MHST Team Lead - Mid Essex

NHS Jobs; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT is seeking an MHST Team Lead to provide clinical and operational leadership for a Mental Health Support Team delivering high-quality support for children and young people in educational settings.

You will supervise staff, oversee governance and performance, deliver specialist assessments and interventions, and build strong partnerships with schools, CAMHS and social care, contributing to service development and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading MHST or similar mental health teams.
• Experience delivering evidence-based mental health interventions for children.
• Ability to work within educational settings and partner with schools.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the MHST.
• Oversee day-to-day management, performance and governance.
• Deliver specialist assessments, consultation and interventions for children and families.
• Support delivery of MHST interventions including group programmes and whole school activities.
• Monitor quality, safety, outcomes and compliance with standards.
• Build effective partnerships with schools, CAMHS and social care.
• Contribute to service development and workforce development initiatives.
• Promote a positive team culture and model Trust values.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical leadership

Staff supervision

Governance & quality

Job description

Main Duties of the Job

As MHST Team Lead, you will provide clinical and operational leadership to a Mental Health Support Team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based mental health support for children and young people within educational settings.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, supervising, and supporting MHST staff to deliver safe and effective care.
• Overseeing the day-to-day management, performance, and governance of the service.
• Delivering specialist assessments, consultation, and therapeutic interventions for children, young people, and families.
• Supporting the delivery of MHST interventions, including guided self-help, group programmes, workshops, and Whole School Approach activities.
• Monitoring quality, safety, outcomes, and compliance with Trust, CQC, and NICE standards.
• Building effective partnerships with schools, CAMHS, social care, and other community services.
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement, audit, and workforce development initiatives.
• Promoting a positive team culture and acting as a role model for the Trust's values and behaviours.

For an informal enquiries, please contact: Name: Melanie Kemp Job title: Operational Manager Mid Essex MHST Email: [e-mail]

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.

All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating.

NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities.

We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients.

We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditati

Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• 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.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience. We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.