within schools providing training, consultation, assessment, formulation and interventions for children, young people and families. They will also offer supervision to junior colleagues (Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and Child Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs).

Main duties of the job

The Mental Health Support Teams aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to helping and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. Working alongside community partners, the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.

We are ideally looking for confident and trained EMHP or CWP who has undertaken further training as a Clinical Associate in Psychology or as a Senior Well-being Practitioner and who continues to be keen to develop their skills in providing evidence based interventions to children and young people both within schools and in CAMHS clinic settings. You will have a demonstrable track record of providing collaborative and supportive interventions with children, young people, families, and parents/carers.

About us

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 - so we are looking for 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.

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 degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.

Job responsibilities

As part of this role, if you have not already completed the EMHP supervisor training, you are expected to complete the UCL EMHP Supervisors training course starting in January 2027. You will need to apply for this course at the same time as applying for this job role and your acceptance to this position would also depend on acceptance on to the course.

Closing date for applications: 10th November

Whilst the closing date for UCL applications is 17th November, you will only be shortlisted if you have successful completed and been accepted onto the UCL course. It is strongly advised that you submit an early application to prevent delay of decision. Applications take approximately 4-6 weeks to assess.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/Training

• Completed either the PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing or the PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course. Please note, all candidates without either of these qualifications will be rejected.
• Registration with BABCP and/or BPS applied for

Experience

• Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
• Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
• Experience of routine outcome monitoring
• Experience working with schools
• Experience working as part of an MHST
• Experience of service development
• Experience of consultation
• Experience of teaching/training other professionals

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
• Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
• Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.