Mental Health Practitioner
Posted 11 hours 41 minutes ago by NHS
£80,000 - £100,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Yorkshire, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, HD1 1
Job Description
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Mental Health Practitioner The closing date is 19 March 2026
Are you passionate about Children/Young Peoples mental health and want to make a real difference? A career in Kirklees core (CAMHS) team as a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner may be what you are seeking.
We are recruiting a MHP with experience working in mental health to help us strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of the young people and their families in our communities.
Our vision is to deliver high quality care that is safe, simple and easy to access.
This opportunity will include, working with a complex CAMHS caseload, delivering therapeutic group and individual interventions, offering assessments, supervision and participating in the facilitation of CAMHS entry pathway and undertaking CAMHS duty role.
We place staff health and wellbeing at the top of our agenda and it is important for us to recruit a person whose values and beliefs align with our Trust values.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
Main duties of the job You will have the right attitude, skills and knowledge to share our passion in delivering the best quality care experience for children and their families.
Your duties will be related to the delivery of clinical care in the form of evidence based psychological therapies to children, young people and their families accessing CAMHS, and supporting the entry pathway, being the lead clinician at the point of Triage into Children's mental health services. This will include duty assessments, signposting and gatekeeping.
The role would suit a person who has experience of working with children, young people and their families experiencing mental health and trauma difficulties.
The job entails working with the families together partnership to aid service delivery. Kirklees core is a strong, supportive team, who have excellent structures to offer regular supervision.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
2To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
3To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
4To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
5The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
6To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
7To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.
8To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.
9To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.
10To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.
11To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups.
12To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially
13To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported.
14To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks.
15To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign.
16To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.
17To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
18Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
19To maintain relevant professional registration
20To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes.
21To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification Personal Attributes
Mental Health Practitioner The closing date is 19 March 2026
Are you passionate about Children/Young Peoples mental health and want to make a real difference? A career in Kirklees core (CAMHS) team as a band 6 Mental Health Practitioner may be what you are seeking.
We are recruiting a MHP with experience working in mental health to help us strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of the young people and their families in our communities.
Our vision is to deliver high quality care that is safe, simple and easy to access.
This opportunity will include, working with a complex CAMHS caseload, delivering therapeutic group and individual interventions, offering assessments, supervision and participating in the facilitation of CAMHS entry pathway and undertaking CAMHS duty role.
We place staff health and wellbeing at the top of our agenda and it is important for us to recruit a person whose values and beliefs align with our Trust values.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
Main duties of the job You will have the right attitude, skills and knowledge to share our passion in delivering the best quality care experience for children and their families.
Your duties will be related to the delivery of clinical care in the form of evidence based psychological therapies to children, young people and their families accessing CAMHS, and supporting the entry pathway, being the lead clinician at the point of Triage into Children's mental health services. This will include duty assessments, signposting and gatekeeping.
The role would suit a person who has experience of working with children, young people and their families experiencing mental health and trauma difficulties.
The job entails working with the families together partnership to aid service delivery. Kirklees core is a strong, supportive team, who have excellent structures to offer regular supervision.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
2To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
3To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
4To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
5The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
6To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
7To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.
8To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.
9To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.
10To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.
11To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups.
12To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially
13To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported.
14To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks.
15To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign.
16To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.
17To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
18Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
19To maintain relevant professional registration
20To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes.
21To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification Personal Attributes
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Clarity of decision making.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
- A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- Membership of professional body.
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
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