Senior Clinical Supervisor

Job overview

Dorset Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) are looking for an exceptional Senior Clinical Supervisors to join the service.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced clinician who thrives on collaboration, professional development and service improvement. Working as one of four Senior Clinical Supervisors, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening supervisory practice, ensuring children, young people and families receive high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate support.

You will provide expert clinical supervision, consultation and leadership to Supervisors and Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, promoting reflective practice, professional curiosity and confident decision-making. Alongside your supervisory role, you will maintain a small clinical caseload, delivering specialist interventions to children, young people and families with more complex mental health needs.

This role is ideal for an innovative and motivated professional who is committed to trauma-informed, attachment-aware and child-centred practice and who is passionate about developing the practice of others.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

You will provide expert clinical supervision, consultation and leadership to Supervisors and Senior Wellbeing Practitioners across Dorset MHSTs, promoting high-quality, evidence-based and child-centred practice. Through coaching, mentoring and reflective supervision, you will support colleagues to confidently manage clinical complexity, safeguarding concerns, risk and multi-agency working.

Alongside a small clinical caseload, you will deliver specialist assessments and evidence-based interventions for children, young people and families with more complex mental health needs. You will work collaboratively with schools, families and partner agencies to improve outcomes and ensure support is responsive and effective.

As a senior member of the service, you will contribute to quality improvement, service development and clinical governance activities, using research, outcome data and innovation to strengthen practice. You will be a positive role model, helping to develop a skilled, confident workforce and promoting a culture of learning, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.