Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
39 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Other
To be able to work within the Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics
- Other
To be able to work autonomously within the overall framework of the Trust's policies and procedures
- Other
Able to form good working relationships with others in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency settings
- Other
Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work
- Skills
Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to service users, families, and other professionals
- Skills
Feel confident in applying policy to practice and monitoring compliance
- Skills
Good power point presentation skills, as well as good engagement skills for work with stakeholders, service users or staff groups
- Skills
Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst, appreciating the role of the supervisor
- Skills
Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manager as relevant
- Skills
Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines
- Skills
Ability to plan and organise own workload and time
- Skills
Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work
- Knowledge
An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
- Knowledge
Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence-based practice including NICE guidelines
- Knowledge
Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
- Knowledge
Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
- Knowledge
Knowledge of electronic record systems, e.g. Rio and Systmone
- Experience
Experience of working with children/young people with Mental Health or Learning Disability's
- Experience
Experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma)
- Experience
Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with mental health problems
- Experience
Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children
- Experience
Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of specialist assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person
- Experience
Experience of providing specialist, evidence based individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old
- Experience
Experience of initiating, organising, and planning inter-agency meetings or Training Sessions
- Experience
Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client group within the service and within related agencies
- Experience
Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts
- Qualifications
Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical psychology) with appropriate registration
- Qualifications
NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Qualifications
Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes (e.g. CYP-IAPT training)
- Qualifications
To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC) where appropriate
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Putting people first
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Prioritising quality
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Being professional and honest
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term in clinical interventions in CAMHS
Job summary
Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated mental health professional to join our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service as a Team Lead (Band 7). We are looking for a passionate and innovative clinician who is committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. As MHST Team Lead, you will provide both operational and clinical leadership to a multi-professional team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions within schools and educational settings. The successful candidate will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC). Working closely with the MHST Operational Manager and key partners across health, education, and local wellbeing services, you will play a pivotal role in shaping service delivery, supporting staff development, promoting clinical excellence, and ensuring children and young people have timely access to effective mental health support. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician and leader who enjoys working collaboratively, driving service improvement, and supporting teams to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people, families, and schools.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Details
- Date posted: 17 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,397 to £56,515 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: NDD-002055
- Job locations: Stapleford House, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0QX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician and leader to make a meaningful difference to the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people across Mid Essex.
Mid Essex covers a wide geographical area, and this role involves working across a range of locations, including schools, community settings, and partner organisations. The ability to travel independently and efficiently throughout the locality is therefore essential. Applicants should consider the travel requirements of the role, as public transport options may not always align with service needs across the locality.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
For an informal enquiries, please contact:
Name: Melanie Kemp
Job title: Operational Manager Mid Essex MHST
Email: melanie.kemp7@nhs.net
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 Accreditation. 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.
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This advert is for MHST Team Lead - Mid Essex with North East London NHS Foundation Trust in Ilford, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Team leader role. The advertised salary is £49397.00 to £56515.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Oct 2026.
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