Senior Wellbeing Practitioner | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£44,485 - £52,521 pa inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Welling, Kent, DA16 1BL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Sept 2026
Closing date:	25 Oct 2026

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Summary

Greenwich MHST seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who are passionate about mental health support in schools, with a demonstrable track record of MHST clinical experience.

The post holder will contribute further to the development of early intervention and prevention service in Greenwich CAMHS. The post represents a development opportunity for a qualified practitioner, who is committed to the principles of CYP-PT to further their career into a Senior practice role. In addition to managing their own caseload, the post holder will be expected to provide supervision to CWPs or EMHPs.

The post-holder will work with young people from diverse backgrounds and should be committed to diversity and ensuring access to services for all.

To provide an evidenced based service for children and young people as part of early identification and intervention for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs

To provide advice, support and knowledge of appropriate resources for the emotional wellbeing of children and their families

To take responsibility for liaising with Practice Leads within the team and other Practitioners, to support effective clinical governance, risk and safety protocols and best practice principles to support continuous improvement and young person-centred care

To support development and delivery of psychoeducational workshops, webinars and groups for young people, parents/carers and school staff

To work across agencies to develop a co-ordinated response to children and young people's mental health needs

Encourage user-involvement and co-production in furthering best practices and striving for quality assurance in data returns for qualitative and quantitative service evaluations to inform and improve further service development

To work alongside others to demonstrate knowledge and skills to plan and critically evaluate the implementation of the early intervention role to meet the mental health needs of children and young people

To provide supervision to CWPs or EMHPs (from second year of SWP programme).

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind

• We’re Fair

• We Listen

• We Care

SWPTRAINEE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

This is a training role within the CYP-PT programme. The SWP training is for qualified CWPs and EMHPs who have undertaken the respective Graduate or Postgraduate Certificate/ Diploma. The programme aims to extend the clinical skillset of CWPs and EMHPs by providing specialist training in a broader range of presentations as well as supervisor training for low-intensity interventions. SWPs will be responsible for:

Fulfilling the course requirement (see course brochure)

Working within the governance frameworks of the organisation, including, but not limited to: Clinical Governance, Confidentiality, Data Protection, Health and Safety, and use of IT

Informing their supervisor/line manager and university of any university absence

Being present in their site on non-university days and use site leave allowances as agreed with their site.

Application Process

This is a dual application process. In addition to applying for this position with us, you must also complete a KCL application for the Course Team to review. The Course Team will liaise with us on whether you meet the academic requirements for the course during the recruitment process. You will only be offered a KCL training place if you are successful in securing this postand you meet the university training requirements (such as academic background, relevant experience, visa approval).

University applications close onWednesday25thNovember 2026at 23.59 pm.However, it is strongly advised to submit an early application to prevent the delay of a decision. Applications take approximately 4-6 weeks to assess. Teaching will begin on Monday29thJanuary 2027at KCL, Denmark Hill Campus.

Please read the application guidance and course brochureincludedfor full information and instructions on how to apply and what to include in your application.

KCL CYP-PT Senior Wellbeing Practitioner PGDip (SWP) Jan 2027- KCL Programme Brochure.pdf

KCL CYP-PT Senior Wellbeing Practitioner PGDip (SWP) Jan 2027 - Application Guidance.pdf

This advert closes on Thursday 8 Oct 2026

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