MHST Senior Clinician and Supervisor - Mid Essex | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organization is seeking an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join their team. You will be responsible for supervising junior staff, managing a clinical caseload, and delivering targeted psychological interventions. Applicants should have a UK Professional Registration and a strong background in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Join a compassionate team focused on improving community mental health outcomes. Flexible working options available.

Qualifications

• Must have UK Professional Registration.
• Experience in delivering evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Understanding of low intensity interventions necessary.

Responsibilities

• Hold a clinical caseload and supervise junior staff and trainee EMHPs.
• Work with partner agencies to develop training materials.
• Manage caseload and conduct thorough assessments and reviews.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Clinical supervision

Assessment and care planning

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) experience

Education

Graduate qualified health care professional

CBT Therapist qualification

Job description

Overview

NELFT is the largest providers of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST’s) in England.

The MHSTs deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions in educational settings for children experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties aged 5 to 18 years old. The teams also have a strong focus on whole school approaches to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people.

The Mid Essex MHST covers a large geographical area incorporating the districts of Braintree, Chelmsford, and Maldon. We are an early intervention and prevention evidence-based service and as a team we are supportive and passionate in what we deliver. We are a friendly team of professionals who come from multidisciplinary backgrounds. We recognise the needs for a healthy work life balance, and we will consider flexible working applications in line with the trust policies and process. We encourage Continual Professional Development (CPD) and are keen to support our staff to grow and progress.

We are a welcoming, compassionate and considerate team, that work incredibly hard to support one another to improve the mental health of our community.

The successful applicant will be enrolled on the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Services supervisor course. This training is funded as part of the MHST program and a fundamental requirement for the post.

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with a UK Professional Registration to join our MHST.

Role and Responsibilities

In this post, you will be a senior clinical team member, holding a clinical caseload and supervising junior staff and trainee EMHPs. You will work alongside partner agencies to develop and co-produce training materials and support the delivery of whole school approach models for mental health.

• Work in partnership with schools, CYP, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
• Support the Locality Clinical Lead with the formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, CYP using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service, individual and group.
• Effectively manage a caseload of CYP with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, complete thorough assessments, risk assessments, care plans and reviews.
• Provide caseload management and supervision to Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioners and Senior Mental Health Practitioners.
• Support in the delivery of evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
• To work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team within your locality but also with other MHSTs within Essex.
• To be able to work as part of a team and autonomously.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

• We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
• These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Base

The Mid Essex MHST have a nominal base of Stapleford House in Chelmsford. As agile workers the successful applicant will be required to travel to various NELFT offices and educational settings across the MHST's.

Supervision and Qualifications

We are seeking to recruit Supervisors to specifically support the supervision of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) within the MHSTs. These post holders must have a good understanding of CBT and have clinically practiced using this model. We want our post holder to be able to lead by example in clinical practice and be able to support junior staff to develop their skills and knowledge of the evidence bases for our low intensity interventions.

The Senior Clinician will be a graduate qualified health care professional, and ideally have formal CBT training for example:

• Qualified CBT Therapist
• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
• Children and Young People-IAPT (CYP-IAPT)
• Or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinical experience which includes CPD in delivering evidence-based psychological interventions.

Applicants need to be fully registered/accredited with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC, BABCP).

This Senior Clinician and Supervisor role will work closely with the MHST Locality Clinical Leads, the MHST Operational Manager, and other clinical colleagues/partner agencies.

The role is predominantly supervisory. However, the post holder will deliver clinical interventions, both targeted and under the Whole School Approach, to maintain professional registrations and continue to develop. The post holder will need to remain current in evidence-based interventions and have a good working knowledge of CBT. Supervisors are also key to service development in progressing and adapting interventions to ensure we are an inclusive service and contributing to research and development of the MHSTs nationally.

Please see person specification and job description for full details and responsibilities required for this role.

Additional Information

Certificates of Sponsorship: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

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This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025