Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Educational Mental Health Practitioner Supervisor
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Educational Mental Health Practitioner Supervisor
We are seeking an experienced Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) Supervisor with an appropriate supervision qualification to work autonomously and within the scope of their role. The successful candidate will engage in the following key responsibilities:
Role Overview
The EMHP Supervisor will:
- Support EMHPs in developing their clinical practice through case management and clinical skills supervision.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people (aged 5–19) in education settings presenting with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
- Help pupils with more severe challenges to access specialist services quickly.
- Work collaboratively with school/college staff to identify and support mental health themes, ensuring appropriate referrals and interventions.
- Enhance access to specialist mental health services by operating effectively within educational environments.
The role combines the core functions of an EMHP with a leadership focus on supervising EMHPs (Band 4–5).
Key Responsibilities
Direct Clinical Practice
- Assess and deliver outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions carefully aligned with each young person’s needs.
- Collaborate closely with teaching, support, and other professional staff, upholding the educational setting’s core function.
- Accurately assess and evaluate risk, adhering to safeguarding protocols (LSCB guidance) and local risk management procedures.
- Where necessary, expedite referrals to additional specialist services to support children with severe needs.
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Supervisory Role
- Provide ** clinical supervision** and caseload management to EMHPs and EMHP trainees (Band 4–5).
- Foster a supportive environment for staff development through structured and reflective supervision.
Support for Educational Settings
- Facilitate interventions that build upon existing mental health initiatives within schools/colleges, ensuring holistic support while adhering to the NHS historical remit for educational psychology empathy-based approaches.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside teaching staff, health/nurse consultants, etc.
Person Specification
Essential
- Qualification: Valid supvisor training qualification (NHS-approved; e.g., HCPC Endorsement, Associate Practitioner supervision qualification).
- NMC/HCPC Registration for existing qualified mental health practitioners (e.g., Mental Health Nurse, Community Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist,social worker in clinical speciality).
- Experience delivering mental health interventions in education settings and working with young people (ideally in a multi-agency environment).
- Demonstrable skills in promoting’school safeguarding awareness, risk-assessment, and informed referrals’.
- Ability to adapt practice to students’ diverse needs across cultural and therapeutic contexts.
- Experience working within the NICE guidance and child mental health interventions.
- Ability to navigate the interface between **psychology, educational and social-emotional development.
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Desirable
- Experience working in high-stress or large-scale team deployment scenarios (e.g., mental health crisis support).
- Evaluative skills to encapsulate impactful improvements with supervision.
About the Organisation
We are part of a trusted and effective health trust with:
- Over 5,000 staff working across 55 sites, including educational communities.
- Commitment to community-focused care that supports diverse and professional environments.
- Consistent high satisfaction rates in staff surveys, including:
- 72% recommend the Trust as a workplace (top in South West region).
- 76% recommend Trust services to a colleague needing care (#1 South West).
- 81% report care prioritisation as the Trust’s focus (vs 64% in comparable NHS Trusts).
Opportunities for meaningful engagement include annual staff and Pulse surveys. Our culture prioritises a welcoming, inclusive, and collaborative workplace.
Culture & Benefits
- Commitment to addressing equity gaps and mental health challenges.
- Shared facilities across a multi-agency network focused on children and young people’s mental well-being.
Enquiries/Informal visits Kindly direct any question first to:
- Telephone : 0300 421 4688, or email: louise.price@ghc.nhs.uk
- Team Manager: [Choice among Jane Townsend, Chris David, or Emily Ireland]
Hours: This role operates within standard working hours of UK education settings (term-time focus approximately September to July, with adjustments expected for school holidays).
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