Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to support children and young people with complex mental health challenges. You will collaborate with families and care teams to create personalized care plans, ensuring the safety and well-being of your clients. The role involves risk management, clinical supervision, and evidence-based practice. This position offers flexible working options with vacancies both full-time and part-time.

Qualifications

• Passionate about empowering children and young people facing mental health challenges.
• Ability to assess, plan, and implement care in partnership with young people.
• Experience in providing clinical supervision and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage ongoing risks presented by children and young people.
• Develop personalized care and recovery plans.
• Provide evidence-based clinical practice consistent with guidelines.

Job description

Overview

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Practitioner

Closing date: 05 October 2025

Join Us as a Mental Health Practitioner -- Make a Real Difference in Young Lives!

Are you passionate about empowering children and young people facing complex mental health challenges? Here's your chance to play a vital role in shaping their journey towards recovery and well-being. As a Mental Health Practitioner, you'll collaborate closely with young people, their families, and care teams to develop personalized care and recovery plans that help them thrive.

The role of Mental Health Practitioner is to work in partnership with children and young people in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of children and young people and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist advice and interventions. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for students.

We have two vacancies available; one full time vacancy at Falcon House in Portsmouth and a part time vacancy at The Bridge Centre in Eastleigh. Please state in your application which location is your preference. Job Descriptions for each vacancy are attached.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of children and young people by undertaking the following duties:

• To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those children and young people presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop care plans alongside the child or young person.
• To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
• To assess and manage ongoing risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the child, young person and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Nursing and Mental Health Strategy.
• To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
• To act within the professional body's code of conduct at all times.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas. We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration. Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• See attached job descriptions

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearBased of full time hours