CAMHS Practitioner - YOUnited Referral Hub | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Huntingdon is seeking a professional for the YOUnited Referral Hub role, aimed at supporting children's emotional wellbeing and mental health. The position requires a commitment to triage referrals and provide guidance while maintaining clinical focus. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills and experience working with young individuals facing mental health challenges. This role includes a hybrid work setting with regular travel. Competitive compensation offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field.
• Experience working with children and young people with mental health needs.
• Knowledge of the I-thrive model framework.

Responsibilities

• Triage non-crisis referrals for children and young people.
• Assess clinical risk and prioritize mental health needs.
• Network with CAMH professionals and other stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Knowledge of mental health needs

Education

Relevant professional qualification in mental health

Job description

Overview

This post is fixed term for 6 months. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the YOUnited Referral Hub that supports access to help for children and young people with emotional wellbeing/mental health needs in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The role is based in Huntingdon with a hybrid working approach including working in base and working from home. You will need to travel to Huntingdon regularly. In addition, you will be expected to undertake one day per working clinically in one of the three CAMHS locality bases - Cambridge, Huntingdon or Peterborough - dependent on your home address.

Join the YOUnited Referral Hub team, supporting children and young people in accessing the right help for their emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. This role involves triaging non-crisis referrals and ensuring each case is directed to the most appropriate service. Determine whether referrals meet the threshold for specialist, secondary or primary care interventions using the I-thrive model framework. Provide signposting and advice for referrals that do not require an intervention to ensure that families and young people receive appropriate support. Work autonomously within your own professional guidelines and in line with the referral hub policies. Maintain a clinical focus, dedicating approximately 20% of the role to complete assessments and/or potential therapeutic interventions.

If you are a self motivated, enthusiastic professional with excellent communication skills and a passion for the improving outcomes for Children and Young People with emotional wellbeing issues, we look forward to hearing from you.

About CPFT

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

1. To work as a member of the CPFT YOUnited Team and wider partnership YOUnited Referral Hub, providing screening of referrals, information gathering and consultation to referring agencies, young people and their families and/or carers.
2. To utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young person’s mental health needs and how they would most appropriately be met.
3. To assess clinical risk based on information available and additional information gathered, and to prioritise accordingly.
4. To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people referred to the service.
5. To maintain awareness of the resources of the core, neuro-developmental and eating disorders pathways in main Community CAMHS, and the administrative systems for booking appointments in those teams.
6. To work alongside Community CAMHS to ensure that waiting time standards are met.
7. To contribute to the development of systems for managing referrals including screening, filtering, re-directing and fast tracking referrals as appropriate.
8. To follow the Standard Operating Procedures of the YOUnited Referral Hub team.
9. To network and develop partnerships with CAMH professionals and other professionals within Social Care, Education, Early Help services, General Practitioners, Child Health services, Health Promotion agencies and the Voluntary / Independent sector.
10. To work within the framework of legislation, guidance, policies and procedures relating to the Children’s Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
11. To maintain accurate and appropriate records of work undertaken.
12. To ensure that Trust policy in relation to confidentiality and consent is adhered to at all times.
13. To attend training opportunities to promote professional practice and skills development in line with professional body requirements.
14. To participate in the CAMHS on-call system as and when required.

This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025