Mental Health Practitioner

Are you

passionate about helping young people with mental health problems? Are you

looking for an opportunity to develop and share your skills and knowledge in

mental health? If you answer yes to these questions, then Wakefield Child and

Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is the place for you!

We are

looking for an experienced and confident Mental Health Practitioner who is able

to work within a busy team. You must have significant and demonstrable

experience of working with young people and their families, who can often

present with a range of complex mental health needs. You will manage your own

caseload, providing a range of high-quality care appropriate to the young

persons needs which will include risk assessment and management, consultation

and evidence-based interventions.

You must

have a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to deliver clinical aspects

of the role in order to be able to provide a range of appropriate clinical

interventions and assessment and be competent to do this work as an autonomous

practitioner within professional practice guidelines and a structured

supervision framework.

Please get in touch with Katie Race (Team Manager) if you

would like to know more about the role.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Practitioner in The Core Team within

Wakefield CAMHS, the main duties would be as follows:

• Hold and manage a caseload independently.

• Provide thorough risk assessments and care

planning.

• Provide therapeutic intervention through both

1:1 work and group work with young people in the locality.

• Provide urgent assessments when required.

• Work in a trauma-informed way.

• Work with other agencies; schools, social care

etc.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to

have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

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

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were 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 to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-W1520A

Job locations

Airedale Health Centre

The Square, Fryston Road

Castleford

WF10 3JJ

United Kingdom

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 teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1

To support the

ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

2

To 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.

3

To apply a sound

knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

4

To be committed

to a quality approach for patient care.

5

The

post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained

effort in assessment of complex family issues.

6

To

manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual

need.

7

To operate within the clinical and case management

supervision framework.

8

To 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.

9

To participate in the development, audit and

review of this extension to existing service provision.

10

To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow

specialist CAMHS practitioners.

11

To 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.

12

To use a range of Information Technology systems

(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept

securely and confidentially

13

To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme

for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical

incidents are reported.

14

To comply with both clinical and corporate governance

frameworks.

15

To

support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development

and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service

improvement and redesign.

16

To actively promote user/carer involvement in all

aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities

and wishes of the individuals concerned.

17

To work in an innovative and

child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous

improvement and learning.

18

Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of

aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.

19

To maintain relevant professional registration

20

To identify and communicate any concerns through the

relevant management processes.

21

To 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.

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 teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1

To support the

ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

2

To 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.

3

To apply a sound

knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

4

To be committed

to a quality approach for patient care.

5

The

post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained

effort in assessment of complex family issues.

6

To

manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual

need.

7

To operate within the clinical and case management

supervision framework.

8

To 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.

9

To participate in the development, audit and

review of this extension to existing service provision.

10

To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow

specialist CAMHS practitioners.

11

To 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.

12

To use a range of Information Technology systems

(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept

securely and confidentially

13

To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme

for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical

incidents are reported.

14

To comply with both clinical and corporate governance

frameworks.

15

To

support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development

and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service

improvement and redesign.

16

To actively promote user/carer involvement in all

aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities

and wishes of the individuals concerned.

17

To work in an innovative and

child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous

improvement and learning.

18

Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of

aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.

19

To maintain relevant professional registration

20

To identify and communicate any concerns through the

relevant management processes.

21

To 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

Training

Desirable

• Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS
• Experience of delivering training to others

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Good verbal and communication skills
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
• Membership of professional body

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification e.g. degree
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
• A teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation
• Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
• Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• 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)

Physical Attributes

Essential

Person Specification

Training

Desirable

• Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS
• Experience of delivering training to others

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Good verbal and communication skills
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
• Membership of professional body

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification e.g. degree
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
• A teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation
• Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
• Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• 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)

Physical Attributes

Essential

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Airedale Health Centre

The Square, Fryston Road

Castleford

WF10 3JJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Airedale Health Centre

The Square, Fryston Road

Castleford

WF10 3JJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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 teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1

To support the

ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

2

To 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.

3

To apply a sound

knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

4

To be committed

to a quality approach for patient care.

5

The

post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained

effort in assessment of complex family issues.

6

To

manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual

need.

7

To operate within the clinical and case management

supervision framework.

8

To 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.

9

To participate in the development, audit and

review of this extension to existing service provision.

10

To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow

specialist CAMHS practitioners.

11

To 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.

12

To use a range of Information Technology systems

(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept

securely and confidentially

13

To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme

for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical

incidents are reported.

14

To comply with both clinical and corporate governance

frameworks.

15

To

support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development

and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service

improvement and redesign.

16

To actively promote user/carer involvement in all

aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities

and wishes of the individuals concerned.

17

To work in an innovative and

child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous

improvement and learning.

18

Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of

aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.

19

To maintain relevant professional registration

20

To identify and communicate any concerns through the

relevant management processes.

21

To 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.

Training

Desirable

• Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS
• Experience of delivering training to others

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Good verbal and communication skills
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
• Membership of professional body

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification e.g. degree
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
• A teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation
• Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
• Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
• Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
• Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

• Experience of community settings
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• 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)

Physical Attributes

Essential