MHST Team Leader

Overview

As MHST Team Lead you will supervise trainee and qualified practitioners to deliver early intervention and clinical services for children and young people. You will also manage a caseload, provide 1:1 and group interventions, and build strong links with designated school leads to support mental health and wellbeing. You will oversee a sub-team within the MHST and collaborate within a large multi-disciplinary team, contributing to a broader trust mission of high-quality care closer to home and equitable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments using diverse data sources
• Formulate and implement evidence-based psychological treatment plans
• Deliver a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, families, and groups
• Offer specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals
• Undertake risk assessment and advise on risk management
• Provide consistent clinical supervision for the team
• Maintain operational oversight of a smaller MHST sub-team
• Report to the Team Manager on team effectiveness and routine challenges

Key requirements

• Core profession in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Systemic Therapy, or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
• Registration with a UK professional body
• Experience supervising clinicians; CYP Education/Mental Health setting experience with CYP
• Desirable: SWP qualification with clinical and supervisory experience; CYP IAPT supervisor training
• Ability to travel around the borough

• ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• high level of enthusiasm and motivation
• strong communication and consultation skills with professionals and families
• expertise in specialised psychological therapies for children and families
• clinical risk assessment and safeguarding procedures
• experience with CBT-informed interventions

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