CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Skelmersdale; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health foundation in the UK seeks a dedicated professional to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team. The role emphasizes leadership in providing high-quality mental health services for children and young people. Candidates should have recent experience in CAMHS or mental health and be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check. This position offers flexibility in working patterns to support a positive work/life balance while ensuring that clinical governance and safeguarding standards are upheld.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for work/life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience within a CAMHS setting or mental health.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• A means of transport is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality service to improve mental health for children and young people.
• Conduct evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions.
• Support partnerships between CAMHS and community partners.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the team.
• Contribute to safeguarding agenda implementation.

Skills

Leadership in clinical settings

Assessment skills

Therapeutic intervention

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Registered nurse, qualified social worker, or occupational therapist

Job description

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). As part of the team you will take a leadership role in the delivery of high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers. Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will undertake needs‑led, evidence-based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people and their families and carers, including those needing support due to deliberate self-harm.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse, qualified social worker, occupational therapist or equivalent non-core qualification.
• Minimum of 12 months of recent experience within a CAMHS setting or experience in working within mental health.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• A means of transport is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Take a role in the delivery of high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers.
• Within a systemic and holistic framework undertake needs‑led, evidence-based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people and their families and carers, who present to the service, including those as a result of deliberate self-harm.
• Actively liaise and support robust partnership working arrangements between the CAMHS Team and community partners and other key stakeholders involved with the child across agencies in order that an integrated package of care is developed.
• Provide a high level of generic skills and competencies and work towards development of areas of clinical expertise within the field of CAMHS, complimenting other members of the team.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to a skill‑mixed team, and facilitate a culture of learning and reflective practice.
• Work in collaboration with the service manager / team leader to support the clinical governance, public health and NHS modernisation agenda.
• Actively contribute to the implementation of the safeguarding agenda within the service, in partnership with the Lancashire Care safeguarding team.

Working patterns & benefits

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust encourages flexible working. We believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. Working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi‑time and career breaks are considered. Applicants should state their preferred working pattern on the application form and discuss options at interview.

Contact

For an informal discussion please contact Rachel Lynch, Team Manager, or Jeanette Jennings, Clinical Lead, on 01695684262.

Application deadline

This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025.