Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner - MHST

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the MHST leadership team. The role includes delivering evidence-based early interventions in schools, supervising junior staff, and coordinating with schools and external services across Birmingham and Solihull.

Training opportunities and potential LIST progressions are available. The post is based in the MHST, with flexible working options and a pathway to January 2027

Qualifications

• RMN or RLDN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with substantial CAMHS experience.
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience with children and young people’s mental and emotional health needs.
• Experience in engaging diverse or hard-to-reach populations.
• Experience within education or social care.
• Leadership or management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and advice to staff, including assessments and interventions for young people.
• Line manage junior clinical staff and support team development.
• Deliver services across multiple education settings and travel across Birmingham and Solihull.
• Offer timely advice to school staff and liaise with external services to ensure appropriate support.

Skills

Leadership

CAMHS experience

People management

Job description

Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner - MHST

Band 6

Main area Are you a qualified health professional - Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with CAMHS experience? Are you ready to take your next step into a leadership role? Would you like to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Supervision Training (LIST)? If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST). We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues. Having gained further funding to expand the team, we are looking to recruit 2 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join the leadership team. Our new team is launching in October 2026. Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 436-8235256

Site MHST at Touchbase Pears Town Selly Oak, Birmingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job overview

Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with CAMHS experience?

Are you ready to take your next step into a leadership role?

Would you like to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Supervision Training (LIST)?

If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST). We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues. Having gained further funding to expand the team, we are looking to recruit 2 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join the leadership team. Our new team is launching in January 2027.

Candidates will be working across a set number of education settings delivering evidence-based early interventions, and Whole Setting Approach initiatives (WSA). Candidates will work within a clinical team to ensure mild to moderate mental health and emotion wellbeing support is provided.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will offer clinical expertise and advice to staff, including undertaking assessments and interventions for young people who may benefit from support from a more experienced clinician.

You will also line manage junior clinical staff, supporting and developing the team to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

You will need to ensure you are registered with the relevant professional body prior to applying.

Main duties of the job

The Mental Health Support Team is an early intervention service, working with children, young people, and their families with mild-to-moderate mental health needs within Birmingham and Solihull.

The team is comprised of a range of different clinicians, all working together to support young people as early as possible, to prevent their needs escalating and having a long term impact on their wellbeing.

We have 3 core functions:

To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues.

Support the senior mental health lead in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach and,

Give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

A typical clinical day may involve delivering assemblies and workshops to a primary and secondary schools and further education settings. You may then travel to health centers, homes or education settings to deliver some one-to-one or a group session of low intensity CBT intervention. You may then facilitate supervision, plan/create resources and help lead team meetings. Travel across the Birmingham and Solihull area is expected. Throughout the day there will be good access to support and connection from your colleagues.

Working for our organisation

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Travel across Birmingham will occur on a daily basis, but we will try and allocate you to schools close to one another where we can to reduce your travel time.

Person specification

training and experience

• RMN or RLDN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, RN or RCN with substantial CAMHS experience, Qualified CWP or Qualified EMHP
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience of working with children and young people’s mental and emotional health needs.
• Experience of assessing the mental health needs of children/young people in a community or inpatient setting.
• Experience in engaging diverse or hard to reach populations
• Experience within education/social care
• Leadership or management experience

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed. Our selection process may involve more than one interview or assessment.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) . The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.

Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.

Please note - if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.

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.