Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Hounslow MHST)

Job overview

We are pleased to recruit to the role of Senior Wellbeing Practitioner within the Hounslow Mental Health Support Team in West London NHS Trust. The role offers the opportunity for qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioner experienced in providing supervision to trainee or qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioners to join our team. Please note that applicants are required to have both PGDip EMHP and PCert SWP qualifications to be eligible for this role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be providing clinical and skills-based supervision to qualified EMHPs and trainees, with the support of a Team Lead. Alongside this, you would be working as a senior practitioner delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families/carers within schools. The role will also include supporting Team Leads and managers with aspects of service development and operational functioning of the team.

We invite applications from qualified Senior Wellbeing Practitioners to join our team with experience working within schools who are interested to develop their supervision skills and utilise these in supporting qualified practitioners and more junior members of staff. We are looking for people who have good skills in team working, and who value working with a diverse staff group.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.