Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker

NSFT; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

In-house training programmes

Career progression

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Part-time Primary Mental Health Worker (PMHW) at Band 6 for the Early Intervention CAMHS service in Suffolk. The role focuses on children and young people under 18 with mild to moderate mental health needs, based in East/Central Suffolk localities.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team, provide brief interventions, consultations and training to schools, and maintain a caseload while travelling across localities as required.

Qualifications

• Experience in Specialist CAMHS settings.
• Clinical supervision experience or willingness to supervise.
• Experience working in a person-centred therapeutic organisation.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals.
• Facilitate groups for parents and support delivery of therapeutic groups for children and young people.
• Present webinars on children’s mental health.
• Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people and families, managing a caseload.

Skills

Special CAMHS experience

Clinical supervision

Person-centred approach

Multi-disciplinary team

Education

Professional qualification (Nurse/Social Worker/OT)

Job description

Main area Child and Adolescent Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months fixed) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (4 days per week) Job ref 246-WSU8307779

Site Ipswich Town Ipswich Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

Primary Mental Health Worker (PMHW)

Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Want to work as part of our dynamic community Early Intervention CAMHS service within a friendly, supportive, and creative multi-disciplinary team? Dedicated to providing high-quality advice, support and brief interventions to children and young people under 18 experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Do you have a professional qualification in nursing, social worker, therapy or equivalent?

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS is looking to recruit a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or an Occupational Therapist to join us as a Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker (PMHW) in our Under 18 Wellbeing team on a part time basis.

It is an exciting time to join our service as we continue transitioning towards a place-based approach (3 locality teams – East, Central and West Suffolk) working closely with partners across education, health, and social care.

The roles will be based in our East and Central localities.

Main duties of the job

The PMHW is a diverse and interesting role, working holistically within an MDT, alongside Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP), Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. PMHWs:

• Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals
• Facilitate groups for parents and support delivery of therapeutic groups for children and young people
• Present webinars on children’s mental health
• Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people, and families, managing a caseload

This role provides you with many opportunities for learning about wider mental health issues for children, young and families and service pathways. You will need to have a good understanding of mental health difficulties, assessment, theoretical knowledge, and a range of therapeutic interventions.

Working for our organisation

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS proactively seeks to provide opportunities to develop and enhance the clinical skills and practice of our team, enhancing direct work with children, young people and families . During induction, you will shadow colleagues undertaking assessments, facilitating groups, and providing consultation to schools and other agencies and professionals. Training and support will be provided to gain expertise in delivering an early intervention approach. You will also benefit from regular clinical and management supervision and in-house training on CBT and Systemic approaches.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work in collaboration with colleagues from health, education, social care teams, youth offending and the voluntary sector and this could include joint assessments with other professionals.

This post requires a core profession of: Nurse, Social Worker, Health Visitor or Occupational Therapist.

These roles will be based in Suffolk in our East and Central Localities – you will be the named Primary Mental Health Worker for a group of schools within your locality. There is a need to travel across Suffolk for meetings and training.

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification e.g.; Registered Nurse on Parts 1, 3, 5 or 13 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register; Social Worker; Occupational therapist or other relevant professional qualification.

Experience

• Experience within Specialist CAMHS setting
• Clinical supervisory experience and willingness to provide clinical supervision.
• Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Awareness of personal and professional responsibilities in regards to safeguarding and can demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding procedures and practice guidelines.
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, child and adolescent mental health disorders and knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions within the CAMHS speciality.

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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