MHST Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) is recruiting a Band 6 Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Peterborough Mental Health Support Team. The role delivers early interventions to children and young people in educational and healthcare settings, with supervision and development of trainee staff.

You will travel to allocated schools across the Peterborough area, work within a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to improving access to mental health support

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based mental health interventions in educational settings.
• Ability to supervise and support trainee staff and EMHPs.
• Knowledge of CBT and child/adolescent mental health practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health difficulties in schools.
• Provide supervision and clinical skills supervision to staff.
• Work autonomously within education and health care settings as part of the MHST team.

Skills

CBT

Supervision

Autonomous practice

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site 2 Phorpres Close Town Peterborough Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/11/2026

Band 6

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

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Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Peterborough Mental Health Support Team with a team base in Hampton, Peterborough.

The Senior Wellbeing Practitioner role is an opportunity to deliver evidence-based early interventions to parents and young people, working across both educational settings and healthcare sectors. This role also helps to develop and support colleagues by offering supervision and supporting trainee staff with their learning and understanding of the role. You will be part of the senior team helping to develop and improve our service to deliver effective interventions in a timely way.

Mental Health Support Teams work in collaboration with education settings to provide early intervention to children, young people and their families/carers for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

The role requires the applicant to travel around the area to allocated schools.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 9 November 2026

Main duties of the job

You will be working in a creative environment where evidence-based interventions, new ideas, ways of working and supporting children and young people (CYP) are actively encouraged. The approach requires flexibility and adaptability, and a passion for working with CYP in education settings.

The post holder will work as an autonomous Practitioner in education and health care settings alongside a team of mental health professionals and within the scope of their job description.

The post holder will carry out assessments, develop and deliver evidence-based interventions to children, young people, parents and carers. The interventions address mild to moderate mental health difficulties (anxiety, worries and fears, behaviour, low mood). Supporting staff is also a key element of this role and the post holder will offer case management supervision and clinical skills supervision.

The post holder will receive regular supervision to support them in their work.

Working for our organisation

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.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To work in an exciting service which we will be delivering across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: The Mental Health Support Team (MHST). MHSTs will be based within schools, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. You will be one of the key team members in the setup and running of this new service.

In this role you will support and provide a high-quality service to students (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will be done through the supervision and line management of trainee and qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), and through direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of young people referred to the service, utilising skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice, and knowledge of whole school approaches to mental health. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

Under the direction of the MHST Senior Clinician, be accountable and responsible for a defined clinical caseload

Provide screening, assessment, psychosocial formulations and interventions (e.g. psycho-educational interventions, Guided Self Help, CBT, solution focused work, systemic work and group support), and to measure outcomes for all interventions, for mild to moderate mental health difficulties in educational settings

Provide a service that is comprehensive and accessible to the whole school community, targeting mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people aged 4 to 19 years old

Provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability or any other protected characteristic

Support professionals in making appropriate referrals and in carrying out the mental health aspects of their own roles. To liaise closely with other professionals including colleagues in the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service, YOUnited, Paediatricians, Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health services, school counsellors, Children’s Services and other voluntary agencies

Make appropriate referrals to other service providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and redirect clients to other sources of appropriate support within the local community as required

To provide consultation as required to other professionals (such as teachers and Family Workers) around mental health issues in children and young people in educational settings

Clinically develop the provision of group work for children/young people and training for teaching staff, to include training and mentoring EMHP colleagues in order to improve the quality of the group work and training that we deliver

To work creatively with other members of the team to create training packages for teachers and support/awareness sessions for young people and parents/carers

Develop a ‘local knowledge’ of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues

To deliver psychoeducation and support to parents/carers and teachers, conveying formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language

To enhance emotional wellbeing and to promote or build resilience in children and young people through educational workshops, assemblies and PSHE lessons

Conduct risk assessments, prepare risk management