South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 12 May 2026
A Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner in CAMHS delivers high‑quality care to children and young people while providing clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include assessing, planning and delivering evidence‑based interventions, managing risk, and overseeing a small team with operational duties such as coordinating workloads and supporting service delivery. The role also involves clinical supervision and guidance to junior staff, maintaining high standards of care, and working collaboratively with families, schools and partner agencies to promote a whole‑system approach to wellbeing.
Main Duties of the Job
- Provide comprehensive assessment, formulation and delivery of evidence‑based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
- Maintain a varied caseload, contributing to triage, referrals and care planning for timely access to appropriate services.
- Supervise, consult and guide junior staff, supporting their development and upholding standards of practice.
- Oversee a small team, coordinate workloads, support day‑to‑day service delivery and contribute to performance and quality monitoring.
- Work collaboratively with families, schools and partner agencies to promote a whole‑system approach to wellbeing.
- Contribute to service development, audit and continuous quality improvement aligned with CAMHS priorities.
About Us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust providing community, mental health and learning disability services across Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical roles committed to improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of service users we meet and help each year.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, valuing diversity and aiming for a workforce reflective of our communities.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
Person Specification
Experience
- Delivering training to others.
- Post‑qualification experience working with children, young people and carers in a mental health or complex care setting.
- Experience working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Multidisciplinary team working and inter‑agency liaison.
- Providing specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
- Advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management with evidence‑based practice.
- Advanced safeguarding of children and young people.
- Experience in community settings.
Physical Attributes
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post, with a satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years.
Personal Attributes
- Work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to a multi‑agency approach.
- Make and lead decisions under pressure and crisis situations.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving service accessibility.
- Good self‑care and encouragement of the same in team members.
- Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day (reasonable adjustments for those unable to drive).
- Integrity, honesty, openness, transparency and respect.
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., nursing or allied to medicine).
- Post‑qualification training in identified portfolio (e.g., learning disability, eating disorder).
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Membership of a professional body.
- Post‑graduate qualification in mental health (e.g., CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
Special Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Self‑reliant and autonomous caseload management.
- Excellent negotiation and problem‑solving skills.
- Excellent record‑keeping and report writing, including care planning and risk assessments.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
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