Mental Health Practitioner

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage allowance

Health & wellbeing support

Staff development opportunities

Defence Employer Recognition Bronze

Job summary

Bradford District Care Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner for the CAMHS Looked After and Adopted Children's team in Bradford. The post is permanent and part-time at 30 hours per week, offering opportunities for clinical development and trauma-informed interventions within a supportive MDT.

The successful candidate will assess risk and mental health needs, build therapeutic relationships with young people and their families, and contribute to holistic care plans in

Qualifications

• Assess risk and mental health needs of children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and deliver care packages for groups and individuals within a multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to develop robust, holistic care plans.

Job description

CAMHS children and young people Looked After and Adopted Children's team

Permanent - Band 6

Part Time -30 hours per week

Here in Bradford CAMHS we are looking to appoint a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner. There will be an opportunity to build therapeutic relationships with young people and their support systems, whilst assessing risk and mental health needs. Liaison, communication and consultation with other professional groups and partner agencies will be necessary to ensure that robust and holistic care plans are established and implemented. There will be opportunities for clinical development, involvement in therapeutic groups and chances to offer trauma informed interventions, as well as caseholding responsibilities. You will be working within an experienced multi disciplinary team and under a supportive operational and clinical leadership team.

Bradford District Care Foundation Trust can offer you compassionate and inclusive leadership. We are keen to hear and learn from your experience to further develop our trauma informed service. We truly respect the expertise new staff bring to our service.

Are you passionate about Children's Mental Health Services and enthusiastic about collaborating with colleagues across the service and between agencies? If so, we are keen to consider applicants who wish to develop and work towards improving our relationships with partner agencies.

Closing- 27th september 2026

Shortlisting- 30th september 2026

Interview- 12th October 2026

To contribute to the development and provision of services to children and young people with complex mental health needs. This will include assessing, planning and delivering care packages both within groups and also individually and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Core Values

• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.