Job summary
MHST Band 7 CBT Therapist/supervisor

We have an opportunity for a CBT Therapist to join us on a fixed term basis, covering maternity leave. This is to cover the Children's Wellbeing Service which is linked with the Mental Health Support team offering early intervention for children and young people across Northamptonshire.

Do you have a passion for Early Intervention and CBT Therapy?

Are you interested in working with children and young people at an early intervention stage to support their emotional/mental health and wellbeing?

Do you enjoy working within a team, sharing your knowledge of how to support children and young people with colleagues inside and outside of the NHS? Are you keen to develop your clinical skills and clinically lead with evidence-based interventions?

If the answer is yes, we welcome your application.

You will need to have a valid UK driving license and a car to use for work

Our service operates Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with occasional earlier starts and later finish times to accommodate school assemblies and parent's evenings

Main duties of the job
This role is to work as a senior member across both the Mental health Support service and the Children's Wellbeing team.

MHST's are working within schools, ensuring children and young people receive faster access to earlier mental health support. The Children's Wellbeing service offers the same interventions to children and young people whose school is not linked with the MHST service.

You will be one of the senior clinical members of the team adding to the number of teams in a growing early intervention mental health service. You will be expected to hold a clinical caseload, offer supervision to junior staff and when necessary and appropriate deputise for the MHST Clinical & Team Lead.

In this role you will support and provide a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This will be done through the supervision of junior staff, providing consultations with other teams across children's services and through direct delivery of evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of children and young people referred to the service. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.

About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Details
Date posted: 03 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 270-TH499-CH

Essential qualifications and training

• Relevant professional qualification; accredited CBT Therapist
• Appropriate accreditation e.g. BABCP

Desirable qualifications and training

• Mentor / Practice Educator qualification
• Low Intensity Supervisors Training Course
• Additional therapeutic qualification

Essential experience

• Experience of working with children and young people with mental health problems/relevant transferable skills
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of clinically supervising team members with their own clinical work, delivering evidence-based interventions to children and young people in groups and/or one to one settings
• Experience of working with and managing risk
• Ability to safeguard and protect welfare
• Ability to deliver workshops to professionals, young people and/or parents/carers
• Evidence of CPD
• Significant experience at Band 6 or equivalent

Desirable experience

• Experience of supporting young people in a community/educational setting and/or experience of working with schools, promoting a whole school approach to mental health
• Experience delivering training to other professionals regarding mental health and children
• Experience of providing CBT supervision

Essential skills and abilities

• Ability to work autonomously in a community setting, making appropriate decisions
• Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations
• Good knowledge of different outcome measures used in Children and Young Peoples settings (SDQs/RCADS etc.)
• Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate information on formulation, risk and intervention to staff from other disciplines
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Knowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children etc.
• Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and demonstrates understanding of safeguarding issues
• Valid UK driving license and car available to use for work

Desirable skills and abilities

• Keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent report writing skills
• Knowledge and understanding of CYP-IAPT
• Knowledge and understanding of the Green Paper; Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision
• Is up-to-date with legislation and current events

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.

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

Employer contact
For questions about the job, contact: MHST Clinical and Team Lead, Anita Barkey, Anita.Barkey@nhft.nhs.uk, 07717518894

Closing date: 11 November 2026

Job locations: Newland Hosue, Northampton, NN1 3EB, United Kingdom

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