Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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. You will assess, plan, and deliver evidence-based interventions, using sound clinical judgement to manage risk and support complex needs.

You will hold a varied caseload, contribute to triage and decision-making, and ensure timely access to appropriate services. The role includes oversight of a small team, with some operational management responsibilities such as coordinating workloads and supporting service delivery. A key part of the role is providing clinical supervision and guidance to junior staff, maintaining high standards of care.

Working collaboratively with families, schools, and partner agencies, you will promote a whole-system approach to wellbeing and contribute to service development and quality improvement.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients., Provide comprehensive assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs, using sound clinical judgement to manage risk. Hold and manage a varied caseload, contributing to triage, referrals, and care planning to ensure timely access to appropriate services.

Provide clinical leadership through supervision, consultation, and guidance to junior staff, supporting their development and maintaining high standards of practice. Oversee a small team, with operational responsibilities including coordinating workloads, supporting day-to-day service delivery, and contributing 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.

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 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.