Senior Clinical Practitioner - Salford Thrive in Education

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity exists for a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner to join a growing team providing vital support to children and young people with mental health challenges. This permanent full-time position at the NHS will involve delivering CBT interventions, managing caseloads, and participating in clinical supervision within educational environments across Manchester.

Qualifications

• Registered with a professional body.
• Experience delivering CBT to children and young people.
• Proven experience managing a complex caseload.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality CBT-informed interventions in educational settings.
• Manage own caseload including assessments and therapeutic interventions.
• Provide clinical supervision to team members.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Team Leadership

Communication

Mental Health Assessment

Risk Assessment

Education

CBT PG Diploma

RMN/RSCN/RNMH/Clinical Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/SALT

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about helping young people with mental health problems in an education based outreach service as part of the national Mental Health Support Team programme?

This is an opportunity to work as part of an innovative, expanding early intervention team delivering CBT informed interventions in education setting across Manchester. We are looking for registered professionals including, registered and accredited CBT therapists ideally with an interest/experience in team leadership and supervision.

Manchester Thrive in Education are a Mental Health Support Team who work with Children, Young People and Families aged up to 18 years and who present with a wide range of mental health difficulties. This service is provided across the city in a variety of educational settings including further education colleges, the office base is at the Powerhouse Moss Side, Manchester.We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner who is able to work autonomously at Band 7, within a multi-disciplinary team. You must have significant and demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable people and families, who present with mental health needs and often risk to self and or others. The role involves team leader responsibilities to support the service manager and line management/clinical supervision of team members including trainee EMHPs.

Main duties of the job

You must have a working knowledge of CAMHS and or adult mental health and have an understanding of assessing mental health needs and levels of risk, including safeguarding and self-harm. You must have a demonstrable range of skills and knowledge base to deliver clinical aspects of the role and be competent to do this work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practice guidelines and a structured supervision framework. Experience of delivering and a qualification CBT IAPT interventions and supervision of low intensity practitioners is desirable.

You will manage your own caseload, providing a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and therapeutic interventions. You will also be required to complete team leader duties, offer supervision to team members at all levels. Including consultation and training to education colleagues and support to improve the whole setting approach to mental health.

You must be confident and experienced in communication, due to the high level of liaison needed between MTiE and other services and be willing to work flexible hours in accordance with the needs of the young people and education settings.This post is a clinical post and the expectation of time management is that the majority of time will be spent in face to face clinical practice.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Details Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

349-MCH-7188294-RL4

Job locations

Salford Thrive in Education

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX

Job description Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Job description Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification Registration Essential

• You must be registered with or eligible for accreditation & registration with a professional body

Qualifications Essential

• You must have a recognised qualification in: RMN/RSCN/RNMH/Clinical Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/SALT/CBT PG Diploma

Desirable

• ADOS trained
• Low intensity CBT Certificate in supervision skills
• Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions

Experience Essential

• Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
• Extensive experience of delivering CBT to children and young people.
• Experience of working with hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
• Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
• Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, care plans, interventions/therapy and effective use of ROMS.
• Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
• Experience of mentoring and supervision of others using CBT, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures

Desirable

• Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
• Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
• Relevant experience and training in multi-disciplinary assessments of ASD in children and adolescents
• Experience of working with children and young people with autism and social communication difficulties.

Person Specification Registration Essential

• You must be registered with or eligible for accreditation & registration with a professional body

Qualifications Essential

• You must have a recognised qualification in: RMN/RSCN/RNMH/Clinical Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/SALT/CBT PG Diploma

Desirable

• ADOS trained
• Low intensity CBT Certificate in supervision skills
• Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions

Experience Essential

• Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
• Extensive experience of delivering CBT to children and young people.
• Experience of working with hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
• Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
• Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, care plans, interventions/therapy and effective use of ROMS.
• Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
• Experience of mentoring and supervision of others using CBT, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures

Desirable

• Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
• Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
• Relevant experience and training in multi-disciplinary assessments of ASD in children and adolescents
• Experience of working with children and young people with autism and social communication difficulties.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Thrive in Education

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Thrive in Education

Pendleton Gateway

Salford

M6 5FX

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)