MHST Senior Practitioner

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Senior MHST Practitioner to support early intervention for children and young people in Greenwich schools. The role involves delivering evidence‑based 1:1 and group interventions and working closely with education colleagues to embed a whole school approach to mental health.

Successful candidates will support the MHST service development and supervision of the MHST workforce, with a pathway to the Education Mental Health Practitioner supervision

Qualifications

• Candidates should have worked previously in mental health clinical settings.
• Ideally have CAMHS and supervision experience.
• Experience working with schools and education partners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
• Work jointly with education colleagues to support the whole school approach.
• Provide supervision and development for the MHST workforce.
• Support EMHP workforce through supervision course integration.

Skills

Mental health clinical settings

Supervision experience

Education collaboration

Education

EMHP supervision course

Job description

Mental Health Support Teams work with children, young people and families across schools in Greenwich.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual with a passion for early intervention and prevention. Candidates should have worked previously in mental health clinical settings and ideally have some CAMHS and supervision experience.

Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting National initiative, working in collaboration with education settings, to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

There is a focus on early intervention, improving access and supporting the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing within schools. Oxleas MHST work within a Thrive framework alongside education colleagues and community partners,

Please note we welcome applicants who have not completed the EMHP supervision course.

There will be an expectation that successful candidates, who have not completed the course, commence the fully funded one year supervision course at Kings College London from January 2027.

Previous applicants need not apply.

The MHST Senior Practitioner role supports the delivery of evidence‑based 1:1 and group interventions for children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health need.

The role requires joint working and close liaison with education colleagues to support the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing within school settings, facilitating appropriate signposting to other services as required. The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery and development of a quality MHST service within Oxleas.

The MHST Senior Practitioners, together with MHST Lead practitioners, offer support and supervision to the MHST workforce and it is an expectation of the role that the post holder have completed, or are willing to complete, the required Education Mental Health Practitioner supervision course in order to appropriately support the EMHP workforce.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Linda Adedayo Job title: Greenwich MHST Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07710009452