Senior Clinical Supervisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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The source advert contains explicit wording ruling out sponsorship for this specific role. Consider other live roles at the same band from sponsorship-friendly trusts.
“Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is a leadership opportunity for an experienced clinician to join Dorset Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) as a Senior Clinical Supervisor. You will provide expert clinical supervision, consultation, and leadership to Supervisors and Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, promoting high-quality, evidence-based practice. The role also involves maintaining a small clinical caseload, delivering specialist interventions to children, young people, and families with complex mental health needs. You will contribute to quality improvement, service development, and clinical governance activities, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health professional with current registration with HCPC, NMC, Social Work England, BPS, BABCP, BACP, UKCP, ACP-UK or equivalent professional body.
- Significant experience working therapeutically with children, young people and families experiencing mental health difficulties.
- Experience delivering recognised evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children and young people, including a strong understanding of Low Intensity CBT interventions.
- Substantial experience providing clinical supervision, including Case Management Supervision and Clinical Skills Supervision.
- Experience supporting and developing practitioners who supervise others.
- Experience working with clinical complexity, safeguarding, risk assessment and risk management.
- Strong knowledge of trauma-informed, attachment-aware and child-centred practice.
- Experience of multi-agency partnership working across health, education, social care and voluntary sector services.
- Excellent communication, consultation, coaching and mentoring skills.
- Experience using outcome measures, audit, quality improvement and service evaluation to inform practice.
- Commitment to evidence-based practice, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to work independently while building strong collaborative relationships across teams and organisations.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Ability to drive, access to a car and ability to travel across Dorset to meet service requirements.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in Low Intensity CBT, High Intensity CBT or a relevant therapeutic modality.
- Additional specialist training in trauma, attachment and systemic approaches.
- Experience working within a Mental Health Support Team (MHST).
- Experience facilitating reflective practice groups.
- Experience supporting supervisors in training or newly qualified supervisors.
- Experience contributing to clinical pathway development, supervisory practice development and wider service innovation.
- Experience managing resources and contributing to workforce development, recruitment and retention initiatives.
- Advanced skills in data analysis, reporting and using outcome data to drive service improvement.
- Management
- Evidence of leadership and management skills
- Risk Management
- Evidence of risk assessment and management and ability to support others in managing risk
- Car Driver
- Car driver and ability to travel across county when needed
- Registered mental health professional with current registration with HCPC, NMC, Social Work England, BPS, BABCP, BACP, UKCP, ACP-UK or equivalent professional body.
- Significant experience working therapeutically with children, young people and families experiencing mental health difficulties.
- Experience delivering recognised evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children and young people, including a strong understanding of Low Intensity CBT interventions.
- Substantial experience providing clinical supervision, including Case Management Supervision and Clinical Skills Supervision.
- Experience supporting and developing practitioners who supervise others.
- Experience working with clinical complexity, safeguarding, risk assessment and risk management.
- Strong knowledge of trauma-informed, attachment-aware and child-centred practice.
- Experience of multi-agency partnership working across health, education, social care and voluntary sector services.
- Excellent communication, consultation, coaching and mentoring skills.
- Experience using outcome measures, audit, quality improvement and service evaluation to inform practice.
- Commitment to evidence-based practice, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to work independently while building strong collaborative relationships across teams and organisations.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Ability to drive, access to a car and ability to travel across Dorset to meet service requirements.
- Postgraduate qualification in Low Intensity CBT, High Intensity CBT or a relevant therapeutic modality.
- Additional specialist training in trauma, attachment and systemic approaches.
- Experience working within a Mental Health Support Team (MHST).
- Experience facilitating reflective practice groups.
- Experience supporting supervisors in training or newly qualified supervisors.
- Experience contributing to clinical pathway development, supervisory practice development and wider service innovation.
- Experience managing resources and contributing to workforce development, recruitment and retention initiatives.
- Advanced skills in data analysis, reporting and using outcome data to drive service improvement.
- Management
- Evidence of leadership and management skills
- Risk Management
- Evidence of risk assessment and management and ability to support others in managing risk
- Car Driver
- Car driver and ability to travel across county when needed
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 14d
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Supervisor
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Dorset Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) are looking for an exceptionalSenior Clinical Supervisors to join the service.
This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced clinician who thrives on collaboration, professional development and service improvement. Working as one of four Senior Clinical Supervisors, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening supervisory practice, ensuring children, young people and families receive high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate support.
You will provide expert clinical supervision, consultation and leadership to Supervisors and Senior Wellbeing Practitioners, promoting reflective practice, professional curiosity and confident decision-making. Alongside your supervisory role, you will maintain a small clinical caseload, delivering specialist interventions to children, young people and families with more complex mental health needs.
This role is ideal for an innovative and motivated professional who is committed to trauma-informed, attachment-aware and child-centred practice and who is passionate about developing the practice of others.
**Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the
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