MHST Clinical Supervisor
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Dartford, DA1 2ENView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
We are seeking to recruit Supervisors (band 7) to specifically support the supervision of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) within the ...
Part of the post's requirement is that the post holder enrols on the Kings College London or Sussex University EMHP supervisor course, which will be supported and funded as part of the role.
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a government initiative to increase children and young people's access to emotional wellbeing and mental health support. They form part of the national Children and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme.
MHSTs are based in schools and colleges and support more than 470,000 children and young people nationally. They complement existing support within education settings and have three main functions:
- Targeted Intervention
- Whole School Approach
- Consultation and Liaison
Visit our website for further information about MHSTs and their services.
The teams build on support already provided by school counsellors, nurses, educational psychologists and the voluntary sector, helping children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs. They also support those with more severe needs to access appropriate services and provide links to NHS mental health teams.
We have vacancies in
- Dartford, Gravesham & Sevenoaks MHST
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Successful completion of a professional graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical psychology CBT with BABCP)
- Evidence of professional body registration in line with the CAMHS skills framework eg BABCP NMC Social Work England, HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children/young people with Mental Health or Learning Disabilities at Band 6 level.
- Experience in offering CBT therapeutic Interventions within a CYP Mental Health Setting with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
- Experience of supervising others
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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