Senior Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2025 |
| Location: | St Albans, AL4 9XR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9812-25-0532 |
Summary
The ideal candidate will be: A registered mental health practitioner with a minimum of five years experience. Able to oversee all clinical interventions and resources within the service Able to plan and lead workshops and therapeutic groups Work in partnership with schools Provide training and support to schools Provide clinical supervision and line management to Band 5,6 and 7 staff Provide learning and development opportunities for the whole team Offer a SEND consultation service to other MHSTs Have a vast experience of SEMH provisions and working with CYP who have experienced trauma. Assess and manage risk and safeguarding Able to establish and maintain effective inter-agency and inter-team communication To provide specialist assessment, intervention, advice and consultation on CYPs care to colleagues, professionals from other agencies and to other non-professional carers. Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings where there is a highly emotive atmosphere. Flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure Able to work both in a team environment and autonomously This role requires you to drive across Hertfordshire and West Essex. You must hold a full valid driving license, and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). If you do not meet both criteria, it is unlikely that you will be shortlisted for this role.For further details please contact Sarah Garvey hct.mhst@nhs.net or 01727 732031. Word versions of documents are available if needed to allow for any adaptations to be made i.e. font, colour, background, convert to Read Aloud.