MHST Team Lead & Supervisor

Posting date:	24 November 2025
Salary:	£56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£56276.00 - £63176.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 December 2025
Location:	London, SE6 4JF
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9334-25-1238

Summary

To enhance accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in schools. To collaborate with the newly appointed Schools Mental Health Leads to support early identification of developmental, emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people living or being educated in Lambeth. To work jointly with providers to increase their capacity to intervene following early identification through the delivery of brief evidence based interventions and through liaison, consultation, training and joint working across services. To provide clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs)) and/or Band 6 CAMHS practitioners working within school settings To be part of a multi-agency training team for schools. To function as a specialist in CYP-IAPT principles and practice for the EMHPs. To review applications to the MHST team and where required to facilitate appropriate step- up referrals to specialist CAMHS and/or access to other relevant agencies according to the level of need. To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of work undertaken, and demonstrate professional accountability at all times. To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best used. To collaboratively develop and embed the MHST programme in schools. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters