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Job requirements
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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience
Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
- Experience
Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience
Experience working with schools
- Experience
Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience
Experience of service development
- Experience
Experience of consultation
- Experience
Experience of teaching/training other professionals
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
- Education/ Qualification/Training
Completed either the PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing or the PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course. Please note, all candidates without either of these qualifications will be rejected.
- Education/ Qualification/Training
Registration with BABCP and/or BPS applied for
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Band 6 – EMHP, CWP
We are seeking to recruit an experienced senior wellbeing practitioners to join the Tower Hamlets Education Wellbeing Service (THEWS).
THEWS is a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People’s Mental Health Provision. The service has undergone recent expansion.
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
- Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
- Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
Main duties of the job
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the postholder’s training and interests), acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, project work, other tasks as/when required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidates must have completed either the PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing or the PG Dip: Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course.
For further information about this role, please contact Marsha Mungo-Okolie, Senior CAMHS Practitioner - m.mungo-okolie2@nhs.net
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.
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This advert is for Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Band 6 – EMHP, CWP with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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