MHST Highly Specialist Clinician & Supervisor | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health organization in Greater London is seeking a Senior Mental Health Clinician to join their Mental Health Support Team in Schools. The role will involve delivering high-quality mental health services to children and families, conducting clinical assessments, and developing treatment plans. Collaborating with educational institutions, the clinician will also support service development and provide training. This community-based position requires skillful engagement across sectors, emphasizing a positive approach to mental health in schools.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing mental health support in community or educational settings.
• Senior experience in mental health practice and team leadership.
• Ability to develop training programmes and evaluate interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions to students and staff.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Support curriculum initiatives for promoting mental health.

Skills

Evidence-based therapeutic interventions

Clinical assessments

Risk assessment

Team collaboration

Service development

Education

Relevant clinical qualification

Job description

The post holder will join Camden’s Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in Schools. This is a preventative and early intervention service that provides high quality support to children, young people, and families, presenting with mild – moderate mental health struggles. Support to schools includes delivering evidence-based interventions through universal (e.g. whole school approach), targeted (e.g. class or small group intervention) and individual one-to-one therapeutic support. It also includes providing consultation, advice and sign‑posting. Our work endeavours to join with schools in the promotion of a positive ethos and culture surrounding the social, emotional, and mental health of the entire school community.

MHST Highly Specialist Clinicians and Supervisors hold their own clinical caseload and undertake comprehensive clinical assessments and develop formulations to guide treatment plans that are outcome focused, and evidence-based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. The post also involves holding a Senior Link role with a patch of schools and working jointly with MHST School Practitioners to develop and sustain working relationships with the school community by supporting the Designated Mental Health Leads as well as providing advice, sign‑posting and consultation. To expand the team’s service offer the post holder will take a lead role in service development initiatives, evaluation, develop training programmes and other intervention packages in keeping with service objectives. A key responsibility of this post is providing internal team support through individual and group supervision. The post holder will be required to hold some risk, therefore will complete comprehensive risk assessments and respond appropriately.

This is a community-based post, with most of the work taking place in school settings or other community settings. The post holder must be able to work collaboratively with other members of the team, staff from other teams as well as with our allied partners across education, health, social care and the charity sector.

As a highly specialist and senior member of the team, the role will involve taking up delegated managerial tasks.

Please kindly refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details of the role.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025.