Child & Adolescent Mental Health / Learning Disabilities Nurse

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Wales; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Child & Adolescent Mental Health / Learning Disabilities Nurse. This community-based role involves providing expert support to young people within various settings. Ideal candidates will possess significant experience in mental health, knowledge of CBT approaches, and will be expected to deliver patient-led care while working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Opportunity for apprenticeships and volunteering

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a mental health setting.
• Experience delivering cognitive behavioral therapy and interventions.
• Experience managing risk and working with families.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, evidence-based CBT-influenced interventions.
• Conduct strengths-based assessments as per mental health legislation.
• Support and supervise newly qualified staff.

Skills

Experience in mental health settings

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) knowledge

Culturally sensitive practice

Team collaboration

Strong communication skills

Education

First level nurse registered in mental health or learning disabilities

Specialist training to postgraduate level

Job description

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job overview

The post holder will have responsibility to provide expertise to young people and families seeking support from theChild and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) within Swansea Bay University Health Board. This is a community-based service which provides support in various locations, as is appropriate for the young person (e.g. clinic, school, home). The role involves partnership working and close collaboration with statutory and third sector partners as well as families/ carers/ trusted adults. This post will play a key role within the CAMHS multi-professional team.

The post holder will be required to clinically assess need and provide interventions under Part 1 and Part 2 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure (2010) and will need to adopt a flexible approach to work to ensure that they can adapt to the changing needs of the service.

Interventions provided by the appointee must include evidence-based, biopsychosocial interventions utilising CBT-informed approaches in both an individual and group-based modalities.

The post holder will be responsible for providing timely, patient-led care in line with the needs of young people and their families/carers, ensuring culturally sensitive practice, amongst a wider professional team consisting of nursing, psychiatry, psychology, psychological therapies, and other disciplines.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide high-quality, evidence-based interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-informed approaches to groups, individuals and families.

Work on own initiative when providing consultation, liaison and support, directing the young person to the correct support pathway using independent clinical decision-making.

Complete strengths-based assessments under Part 1 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure (2010).

Be responsible for providing timely, patient-led care in line with the needs of young people and their families/carers, ensuring culturally sensitive practice.

Provide expertise within the CAMHS multi-professional team, consisting of nursing, psychiatry, psychology, psychological therapies, and other disciplines.

Provides support in various locations, as is appropriate for the young person (e.g. Clinic, school, home) and therefore will be required to travel independently within the geographical area.

Assess and manage patient safety and risk and maintain appropriate record keeping in line with health board and professional standards including documentation (e.g. Wales applied risk research network (WARRN)).

Support and line manage newly qualified staff and support workers.

Possess organisation skills to manage a clinical caseload with competing demands and interruption.

Maintain and uphold the requirements of professional registration.

Requirement to assist within the limits of your knowledge and competence if an emergency arises.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and personal specification for a detailed description of the main duties of the post.

Person specification

Experience

• Significant experience of working within a professional mental health setting.
• Experience of managing risk in a mental health setting of working with families, carers, and trusted adults.
• Experience of multi-professional and multi-agency working including representing the service at meetings
• Experience of collaborating with colleagues to develop their skills
• Experience of delivering individualised mental health care, including assessment, psychologically informed approaches, review and discharge.
• Experience of professional record keeping
• Experience of working within a professional mental health setting with children and young people.
• Experience of community-based mental health work. Experience of training and/or supervising staff.
• Experience of delivering CBTinformed approaches (e.g. CBT, DBT, ACT, SFT, CFT).
• Experience in peer supervision and reflective practice.
• Experience of working using whole systems approaches of creating and delivering mental health-related content (e.g. psychoeducational groups, parent groups etc.).

Qualifications and Knowledge

• First level nurse, registered to practice in mental health or learning disabilities
• Specialist training to post graduate level
• Knowledge of the assessment and treatment of mental health. Knowledge of and/or training in CBT-informed approaches (e.g. CBT, DBT, ACT, SFT, CFT).
• Knowledge of and/or training in risk and safety management process, including selfharm, suicide and risk to others, of child safeguarding legislation and procedures and of Gillik Competence and mental capacity.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and guidelines in relation to mental health.
• Knowledge of child development and attachment.
• Knowledge of systemic family therapeutic processes
• Knowledge of guidelines (e.g. NYTH/NEST Framework, Mental Health (Wales) Measure (2010), ALNET, WARRN, Whole School Approach)
• Knowledge of Duty of Candour and Putting Things Right Policy.

Essential Aptitude and Abilities/Skills

• Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours.
• Able to role model professional standards and values. Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used.
• Able to respond to the demands of the service and to manage immediate clinical needs and risks.
• Able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when collaborating with key stakeholders
• Evidence of undertaking presentations to groups.
• Ability to communicate effectively across a broad range of key stakeholders including children and young people.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time and work under pressure.
• Able to adapt clinical skills to working remotely (i.e. via telephone/video calls)
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable in levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing
• Skilled in the monitoring of physical health (e.g. blood pressure, temperature, pulse).

Other Essential

• Ability to travel within geographical area with own transport.
• Strong and adaptable communication skills to suit varying recipients of various ages for various purposes, demonstrating commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Ability to develop positive therapeutic relationships with people experiencing mental health issues
• Ability to empower others to take to be reflective, whilst working with service users, ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships
• Capable of culturally sensitive practice.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

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.