Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 349-SHCG-8254414-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford Thrive in Education
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Practitioner/Team Leader - Salford Thrive in Education
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you passionate about helping young people with mental health problems in an education based outreach service as part of the national Mental Health Support Team programme?
This is an opportunity to work as part of an innovative, expanding early intervention team delivering CBT informed interventions in education setting across Salford. We are looking for registered professionals including, registered and accredited CBT therapists ideally with an interest/experience in team leadership and low intensity supervision.
Salford Thrive in Education are a Mental Health Support Team who work with Children, Young People and Families aged up to 18 years and who present with a wide range of mental health difficulties. This service is provided across the city in a variety of educational settings including further education colleges, the office base is at the Pendleton Gateway, Salford.
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner who is able to work autonomously at Band 7, within a multi-disciplinary team. You must have significant and demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable people and families, who present with mental health needs and often risk to self and or others. The role involves team leader responsibilities to support the service manager and line management/clinical supervision of team members including trainee EMHPs.
Main duties of the job
You must have a working knowledge of CAMHS and or adult mental health and have an understanding of assessing mental health needs and levels of risk, including safeguarding and self-harm. You must have a demonstrable range of skills and knowledge base to deliver clinical aspects of the role and be competent to do this work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practice guidelines and a structured supervision framework. Experience of delivering and a qualification CBT IAPT interventions and supervision of low intensity practitioners is desirable.
You will manage your own caseload, providing a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and therapeutic interventions. You will also be required to complete team leader duties, offer supervision to team members at all levels. Including consultation and training to education colleagues and support to improve the whole setting approach to mental health.
You must be confident and experienced in communication, due to the high level of liaison needed between Salford TiE and other services and be willing to work flexible hours in accordance with the needs of the young people and education settings.
This post is a clinical post and the expectation of time management is that the majority of time will be spent in face to face clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement.
Whether you’re beginning your career or taking the next step, MFT offers a stimulating and supportive environment where your contribution truly matters. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working - empowering you to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds. Together, we push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver care that transforms lives.
At MFT, you’ll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.
Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’ll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Documents to download’ heading.
Explore ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place’
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We welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
To help us manage applications fairly and give each one the time it deserves, our adverts may close early if we receive a high level of interest. Early applications are therefore encouraged.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
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Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
As part of our commitment to safeguarding patients and staff, many roles at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This is a standard process across the NHS and helps us ensure a safe environment for everyone.
What is a DBS Check?
A DBS check is a background check that reveals any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings. The level of check required depends on the role:
Standard DBS: Checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings.
Enhanced DBS: Includes the above, plus any additional information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role.
Enhanced with Barred Lists: Includes all of the above, plus checks against the children’s and/or adults’ barred lists.
Who Needs a DBS Check
Most roles involving direct patient contact, working with children or vulnerable adults, or access to sensitive information will require a DBS check. The job advert and recruitment team will let you know if this applies to your role.
The Costs for a DBS
At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), roles that require a DBS check are subject to a cost recovery policy. This means that the cost of submitting and processing a DBS application if you are successful and join us, will be deducted from your salary within the first three months of employment. If, however, you withdraw from a conditional offer after the DBS process has begun, you will still be liable for the cost incurred.
For more information about the cost of the various types of DBS, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dbs-fees-are-changing-in-december
DBS Update Service
Candidates are also expected to register with the DBS Update Service which must be completed within 30 days of the certificate being issued. This helps streamline future employment checks and supports safer recruitment practices. For more information, please visit the DBS Update Service.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- You must be registered with or eligible for accreditation & registration with a professional body
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- You must have a recognised qualification in: RMN/RSCN/RNMH/Clinical Psychology/Social Work/Occupational Therapy/SALT/CBT PG Diploma
Desirable criteria
- ADOS trained
- Low intensity/CBT supervision qualification
- Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of delivering CBT to children and young people.
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including autonomous management of a complex caseload which frequently deals with distressing and emotional circumstances.
- Experience of working with hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, care plans, interventions/therapy and effective use of ROMS.
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals, including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others using CBT, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing a variety of interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings.
- Relevant experience and training in multi-disciplinary assessments of ASD in children and adolescents
- Experience of working with children and young people with autism and social communication difficulties.
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation.
- Advanced knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice.
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely.
- The ability to select, use and interpret assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family.
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision.
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate therapeutic interventions with children across the age range and their parents/carers.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals.
- To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies i.e., education, GP’s, maintaining positive working relationships.
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner.
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context and pressurised situations
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of audit and research.
- Delivery of group work and workshops
- Advanced IT skills.
- Experience of supervising junior staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Calland, Christelle Thomas, Victoria Lane
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 518 5353
- Additional information
Please contact Sarah Calland, Christelle Thomas or Victoria Lane on 0161 518 5353 to discuss further or arrange a visit.
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