Team Lead MHST

As Team Lead for the Mental Health Support Team (MHST), you will provide day-to-day clinical, operational and professional leadership, ensuring the delivery of a safe, effective and child and family-focused service for children and young people within educational settings.

You will lead, supervise and develop practitioners, creating a supportive and accountable culture that enables high-quality, timely and evidence-based care. You will promote professional development, support clinical decision-making and ensure staff feel empowered to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.

Working closely with schools, families, health colleagues, social care and voluntary sector partners, you will strengthen relationships, improve pathways and promote whole-school approaches to emotional health and wellbeing. You will also provide consultation, training and advice to education staff, parents and carers.

The postholder will ensure high standards of clinical practice, safeguarding and risk management, with care delivered in line with NICE guidance, CYP-IAPT principles and Trust policies. You will support service development, monitor performance and outcomes, and contribute to continuous quality improvement. You will also deputise for the Clinical Lead when required and play a key role in shaping the future development of the MHST service across Dorset.

At Dorset HealthCare, we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We are a forward-thinking NHS Trust providing integrated community and mental health services, specialist inpatient care and community hospital services to almost 800,000 people across Dorset.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC, we are proud of the care we provide and the difference our staff make every day. With over 7,000 colleagues, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated, everyone feels valued, and staff are supported to achieve their full potential.

As Team Lead for the Mental Health Support Team (MHST), you will join a passionate and innovative service committed to delivering high-quality, timely, child and family-focused support within educational settings. You will lead and develop a dedicated team, fostering a culture of high support and high challenge while helping to shape and improve services for children and young people.

In return, you will have opportunities to further develop your leadership skills, drive service improvement and work alongside colleagues across health, education and partner organisations. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to children, young people and families while contributing to our vision of being better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise.

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