Senior Mental Health Practitioner- CAMHS MHST

Overview

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner in MHST, you will manage a small caseload of children and young people with low to moderate mental health needs and deliver short, evidence-based interventions. You will serve as a bridge between education settings and MHST, offering consultation, resources, and signposting to support whole-school approaches. You’ll collaborate with schools, GPs, social care, and public health to improve local CYP mental health outcomes. This role blends clinical work with partnership building to drive early intervention and school-based mental health initiatives.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working options
• NHS pension scheme
• Generous annual leave
• Career development opportunities
• Blue Light Card discounts
• NHS-specific perks

Responsibilities

• Hold a small CYP caseload and deliver short-term, evidence-based interventions
• Act as main point of contact between education settings and MHST; provide advice, consultation, signposting
• Build relationships with schools, GPs, social care, public health and voluntary sector partners
• Support development and delivery of whole-school approaches to mental health and wellbeing
• Participate in service evaluation, audits, and clinical governance
• Maintain accurate records, reports and data in line with professional standards
• Deliver training packages to schools and partner agencies on CYP mental health
• Ensure safeguarding and child safety in all activities

Key requirements

• Qualification in nursing, social work, occupational or family therapy, child psychology, or equivalent field
• Current core registration with a relevant professional body
• Training in and/or substantial experience with behaviour and/or brief/solution-focused techniques with children and families
• Significant post-qualifying experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience liaising with referrers and clients at entry to a service (children's services)
• Ability to travel around the county and work from home to complete administration
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• Desirable: CBT/counselling/psychotherapy/behaviour modification/social skills or group therapy qualifications

• Strong communication skills with children, families and referrers
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Adaptable and able to work under pressure
• Low-intensity, evidence-based interventions
• CBT/brief approaches exposure with children and families (desirable)
• Provision of consultation, guidance and signposting

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