Job summary
Mental Health in Schools Support Team (MHST)
Psychologist /Specialist CAMHS Practitioner
Band 7 - Full Time
City & Hackney CAMHS are excited to be expanding our service and recruiting to a new full time post as a Specialist Clinician for the Mental Health in Schools Support Team.
The Mental Health Support Team in City & Hackney, which commenced in 2019, aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.
The role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change. We aim to deliver whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. The post holder will supervise trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) trainees.
In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in special school settings, the post-holder will clinically support of EMHPs/CWPs who will work in a range of primary and secondary schools across the borough.
Main duties of the job
The Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. City & Hackney have been successful in being a Wave 2 site benefitting from significant investment in this area. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. Working alongside community partners the Mental Health Support Teams will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.
The role will include helping to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system change with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health.
As part of this role, if you have not already completed the EMHP supervisor training, you are expected to complete the UCL EMHP Supervisor's training course starting in January 2026. You will need to apply for this course at the same time as applying for this job role and your acceptance to this position would also depend onevidence of previous completion, oracceptance on to the course.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. You will be either a Psychologist, Nurse, OT, or Family Therapist with a strong CBT orientation. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of our multicultural context. We particularly welcome applications from men and individuals from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds to strengthen the breadth of perspectives in the team.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues and we will develop the service together.
As part of this role, if you have not already completed the EMHP supervisor training, you are expected to complete the UCL EMHP Supervisors training course starting in January 2026.
You will need to apply for this course at the same time as applying for this job role and your acceptance to this position would also depend onevidence of previous completion, oracceptance on to the course.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. You will be either a Psychologist, Nurse, OT, or Family Therapist with a strong CBT orientation. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of our multicultural context. We particularly welcome applications from men and individuals from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds to strengthen the breadth of perspectives in the team.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues and we will develop the service together.
As part of this role, if you have not already completed the EMHP supervisor training, you are expected to complete the UCL EMHP Supervisors training course starting in January 2026.
You will need to apply for this course at the same time as applying for this job role and your acceptance to this position would also depend onevidence of previous completion, oracceptance on to the course.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Clinical/Educational/Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Social Work, Family Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
Desirable
- oSpecific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT etc
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience of working in CAMHS
- oPrevious experience working with schools in mental health capacity
- oExperience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Knowledge
Essential
- oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- oSkilled in emergency and crisis assessments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Clinical/Educational/Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Social Work, Family Therapy, and registration with relevant UK governing body.
Desirable
- oSpecific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT etc
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience of working in CAMHS
- oPrevious experience working with schools in mental health capacity
- oExperience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Knowledge
Essential
- oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
- oSkilled in emergency and crisis assessments
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
