Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Team Practitioner to support the MHST Clinical/Professional Team Lead and other colleagues in providing a low-intensity psychological therapies service for children, young people, and their families in schools and colleges.

• To support the MHST Clinical/Professional Team Lead in providing professional and clinical leadership within their area of responsibility.
• To deliver face-to-face interventions with young people and their families in a range of community settings, including patient homes, schools, health centres, and community centres.
• The successful candidate will use a combination of face-to-face, virtual, and telephone-based working
• To work in partnership with education settings to complement existing provision and support Mental Health Leads in further developing and delivering their whole-school approach.
• To offer consultation, advice, support, and signposting.
• To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues to children, young people, and families
• To oversee the formulation and intervention plans for schools, parents, children, and young people being supported by Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and registered practitioners, using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service through both individual and group work.

Main duties of the job

• Work in partnership with schools/colleges, to support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.
• Provide a range of information and support to schools for evidence based psychological, social emotional and systemic interventions, including guided self-help and signposting to other services where appropriate.
• To provide professional/clinical supervision to Registered Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners along with other professional/clinical supervisors in the team.
• To support the EMHPs, Registered Practitioners and Assistant Practitioners to liaise with other education, health, social care and voluntary community sector staff from a range of agencies, in the care provided to children, young people, their families and professionals.
• Support EMHPs in the co-delivery of training sessions, group and individual interventions in schools.
• Assess and deliver, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people and families experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• To be part of a duty rota to review referrals, waiting lists and supporting all members of staff who are in practice and require additional advice.
• To lead their locality in managing waiting lists, assessments and interventions.

About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Details
Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number: 338-8258949-26
Job locations: The Maples, Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 9BA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for more information regarding job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification
Qualifications Education and Training
Essential

• Professional qualification and registration relevant to post (e.g. NMC, Social Worker, Therapist, AHP, CYP IAPT )
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical /professional and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students/ Trainee's/supervising staff etc.

Desirable

• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
• Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
• Evidence of development of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• Ability to effectively Chair meetings

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities
Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

Desirable

• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address: The Maples, Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 9BA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Lead, Sarah Dennison, sarah.dennison1@nhs.net, 07970171011

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).