CAMHS SPA Practitioner

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Rugeley; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in the UK seeks a CAMHS SPA Practitioner to provide holistic mental health assessments and support for children and families. The role requires addressing complex mental health needs and developing clinical care pathways. Candidates should have a relevant degree and extensive post-registration experience in mental health. Opportunities for flexible working are available.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Up to 27 days annual leave, increasing with service

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking at all trust sites

Salary sacrifice bike scheme

Qualifications

• Evidence of extensive post-registration experience with children experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Experience working in a CAMHS setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide a holistic approach to clinical expertise in assessment and treatment.
• Implement and evaluate the CaFSPA process for complex cases.
• Develop clinical care pathways and quality standards within CaFSPA.

Skills

Holistic assessment of need

Psychological therapy training

Risk assessment and management

Ability to prioritize workload

Education

First level qualification in mental health

Post-registration experience and training

Job description

CAMHS SPA Practitioner

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Our CAMHS SPA is a development that provides a single point of access for children and families accessing our mental health services across our South Staffordshire localities. This service aims to process, assess and determine the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) to ensure their needs are met with the correct service provision through liaison and multi‑agency working.

The SPA is the first point of clinical contact for CYP, families and referrers and offers consultation and advice prior to referral and during the triage phase. The SPA is a multi‑disciplinary team with strong links to wider CYP Mental Health, Health and Social Care services.

Our service is developing to consult with our colleagues across Health, Education and Social Care, working with our partners across South Staffordshire and neighbouring areas, to promote preventative support and develop ease of access to all services within our areas.

The CAMHS SPA is part of the Children and Families Single Point of Access (CaFSPA). The CaFSPA is currently in phase 1 of this new service development, with plans to grow and merge with wider children's services to create a ‘front door’ service that will ensure our children and families journeys begin in the right place and allow for smoother transition around services.

The role is based at the Rugeley office which you will need to attend but there is opportunity to work from home.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous practitioner providing a holistic approach to provide a high standard of clinical expertise in the assessment, planning, treatment, education and advice given to patients, carers and other health and social care professionals.
• Ongoing responsibilities for the implementation and evaluation of the CaFSPA process, alongside assessment of young people care where there is a greater complexity of need.
• Excellent risk assessment and management skills in relation to positive risk taking and decision making to enable safe and effective responses to CYP and their families, primarily by telephone.
• Play an integral role in developing clinical care pathways and quality standards within the CaFSPA, alongside participating in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
• Assist in the delivery of a high standard of care to service users referred to the service.
• Implement agreed systems for the monitoring of effectiveness of care.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by.

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one‑off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like‑minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Job responsibilities

For more information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of extensive post‑registration experience working with children experiencing mental health related difficulties.
• Experience of previous working in a similar role. Experience of working within a CAMHS setting.

Skills

• Knowledge and experience of holistic assessment of need and understanding of appropriate intervention and MDT approach.
• Psychological therapy training / brief interventions.

Personal Attributes

• Have the ability to prioritise own workload and the workload of others and meet set deadlines.

Qualifications

• First level (Degree or higher diploma) professional Nursing / AHP / Social Work / Therapy qualification in mental health, Social Work, Nursing, AHP or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post‑qualified experience/professional development.
• Post‑registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.

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.