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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you looking for
a rewarding and hands-on role where you can truly make a difference? We are
excited to offer an opportunity for a dynamic and motivated individual to join
our inpatient mental health team as an Occupational Therapy Assistant at SLaM. Based
in a supportive and recovery-focused environment, youll play a vital role in
helping service users re-engage with meaningful activities and develop the
skills needed for life beyond hospital.</p><p>River House is known
for its strong team culture and commitment to development, offering in-house
training, advancement opportunities, and exposure to a broad range of service
user needs. Whether you're just starting out or looking to specialise further in
your career, this position offers the ideal environment to grow both personally
and professionally, supported by a team that values learning, collaboration,
and innovation in mental health care.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>What you can add:</p><ul>  <li>You will contribute to the development of and provision occupationally focused interventions within River House under the supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist</li>  <li>You will work closely with service users, families, and carers to ensure your approach is person-centred, recovery-focused, and responsive to individual needs.</li>  <li>You will have a chance to work as a valued and integrated member of a supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing to holistic, collaborative care planning.</li>  <li>You will hold delegated responsibility for the operation of work areas during clinical interventions and ensure that health and safety standards are met on a daily basis</li>  <li>You will take on greater responsibilities and exercise increased autonomy in both 1:1 and group interventions on the wards, as well as in managing a Recovery Hub caseload.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>NHS Professionals is the UKs largest flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health and Social Care. We give healthcare professionals the freedom to choose when, where, and how they work whether that's through flexible bank shifts or fixed-term placements. By joining NHSP, you become part of a trusted, supportive community committed to Putting People in Places to Care, working alongside a diverse team delivering high-quality care across the country.</p><p>As a valued member of our bank, youll enjoy a wide range of benefits, including:</p><ul>  <li>Weekly Pay Access your earnings quickly with regular weekly payments.</li>  <li>Priority Shifts Get first choice of shifts and placements before they go to external agencies.</li>  <li>Exclusive Discounts Receive a Blue Light Card and access to NHS discount providers.</li>  <li>Flexible Working Options Choose shifts that fit your schedule or explore fixed-term placements to suit your lifestyle.</li>  <li>Comprehensive Support Our friendly team is available whenever you need us via our dedicated support line.</li>  <li>Ongoing Development Access training and learning opportunities through both the Trust and NHSPs own academy.</li>  <li>Career Variety Work across different wards and specialties to gain valuable experience.</li>  <li>Community Perks Enjoy being part of a vibrant NHSP community with activities like Member of the Month, Appreciation Week, giveaways, webinars, and more.</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £15.60 an hour
      
    </p>
  
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Bank</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>3 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>M0042-84710</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>S L A M Nhs Foundation Trust</p>
      
      <p>Monks Orchard Road</p>
            <p>Beckenham</p>
      <p>Kent</p>
      <p>BR3 3BX</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will support the delivery of recovery-focused, person-centred interventions within the River House OT team, working under the supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist. You will play a key role in developing and facilitating both individual and group-based therapeutic activities on the wards and in the Recovery Hub. This includes contributing to occupationally focused care plans, supporting discharge planning, and using specialist knowledge to promote engagement, recovery, and social inclusion.</p><p>Youll work collaboratively with service users, carers, and the wider multi-disciplinary team, using strong communication skills to provide progress updates and contribute to assessments. You will be responsible for ensuring a safe clinical environment, adhering to health and safety standards, and maintaining accurate documentation in line with Trust and professional guidelines. The role also involves managing a small caseload, participating in risk management, and carrying out restrictive interventions where required, following Seni Lewis training.</p><p>The post includes opportunities to support student training, take part in service development, and engage in continuous professional development through supervision, training, and annual appraisal. You may be required to work evenings or weekends and are expected to contribute to quality improvement initiatives, uphold Trust policies, and maintain a professional and safe working environment at all times.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will support the delivery of recovery-focused, person-centred interventions within the River House OT team, working under the supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist. You will play a key role in developing and facilitating both individual and group-based therapeutic activities on the wards and in the Recovery Hub. This includes contributing to occupationally focused care plans, supporting discharge planning, and using specialist knowledge to promote engagement, recovery, and social inclusion.</p><p>Youll work collaboratively with service users, carers, and the wider multi-disciplinary team, using strong communication skills to provide progress updates and contribute to assessments. You will be responsible for ensuring a safe clinical environment, adhering to health and safety standards, and maintaining accurate documentation in line with Trust and professional guidelines. The role also involves managing a small caseload, participating in risk management, and carrying out restrictive interventions where required, following Seni Lewis training.</p><p>The post includes opportunities to support student training, take part in service development, and engage in continuous professional development through supervision, training, and annual appraisal. You may be required to work evenings or weekends and are expected to contribute to quality improvement initiatives, uphold Trust policies, and maintain a professional and safe working environment at all times.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>- GCSEs in Maths and English</li>
        
        <li>- Health and Social Care NVQ Level 2 or above, Care Certificate or equivalent</li>
        
        <li>- Experience working in a Health or Social Care setting</li>
        
        <li>- Experience working with people with Mental Health difficulties and complex needs</li>
        
        <li>Collaborative working and able to deliver individual and group sessions.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>- Forensic experience</li>
          
          <li>- A creative qualification or personal interest (e.g. in art, photography, music, or drama) or a background in psychology or related field</li>
          
          <li>Open to new ideas and awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>- GCSEs in Maths and English</li>
          
          <li>- Health and Social Care NVQ Level 2 or above, Care Certificate or equivalent</li>
          
          <li>- Experience working in a Health or Social Care setting</li>
          
          <li>- Experience working with people with Mental Health difficulties and complex needs</li>
          
          <li>Collaborative working and able to deliver individual and group sessions.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>- Forensic experience</li>
            
            <li>- A creative qualification or personal interest (e.g. in art, photography, music, or drama) or a background in psychology or related field</li>
            
            <li>Open to new ideas and awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>NHS Professionals Limited</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>S L A M Nhs Foundation Trust</p>
      
      <p>Monks Orchard Road</p>
            <p>Beckenham</p>
      <p>Kent</p>
      <p>BR3 3BX</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>NHS Professionals Limited</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>S L A M Nhs Foundation Trust</p>
          
          <p>Monks Orchard Road</p>
                    <p>Beckenham</p>
          <p>Kent</p>
          <p>BR3 3BX</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

OT Technician

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Art(s) Therapist (Art, Drama, and Music)</strong></p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Art Psychotherapist to join the East London Community Forensic Service. We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills, who is able to work within an emotionally demanding environment to deliver high quality and effective arts therapy provision across East London Community Forensic Service. We need someone who can work with a high degree of autonomy, who can use initiative in making decisions, is skilled in scoping and forming links with other services and who also works well within a variety teams. An ability to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of managing risk and relational security when working with this client group is essential.</p> <p>The ELFT Community Forensic Services support service users in the process of and following discharge from the Forensic inpatient service, to reintegrate into the communities across the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and North East London Foundation Trust (Redbridge, Barking Dagenham and Havering, and Waltham Forest).</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The Community Forensic Service provides in-reach support to help service users move safely towards discharge and reduce length of stay in secure care; and enhanced support in the community, promoting sustained recovery and quality of life and reducing recalls to hospital. The service comprises several borough based multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, FCPNS, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Family Therapists, Social Workers, Life Skills Recovery Workers and Peer Support and Care Peer Support Workers. The service model places a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary work and service user involvement, and co-production. The model stresses the importance of working across the care pathway from inpatient to community, and there is an emphasis on building relationships and signposting with community services (including community arts projects and arts in health providers) to work collaboratively to address the needs of the diverse population</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>28 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum pro rata Inc HCA
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-FOR7603696</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>East London Community Forensic Service</p>
      <p>26 Shore Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 7TA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the post-holder.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the post-holder.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oPost qualification experience as an Arts Therapist working with this client group in both group and individual work.</li>
        
        <li>oWorking with service users with challenging and/or unpredictable behavior.</li>
        
        <li>oClinical supervision of a trainee Arts Therapist</li>
        
        <li>oAssessing Service Users and making recommendations to a Multi-disciplinary team</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oProviding Arts Therapy teaching/training to a variety of audiences.</li>
          
          <li>oWorking as an Arts Therapist in a Multi-Disciplinary team</li>
          
          <li>oProviding Arts therapies as part of research or clinical trial</li>
          
          <li>oProviding Arts Therapies in both Acute and Community settings</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Education/ Qualification/ Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oDegree in relevant area</li>
        
        <li>oMA ( or equivalent) in post title Arts Therapies modality</li>
        
        <li>oFor Art Therapist/Psychotherapist, Music Therapist and Dramatherapist : registration with HCPC</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oFor Dance Movement Psychotherapists registration with UKCP</li>
          
          <li>oMembership of Arts Therapies professional Body</li>
          
          <li>oClinical Supervision Training</li>
          
          <li>oFurther training in an area of psychological practice relevant to the post's clinical area.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge and Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oExcellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
        
        <li>oDeveloped interpersonal skills enabling  therapeutic alliances to be developed and  maintained.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to adapt and use a range of specialist skills in skills in individual and group based arts  therapies assessments and interventions</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to treat service users with respect and      dignity at all times using a culturally competent holistic approach.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to work both independently and as  part of MDT.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to assess and manage frequent  distressing clinical interactions with clients who have serious mental health problems.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to assess and manage exposure to  potential hazards including frequent verbal  aggression and risk of physical aggression  while maintaining own, client and general public safety.</li>
        
        <li>oGood organizational and time management  Skills.</li>
        
        <li>oLine management of more junior staff.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to work with trauma and contain  emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oPost qualification experience as an Arts Therapist working with this client group in both group and individual work.</li>
          
          <li>oWorking with service users with challenging and/or unpredictable behavior.</li>
          
          <li>oClinical supervision of a trainee Arts Therapist</li>
          
          <li>oAssessing Service Users and making recommendations to a Multi-disciplinary team</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oProviding Arts Therapy teaching/training to a variety of audiences.</li>
            
            <li>oWorking as an Arts Therapist in a Multi-Disciplinary team</li>
            
            <li>oProviding Arts therapies as part of research or clinical trial</li>
            
            <li>oProviding Arts Therapies in both Acute and Community settings</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Education/ Qualification/ Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oDegree in relevant area</li>
          
          <li>oMA ( or equivalent) in post title Arts Therapies modality</li>
          
          <li>oFor Art Therapist/Psychotherapist, Music Therapist and Dramatherapist : registration with HCPC</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oFor Dance Movement Psychotherapists registration with UKCP</li>
            
            <li>oMembership of Arts Therapies professional Body</li>
            
            <li>oClinical Supervision Training</li>
            
            <li>oFurther training in an area of psychological practice relevant to the post's clinical area.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oExcellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
          
          <li>oDeveloped interpersonal skills enabling  therapeutic alliances to be developed and  maintained.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to adapt and use a range of specialist skills in skills in individual and group based arts  therapies assessments and interventions</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to treat service users with respect and      dignity at all times using a culturally competent holistic approach.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to work both independently and as  part of MDT.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to assess and manage frequent  distressing clinical interactions with clients who have serious mental health problems.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to assess and manage exposure to  potential hazards including frequent verbal  aggression and risk of physical aggression  while maintaining own, client and general public safety.</li>
          
          <li>oGood organizational and time management  Skills.</li>
          
          <li>oLine management of more junior staff.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to work with trauma and contain  emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>East London Community Forensic Service</p>
      <p>26 Shore Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 7TA</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>East London Community Forensic Service</p>
          <p>26 Shore Road</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E9 7TA</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Art(s) Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you a passionate and creative <strong>Music Therapist</strong> looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children with life-limiting conditions and complex needs?</p> <p>We are delighted to offer a newly developed opportunity for a skilled and compassionate <strong>Community Kaleidoscope Music Therapis</strong>t to join our <strong>Specialist Palliative Care Team - Inner Division within our Children's Community Nursing Service.</strong></p> <p>This is a unique role offering 18 hours per week, worked flexibly across three days. You will deliver specialist music therapy assessments and evidence-based interventions to children within their homes and community settings, working in partnership with families and the wider multidisciplinary team.</p> <p>Previous experience providing music therapy for children with complex needs is essential.</p> <p>We welcome applicants who demonstrate:o A passion for working with children and families affected by life-limiting conditionso Compassion, empathy, and respect when supporting children and those who care for themo The ability to be organised, flexible, and responsive to individual needso Strong communication skills, both written and verbalo Confidence working independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary teamo Commitment to inclusive, child-centred practice that empowers familieso IT literacy - experience using SystmOne is desirable (training can be provided)</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Main duties of the job</p>
<ul>
<li>Provide specialist music therapy assessment and intervention, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records in line with evidence-based principles and best practice</li>
<li>Offer therapeutic support to children and young people with complex medical, developmental and palliative care needs</li>
<li>Work across a range of community settings, including the Palliative Care/Kaleidoscope service, home environments and clinic-based locations</li>
<li>Contribute to specific projects as delegated by the Kaleidoscope Lead</li>
<li>Deliver home and community-based sessions tailored to the needs of children with life-limiting conditions and their families</li>
<li>Provide both individual and group blocks of music therapy to address identified therapeutic goals in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and families</li>
<li>Support the wider Kaleidoscope Palliative Care Team, working closely with Children's Community Nursing and Social Services Child Development Services to ensure coordinated, compassionate and accountable car</li>
</ul>
<p>You will receive excellent support, including clinical supervision, regular managerial supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development.</p>
<p><strong>This post is open to female applicants only, as the role involves providing care in circumstances where a female practitioner is required (Genuine Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010).</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!</p> <p>We can offer you:</p> <ul>  <li>A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role</li>  <li>Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)</li>  <li>Flexible working options</li>  <li>Annual travel card loan</li>  <li>Training, support and development in your career</li> </ul> <p>To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: <a href="https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits" target="_blank">https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits</a></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>20 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £46,419 to £55,046 a year
      
        per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>5 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>824-INNER-7610259</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>The Medical Centre</p>
      <p>7E Woodfield Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>W9 3XZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><em><strong>Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.</strong></em></p>   

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><em><strong>Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.</strong></em></p>     
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>HCPC Registered as a Music Therapist</li>
        
        <li>MA training in Music Therapy (or equivalent)</li>
        
        <li>Advanced musical skills</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Membership of The British Association for Music Therapy</li>
          
          <li>Research project experience (as part of music therapy training) which links to the area of children's health</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a range of professionals across health, social care, or education settings</li>
        
        <li>Experience of music therapy work which actively involves parents and/or carers in music therapy sessions</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Recent experience of joint working with other professionals</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing teaching and training to professionals and carers on the benefits of music making and music therapy oExperience of presentation of clinical case studies work to other professionals</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate effectively in an often highly emotive clinical setting and identify and assess risk accordingly.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate effectively with other professionals, parents, and children of all ages and abilities.</li>
        
        <li>IT and numeracy skills</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>HCPC Registered as a Music Therapist</li>
          
          <li>MA training in Music Therapy (or equivalent)</li>
          
          <li>Advanced musical skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Membership of The British Association for Music Therapy</li>
            
            <li>Research project experience (as part of music therapy training) which links to the area of children's health</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a range of professionals across health, social care, or education settings</li>
          
          <li>Experience of music therapy work which actively involves parents and/or carers in music therapy sessions</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Recent experience of joint working with other professionals</li>
            
            <li>Experience of providing teaching and training to professionals and carers on the benefits of music making and music therapy oExperience of presentation of clinical case studies work to other professionals</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate effectively in an often highly emotive clinical setting and identify and assess risk accordingly.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate effectively with other professionals, parents, and children of all ages and abilities.</li>
          
          <li>IT and numeracy skills</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Central London Community Health Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Medical Centre</p>
      <p>7E Woodfield Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>W9 3XZ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://clch.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Central London Community Health Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Medical Centre</p>
          <p>7E Woodfield Road</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>W9 3XZ</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://clch.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Community Kaleidoscope Music Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Specialist CAMHS Practitioner - Emotional &amp; Behavioural Team</strong></p> <p><strong>Band 7 (B6 Practitioners soon to qualify are welcome to apply)- </strong><strong>3 days, Fixed Term 1 Year.</strong></p> <p><strong>Contact: For further information/discussion about the post please contact Dr Yoko Totsuka on 0203-222-5600.</strong></p> <p><strong>This post will provide a specialist service within City and Hackney CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based 3 day, 1 year fixed term post, located within the Emotional and Behavioural Pathway (E&amp;B) for intervention (2 days) and within the neuro-developmental pathway (NDT) for Specialist Assessment (1 day). The post holder will offer flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessment and treatment with a focus on providing services to young people with neuro-developmental needs. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary teams. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. The post holder will play a direct role in Quality Improvement (QI) and audit projects as necessary.</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be an experienced clinician with knowledge of the field of child and adolescent mental health.The post holder will possess strong engagement skills, the ability to work creatively in relation to complex emotional and behavioural needs, and work effectively with complex multi-agency networks.</p> <p>We strive to meet the East London Foundation Trust's standards through our own team mission. We place anti-discriminatory practice at the core of our work. We are a multi professional team working together with children, families and their network, providing intensive therapeutic interventions to enable recovery and promote well-being.</p> <p>Our Team's philosophy is to provide an accessible, high-quality mental health service for young people in City and Hackney which is sensitive to their cultural, ethnic, religious, contextual, family and developmental needs. We promote mental health, well-being and personal and family growth. We emphasize giving our clients informed choices, as well as using available, appropriate, evidence-based resources and treatment packages. Our team works in partnership with young people, their families, carers and significant others/networks including statutory and voluntary agencies.</p> <p></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>25 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-SS7582288</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>City &amp; Hackney CAMHS</p>
      <p>15 Homerton Row</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 6ED</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong> ** FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED**</strong></p> <p>The role will be varied and will include managing a caseload within the multi-disciplinary E&amp;B Team in order to provide brief treatment for often co-occurring emotional and behavioural difficulties. The team values consultation, liaison with professional networks and formulation within a systemic and community context.</p> <p>The role will include regular contribution to the established Duty Rota.</p> <p><strong>C</strong>ity and Hackney specialist CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of City and Hackney's children, young people and families. It provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional &amp; Behavioural Team, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team, Behaviour Support and Outreach Team and embedded clinicians in local schools. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working. The service undertakes considerable outreach and consultation work and is currently developing more community approaches to improve CAMHS accessibility and impact.</p>   

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong> ** FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED**</strong></p> <p>The role will be varied and will include managing a caseload within the multi-disciplinary E&amp;B Team in order to provide brief treatment for often co-occurring emotional and behavioural difficulties. The team values consultation, liaison with professional networks and formulation within a systemic and community context.</p> <p>The role will include regular contribution to the established Duty Rota.</p> <p><strong>C</strong>ity and Hackney specialist CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of City and Hackney's children, young people and families. It provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional &amp; Behavioural Team, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team, Behaviour Support and Outreach Team and embedded clinicians in local schools. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working. The service undertakes considerable outreach and consultation work and is currently developing more community approaches to improve CAMHS accessibility and impact.</p>     
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oQualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Systemic Psychotherapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Creative Art therapist and registration with relevant UK governing body.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oWorking with children and young people with complex mental health needs</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oAwareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>oKnowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oQualification in appropriate mental health profession such as Nursing, Systemic Psychotherapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Creative Art therapist and registration with relevant UK governing body.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oWorking with children and young people with complex mental health needs</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oAwareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and associated legislation</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
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        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>City &amp; Hackney CAMHS</p>
      <p>15 Homerton Row</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 6ED</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>City &amp; Hackney CAMHS</p>
          <p>15 Homerton Row</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E9 6ED</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical or Educational Psychologist, Arts, Occupational or Systemic Therapist with a background of working with education settings and/or experience in child and adolescent mental health, to work within a growing multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST). You will use your knowledge, skills, and experience to supervise trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) and contribute to the general service development and functioning.</p>
<p>You will also work closely with families, as well as colleagues in CAMHS, the Local Authority, education settings and other local services.</p>
<p><strong>You will be required to undertake, complete and pass the supervisors course at Kings (KCL) and will need to complete an application for the course alongside this job application. The course is based at Kings College London, based online or at the Denmark Hill campus and will commence in 2025.</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>Lead one of four established Mental Health Support Teams in Lewisham.</li>
<li>To supervise trainee and qualified EMHP's and band 6 practitioners</li>
<li>To contribute in multi-disciplinary team discussions and service development</li>
<li>To be a link worker for MHST schools</li>
<li>To contribute and facilitate whole school approach workshops</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are an early intervention service supporting mild to moderate mental health needs in 60 primary and secondary schools across Lewisham. Our service will be expanding to more schools in 2026. The team currently consists of a 2 Clinical Leads, 4 Team Leads . As a Team Lead you would oversee the work of senior wellbeing and link practitioners, 4 Education Mental Health Practitioners and trainees</p> <p><strong>About our locations:</strong></p> <p>Our main office is at Kaleidoscope, and we also work across several MHST schools in Lewisham. We offer flexibility and home working.</p> <p></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>24 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum inclusive of HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>334-CLI-7601541</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Kaleidoscope</p>
      <p>32 Rushey Green London</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE6 4JF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>
<li>To enhance accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in schools.</li>
<li>To collaborate with the newly appointed Schools Mental Health Leads to support early identification of developmental, emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people living or being educated in Lambeth.</li>
<li>To work jointly with providers to increase their capacity to intervene following early identification through the delivery of brief evidence based interventions and through liaison, consultation, training and joint working across services.</li>
<li>To provide clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs)) and/or Band 6 CAMHS practitioners working within school settings</li>
<li>To be part of a multi-agency training team for schools.</li>
<li>To function as a specialist in CYP-IAPT principles and practice for the EMHPs.</li>
<li>To review applications to the MHST team and where required to facilitate appropriate step- up referrals to specialist CAMHS and/or access to other relevant agencies according to the level of need.</li>
<li>To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of work undertaken, and demonstrate professional accountability at all times.</li>
<li>To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best used.</li>
<li>To collaboratively develop and embed the MHST programme in schools.</li>
<li>To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.</li>
<li>To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters</li>
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<li>To enhance accessibility to mental health services for children and young people in schools.</li>
<li>To collaborate with the newly appointed Schools Mental Health Leads to support early identification of developmental, emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people living or being educated in Lambeth.</li>
<li>To work jointly with providers to increase their capacity to intervene following early identification through the delivery of brief evidence based interventions and through liaison, consultation, training and joint working across services.</li>
<li>To provide clinical supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs)) and/or Band 6 CAMHS practitioners working within school settings</li>
<li>To be part of a multi-agency training team for schools.</li>
<li>To function as a specialist in CYP-IAPT principles and practice for the EMHPs.</li>
<li>To review applications to the MHST team and where required to facilitate appropriate step- up referrals to specialist CAMHS and/or access to other relevant agencies according to the level of need.</li>
<li>To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of work undertaken, and demonstrate professional accountability at all times.</li>
<li>To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best used.</li>
<li>To collaboratively develop and embed the MHST programme in schools.</li>
<li>To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.</li>
<li>To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters</li>
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Entry-level qualification: appropriately registered  Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Educational), Social Worker, Systemic, Arts, Occupational or CBT therapist</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC/UKCP/RCN.</li>
        
        <li>Current registration with HCPC/UKCP/RCN/BABCP</li>
        
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          <li>Completed training course in clinical  supervision.</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under  supervision in CAMHS.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with schools / educational  settings.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing specialist assessments and evidence based interventions with individuals and groups  presenting with a range of needs.</li>
        
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          <li>Experience of leadership within a  CAMHS setting.</li>
          
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          Knowledge and skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice  of specialised therapies for child and adolescents</li>
        
        <li>Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychosocial theories  of mental health and the evidence base for the relevant  treatment.</li>
        
        <li>An understanding of the complex factors that influence  work at all levels within an education setting or relevant  wider systems</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group  and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and  equalities.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Entry-level qualification: appropriately registered  Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Educational), Social Worker, Systemic, Arts, Occupational or CBT therapist</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC/UKCP/RCN.</li>
          
          <li>Current registration with HCPC/UKCP/RCN/BABCP</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Completed training course in clinical  supervision.</li>
            
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under  supervision in CAMHS.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with schools / educational  settings.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing specialist assessments and evidence based interventions with individuals and groups  presenting with a range of needs.</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of leadership within a  CAMHS setting.</li>
            
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            Knowledge and skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice  of specialised therapies for child and adolescents</li>
          
          <li>Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychosocial theories  of mental health and the evidence base for the relevant  treatment.</li>
          
          <li>An understanding of the complex factors that influence  work at all levels within an education setting or relevant  wider systems</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group  and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and  equalities.</li>
          
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  
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    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
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        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Kaleidoscope</p>
      <p>32 Rushey Green London</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE6 4JF</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.slam.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Kaleidoscope</p>
          <p>32 Rushey Green London</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SE6 4JF</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.slam.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

MHST Team Lead & Supervisor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The Hounslow Occupational Therapy Team are seeking a dynamic and experienced therapist to join as a Preschool and Sensory Feeding Service Team Lead.</p>  <p>Hounslow Children's Occupational Therapy Service is a well-integrated team. We are committed to supporting staff in developing their skills and expertise.</p>  <p>We are able to offer:</p> <p>- Peer support</p> <p>- A comprehensive supervision and appraisal structure</p> <p>- Both internal &amp; external CPD opportunities</p>  <p>This role provides an opportunity to combine clinical leadership and service development alongside working with a clinical caseload.</p>  <p>We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who has some experience of managing and supporting staff and a keen interest in service development. </p>  <p>A key part of the role will be to shape and deliver responsive, high-quality support to babies, children and young people with a range of Occupational Therapy related needs, difficulties and differences that impact on participation in activities of daily living. </p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p> Delivery and co-ordination of services for children who have complex Occupational Therapy related needs, as relevant to the Preschool and Feeding services.</p> <p> Identify and carry out service development projects to enhance quality of service delivery</p> <p> Identify the need, plan and deliver specialist training to the Occupational Therapy Team and other educational and health professionals.</p> <p> Joint working with relevant professionals in the field of health, education, the voluntary sector and social services.</p> <p> Deliver highly specialist clinical skills including evidence-based assessment and intervention for a diverse and highly complex caseload. </p> <p> To provide highly specialist advice to parents/carers and other professionals.</p> <p> To provide highly specialist reports, therapy programmes and other types of complex written information.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.</p> <p>Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith &amp; Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.</p> <p>The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.</p> <p>The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>01 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £53,751 to £60,651 a year
      
        per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>222-HOU-151</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Heart of Hounslow Health Centre</p>
      <p>92 Bath Road</p>
      <p>Hounslow</p>
            <p>TW3 3LN</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Degree / diploma or other  professional Occupational Therapy  qualification</li>
        
        <li>Registered with HCPC</li>
        
        <li>Post graduate study and training in  specialist area, including feeding</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant experience as an  Occupational Therapist working  within specialist field (e.g.  preschool settings, feeding clinics)</li>
        
        <li>Experience of carrying out  specialist informal and  standardised assessments and  intervention relevant to the client  group</li>
        
        <li>Working with multi-agency/  disciplinary teams</li>
        
        <li>Extensive experience of  supervising less experienced OTs or OTAs</li>
        
        <li>Experience of training others  including parents/ caregivers in  specialist area</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
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        <li>Ability to write clear and concise  reports</li>
        
        <li>Competent computer skills</li>
        
        <li>Advanced knowledge of a broad  range of assessment tools relevant  to the client group</li>
        
        <li>Advanced knowledge of a range of  appropriate therapeutic  interventions relevant to the client  group</li>
        
        <li>Established knowledge of the  national policies and procedures  relevant to the client group</li>
        
        <li>Fully embedded understanding of  the roles of other professionals  relevant to the client group</li>
        
        <li>Fully embedded knowledge  regarding standards of record  keeping</li>
        
        <li>p skills, including selfl</li>
        
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          Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Able to demonstrate a  commitment to the West London  Trust Values</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work well both  independently and as part of a uni/  multidisciplinary team</li>
        
        <li>Ability to communicate highly  complex or sensitive advice and  information to others</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage time and  demonstrate prioritisation skills</li>
        
        <li>Excellent interpersonal skills  - including objective observation,  active listening, use of emotional  intelligence and counselling skills</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed negotiation and  problem -solving skills</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage competing  demands/ priorities</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed analytical,  evaluation and reflection skills</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed presentation  skills (written and verbal)</li>
        
        <li>Organised</li>
        
        <li>Flexible</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Degree / diploma or other  professional Occupational Therapy  qualification</li>
          
          <li>Registered with HCPC</li>
          
          <li>Post graduate study and training in  specialist area, including feeding</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Knowledge
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant experience as an  Occupational Therapist working  within specialist field (e.g.  preschool settings, feeding clinics)</li>
          
          <li>Experience of carrying out  specialist informal and  standardised assessments and  intervention relevant to the client  group</li>
          
          <li>Working with multi-agency/  disciplinary teams</li>
          
          <li>Extensive experience of  supervising less experienced OTs or OTAs</li>
          
          <li>Experience of training others  including parents/ caregivers in  specialist area</li>
          
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            Knowledge
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to write clear and concise  reports</li>
          
          <li>Competent computer skills</li>
          
          <li>Advanced knowledge of a broad  range of assessment tools relevant  to the client group</li>
          
          <li>Advanced knowledge of a range of  appropriate therapeutic  interventions relevant to the client  group</li>
          
          <li>Established knowledge of the  national policies and procedures  relevant to the client group</li>
          
          <li>Fully embedded understanding of  the roles of other professionals  relevant to the client group</li>
          
          <li>Fully embedded knowledge  regarding standards of record  keeping</li>
          
          <li>p skills, including selfl</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate a  commitment to the West London  Trust Values</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work well both  independently and as part of a uni/  multidisciplinary team</li>
          
          <li>Ability to communicate highly  complex or sensitive advice and  information to others</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage time and  demonstrate prioritisation skills</li>
          
          <li>Excellent interpersonal skills  - including objective observation,  active listening, use of emotional  intelligence and counselling skills</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed negotiation and  problem -solving skills</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage competing  demands/ priorities</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed analytical,  evaluation and reflection skills</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed presentation  skills (written and verbal)</li>
          
          <li>Organised</li>
          
          <li>Flexible</li>
          
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    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Heart of Hounslow Health Centre</p>
      <p>92 Bath Road</p>
      <p>Hounslow</p>
            <p>TW3 3LN</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Heart of Hounslow Health Centre</p>
          <p>92 Bath Road</p>
          <p>Hounslow</p>
                    <p>TW3 3LN</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Specialist Paediatric OT - Preschool

Behaviour Analyst

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Mind Matters NHS Talking Therapies are looking to recruit a number of full time Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners on a fixed term 1 year contract. The NHS Talking Therapies specific training involves in person training at ReadingUniversity with the remainder of your time spent at Mind Matters Base (Unither House, Chertsey).You will be required to work one late shift per week until 8pm.</p>
<p>In addition to attending Reading University for training, you will be learning all about Mind Matters, assisting with administrative duties &amp; as your training progresses you will move on to assess &amp; treat those using Mind Matters for mild to moderate presentations of Anxiety &amp; Depression. You will be trained to deliver high volume, low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy guided self-help interventions and gain the opportunity to offer Interventions by telephone, Microsoft Teams or in person, &amp; group settings.</p>
<p><strong>BEFORE APPLYING</strong>, please read the attached person and job specification attached to ensure you hold sufficient qualifications and experience for the role, and ensure that you are available to start your role in <strong>February </strong>and can attend all training in person at Reading University and the Mind Matters Hub location in Chertsey the remainder of the week.</p>
<p>You would be upgraded to a band 5 position as a PWP after receipt of written confirmation of course completion from training provider and consequently application for professional registration.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>A key part of your role will be undertaking assessments with people with common mental health difficulties, identifying goals and undertaking risk assessments. You will identify treatment plans with your supervisor, communicate plans to your clients and navigate our clinical IT system, sending relevant GP and client letters. You will provide treatment to people struggling with common mental health difficulties. This will involve providing a range of evidence based low-intensity psychological treatments. It will include providing 1:1 guided self-help, delivering computerised CBT and assisting/running psychoeducational groups for clients. You will be responsible for signposting and onwards referrals in collaboration with your supervisor for any inappropriate referrals. You will need to adhere to an agreed amount of client contacts offered per week. You will keep records of clinical activity and use such records, as well as clinical outcomes, to make decisions with your supervisor.</p>
<p>You will need to attend and fulfil all the requirements of the trainee PWP course, including practical and academic university assessments. You will need to be compliant with all the mandatory NHS training. You will need to prepare and present clinical information to your case management supervisor to ensure safe practice and implement any suggestions from supervision. You will be required to engage in clinical skills supervision in order to improve your competencies and clinical practice.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Mind Matters Surrey IAPT has been operational since 2013 and is part of the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust. We are a fast growing, primary care mental health service offering high quality evidence based psychological therapies for people with common mental health problems.</p>
<p>Mind Matters Surrey IAPT services provides Talking Therapies treatments between 8.00am - 8.00pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am-5pm Friday and Saturday. There is a requirement to work a minimum of 1 late shift per week until 8pm.</p>
<p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.</p>
<p>We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.</p>
<p><strong>Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.</strong></p>
<p>Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.</p>
<p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
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      £27,857 to £30,570 a year
      
        Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
      
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    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <p>325-7630042-TT</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
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        <li>Degree of any Discipline OR L5 qualifications</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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        <li>Recent relevant experience of working in a mental health setting</li>
        
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          <li>Recent relevant experience of working in Primary MH care where agreed targets in place</li>
          
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          <li>Recent relevant experience of working in a mental health setting</li>
          
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            <li>Recent relevant experience of working in Primary MH care where agreed targets in place</li>
            
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
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    <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Unither House</p>
          <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
          <p>Chertsey</p>
                    <p>KT16 9FG</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us" target="_blank">https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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