MHST Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust; Ely; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, East Cambs MHST, is seeking an experienced Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join our expanding MHSTs in education settings. You will support Trainee and Qualified EMHPs, deliver evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and work closely with the MHST Clinical and Team Lead.

Successful applicants will be supported to complete the UEA MHST Supervisor Course in 2027; registration at

Qualifications

• Deliver evidence-based CBT interventions for children and young people in education settings.
• Support Trainee and Qualified EMHPs to deliver mental health interventions.
• Work within education environments to improve access to specialist services.

Responsibilities

• Support Trainee and Qualified EMHPs to deliver evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health difficulties
• To deliver evidence-based support for children and young people in education settings, utilising skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice, and knowledge of Whole School and College Approach to mental health
• Working with and within education environments to provide better access to specialist mental health services
• Supervise Trainee and Qualified EMHPs
• Practice in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards

Skills

CBT techniques

EMHP supervision

Education

UEA MHST Supervisor Course

Tools

CBT practice materials

Job description

Location: East Cambridge

Start date: January 2027

Are you an experienced MHST practitioner ready to take the next step in your career? We are excited to offer opportunities for passionate, skilled clinicians to join us as Senior Wellbeing Practitioners. This is a fantastic chance to influence local mental health provision, support EMHPs, and shape the growth of our developing MHSTs.

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking, supportive service committed to improving outcomes for children and young people in education settings. Successful applicants will also be supported to complete the UEA MHST Supervisor Course in 2027.

You do not need to be registered at the point of applying.

As a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, the successful candidate will work closely with the MHST Clinical and Team Lead and Senior Clinicians, to ensure success of the MHST

• Support Trainee and Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) to deliver evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education settings with mild to moderate mental health difficulties
• To deliver evidence-based support for children and young people in education settings, utilising skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice, and knowledge of Whole School and College Approach to mental health
• Working with and within education environments to provide better access to specialist mental health services
• Supervise Trainee and Qualified EMHPs
• Practice in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding - and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 15th October 2026

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nina Bradley Job title: Clinical and Team lead - East Cambs MHST Email address: [e-mail]