Mental Health Practitioner

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Barnsley is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner to join their Assessment & Primary Intervention Team. The role involves delivering timely assessments and tailored interventions for young people experiencing anxiety and low mood. Collaborating closely with families and local partners, this position offers strong support for professional development within a passionate team dedicated to improving emotional wellbeing. Flexibility and commitment to staff wellbeing are at the core of this opportunity.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Robust managerial supervision

Excellent training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and delivering interventions for young people.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of neurodiversity and its implications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessments and interventions for emotional wellbeing.
• Manage a clinical caseload and conduct risk screenings.
• Work closely with local partners in health and education.

Skills

Emotional wellbeing support

Dynamic and flexible approach

Collaboration with families

Education

Relevant qualifications in mental health

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a new and rewarding progressive career in Children and Young people's Mental Health Services? We're excited to offer a permanent, full-time opportunity for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Assessment & Primary Intervention Team (APIT) within Barnsley CAMHS.

Responsibilities

APIT is a dynamic multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality mental health services to children & families. We provide timely assessments and tailored interventions to support emotional wellbeing & promote positive outcomes.

This varied role suits a practitioner eager to make a difference. You'll join a passionate, supportive team where staff wellbeing is a priority. We offer a thorough induction, regular supervision, and excellent opportunities for training and professional growth.

This role involves assessing young people referred to CAMHS and delivering brief interventions for issues such as anxiety and low mood. It also includes close collaboration with Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) under the Branching Minds (BM) initiative, which acts as the front door to childrens mental health services in Barnsley, ensuring timely access to appropriate support.

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in supporting referral reading, risk screening, signposting, and liaising with local partners in health, education, and social care.

You will work collaboratively with families, carers, and young people, adapting your approach to meet their needs. This includes managing a clinical caseload, multi‑agency working and considering neurodiversity.

Qualifications

We welcome applications from allied Health Professionals including:

• Childrens Wellbeing Practitioners
• Registered Nurses (Paediatric, General, Mental Health, Learning Disability)
• Occupational Therapists
• Social Workers

Please ensure you meet the essential requirements before applying.

Attributes

• who feel fulfilled helping young people and families
• who are curious about others and want to help them thrive
• who care deeply about emotional wellbeing and mental health
• who are dynamic, flexible, creative, professional, and reflective

Benefits & Working Conditions

Team wellbeing is a high priority. We support flexible working to promote a positive work‑life balance. You'll receive robust managerial and clinical supervision, plus excellent training and professional development opportunities.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up‑to‑date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Trust Information

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.