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Job summary

Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join their Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service. The role includes clinical assessments, working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, and providing support to young patients and their families. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on delivering high-quality mental health care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' scheme

Discounts at popular retailers

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services.
Skills and experience working with families around emotional/mental health.
Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

Clinical triage and assessment of patients for mental health issues.
Signpost to other sources of information and local support.
Facilitate appropriate representation in practice-based MDT's.

Skills

Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties

Ability to communicate effectively

Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies

Education

Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession

Current professional registration with an approved regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, etc.)

Additional training in CYP Mental Health

Job summary

The Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner for GP in the East of Berkshire (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme - ARRS) join our Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) to enhance joint working across primary care and the network of emotional wellbeing and mental health services within the locality, improving patient journeys and making it easier for children, young people and their families to obtain the help they need.

To enable robust access to clinical supervision, professional development and to facilitate recruitment and retention, we will seek to recruit the role that are shared across the PCN and locality Getting Help or Mental Health in Schools Team.

Post holder will spend 2.5 days in the PCN and 2.5 days in the identified CAMHS Team.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a newly developed and innovative service. This is an important post, at the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS. The posts require enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering duty interventions and contributing to team working.

The post holder will be an integral part of this team, holding a small caseload of Getting Help level cases accepted via triage and assessment in their PCN role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced child and adolescent mental health practitioner who will work as part of the PCN MDT to deliver the following:

Clinical triage and assessment of patients requesting appointments for mental health issues including challenging behaviour. This includes same day appointments and planned appointments.

Signpost/navigate to other sources of information and local support including peer support, social prescribers, VSCE services e.g. youth counselling, youth workers, GEMS; within the Thrive framework/stepped care approach.

Identify any onward referral pathways and make appropriate referrals, undertaking screening and ensuring provision of required information to support the referral

Help people to develop coping strategies and draw on their own strengths and resources

Liaise with CAMHS to enable crisis support and admission avoidance where necessary

Facilitate appropriate representation in practice-based MDT's to support clinical management of identified patients

Provide specialist advice to GP's and other members of the MDT on the particular needs of children and young people and their families including advice on symptoms, risk or the need for a referral.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites

Details Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum ( Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

371-CFS473-D

Job locations

Upton Hospital

Slough

SL1 2BJ

Job description Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care
Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working
Ability to travel between multiple sites

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to email: Vicki Livingstone on Vicki.Livingstone@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible

Job description Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care
Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working
Ability to travel between multiple sites

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to email: Vicki Livingstone on Vicki.Livingstone@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible

Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Essential

Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession. i.e./ relevant professional qualification
Current professional registration with an approved regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, ACP, UKPC etc.): e.g. Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
Additional training in CYP Mental Health / Specialist training in skills relevant to child & adolescent mental health
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.

Previous Experience Essential

Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services
Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural/additional health/developmental needs
Ability to meet agreed /specified service targets
Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
Experience with routine outcome monitoring
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Desirable

Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Experience of running / co-running groups
Experience of supervising others

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mental health problems
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Ability to teach and train others.

Additional Requirements Essential

A positive approach to working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Willingness to work flexibly.
An awareness of own strengths and limitations.
Ability to travel between sites and to locality meetings (preferably valid UK driving license
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Essential

Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession. i.e./ relevant professional qualification
Current professional registration with an approved regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, ACP, UKPC etc.): e.g. Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
Additional training in CYP Mental Health / Specialist training in skills relevant to child & adolescent mental health
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.

Previous Experience Essential

Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services
Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural/additional health/developmental needs
Ability to meet agreed /specified service targets
Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
Experience with routine outcome monitoring
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Desirable

Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Experience of running / co-running groups
Experience of supervising others

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Essential

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mental health problems
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Ability to teach and train others.

Additional Requirements Essential

A positive approach to working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Willingness to work flexibly.
An awareness of own strengths and limitations.
Ability to travel between sites and to locality meetings (preferably valid UK driving license
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Upton Hospital

Slough

SL1 2BJ