Mind in West Essex
CYP Mental Health Support Team Senior Clinical Supervisor/Practitioner
The closing date is 30 November 2026
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Job summary
The Service:
Following on from the governments green paper Dec 2017 Transforming children and young peoples mental health provision. Mind in West Essex is part of a national Trailblazer programme.

Our Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Mental Health Support Teams are working with children and young people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. This includes working with parents/caregivers of Primary School age pupils and working with Secondary schools and colleges to develop the support they offer the whole school community. It aims to strengthen the links between education, health services and families in Harlow, Epping Forest and Uttlesford. The Service offers CPD with Bespoke training

The role:
You will be working as a Senior Clinical Supervisor in our Mental Health Support Team and will be responsible for providing clinical skills and case management supervision to trainee and qualified EMHP staff and trainee and qualified MHST Supervisors and qualified Senior Wellbeing practitioners (SWP).

You will hold overall responsibility for co-ordinating the MHST Supervisors and ensuring maintenance and development of our supervision strategy within the team. You may also be required to cover some line management if required. Additionally, you will hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions.

Main duties of the job
You will hold overall responsibility for co-ordinating the MHST Supervisors and ensuring maintenance and development of our supervision strategy within the team.
You may also be required to cover some line management if required. Additionally, you will hold your own small caseload and deliver MHST interventions.

The team includes Qualified and Trainee EMHPs and Supervisors, who deliver group and individual low intensity CBT interventions to children and young people and some support packages for parents/caregivers.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision to trainee and qualified EMHPs and trainee and qualified supervisors and manage an active caseload of children and adolescents with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties and will use evidence-based therapeutic models.

Low intensity, early interventions will be delivered in a range of education settings (primary, secondary, and colleges).

The work will also include training for education professionals and developing the teams ability to serve the needs of the whole school community including children and young persons caregivers.

You will work with CYP and families from different cultural backgrounds, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities.

You will also work closely with colleagues and partners in the Local Authority, SET CAMHS, education settings where interventions are being delivered and other relevant mental health providers.

About us
Mind in West Essex is a local, independent mental health charity. We affiliate to Mind (the National Association for Mental Health) a charity with which we share common values and principles.

Our vision is for West Essex to be a place where people talk openly and positively about mental health, and where everyone gets the support and respect needed to live well.

We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation, recognising different perspectives, will enable us to provide excellent services. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Details
Date posted: 11 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,389 to £56,506 a year plus HCAS fringe where applicable (depending upon experience)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: B0415-26-0025
Job locations: Mind Sanctuary, Prentice Place, Potter Street, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9BG, United Kingdom; Mind In West Essex, 45 Stortford Road, DUNMOW, Essex, CM6 1DQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Responsible for: Co-ordinating clinical supervision for the West Essex teams including supervision of Supervisors. Provide clinical and Case management Supervision of Trainee and Qualified Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and MHST Supervisors. Oversee arrangements for meta supervision and supervision groups. Hold own small clinical caseload and be directly involved in delivering a range of low intensity therapeutic interventions as part of the MHST service.

Key Task Areas and Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical and case management supervision, including support through observations and modelling, to team members who are undertaking EMHP or Supervisor training as well as working with qualified practitioners.
• Co-ordinate the Team of supervisors across the team to maintain our structure of Case Management Supervision, Clinical Skills Supervision and Meta supervision.
• Hold a small clinical caseload offering evidence based clinical interventions to Children and young people and their families.
• Provide line management of staff as required.
• Support the EMHPs, Supervisors and SWPs to develop and maintain a working relationship with education settings.
• Support the EMHPs, Supervisors and SWPs in delivering a Whole School Approach service.
• Support the EMHPs, Supervisors and SWPs in assessing, reporting and managing any client risk.
• Support the EMHPs, Supervisors and SWPs to ensure data is inputted to EPR (Iaptus) within 48 hours of clinical contact.

Clinical and Client Care

• Assess and develop evidence-based treatment plans to meet the mild - moderate needs of CYP with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties covered by MHST.
• Deliver evidence-based, low intensity interventions for CYP aged 5-18 with mild moderate emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Undertake risk and safeguarding assessments.
• Ensure outcome measures (e.g. SDQ, RCADS) are routinely embedded in your clinical work and that of those you line-manage.

Person Specification
Essential experience:

• Knowledge of delivering Low Intensity/Psycho-educational interventions to individuals and groups of CYP, educational staff and/or parents/caregivers.
• 2 years experience of working as a Band 6 in therapeutic services.
• Post qualification experience of supervising clinical staff.
• Direct clinical experience with CYP aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties.
• Competent in clinical CBT practice and interventions with young people.

Essential qualifications:
Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, MHST PG Dip Supervisor, PG Dip Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, accredited CBT Therapist). The post holder will be a registered mental health professional with current registration/accreditation with an appropriate professional body (BABCP, HCPC, NMC, BACP, UKCP, BPS).

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.

Employer details
Employer name: Mind in West Essex
Website: https://www.mindinwestessex.org.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: CYP MHST Clinical Lead, Ian Walker, iwalker@mindinwestessex.org.uk