Mental Health Practitioner

CareTech Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

CareTech Group is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Practitioner for a part-time position covering various residential homes across West Yorkshire. This role involves providing therapeutic support to children and young people, working collaboratively with staff to foster wellbeing and resilience. Applicants should hold relevant professional registration and possess strong communication and organisational skills. Experience in CAMHS and with Looked After Children is preferred, offering opportunities for excellent training and career progression.

Benefits

Excellent training and career progression opportunities

Variety of staff benefits

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC, BACP, or Social Worker England.
• Experience in CAMHS settings.
• Background in mental health clinical work.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic services to children and young people.
• Assess and identify needs through consultation.
• Support staff in building positive relationships with young people.

Skills

Communication

Organisational

Time Management

Teamwork

Education

Registered with relevant professional organisation (NMC, BACP, Social Worker England)

Job description

(covering 6 months Maternity leave)

Permanent: Part time working 30 hours/ Monday to Friday

Location: Covering across residential homes, West Yorkshire/Batley, Leeds, Rotherham, Bradford and Goole.

Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in children’s residential care, education, mental health rehabilitation and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated individual to join the company as a Mental Health Practitioner. The post will require someone with previous experience of working in CAMHS settings, specifically within Looked After Children’s services.

We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.

Job Role

You will be providing a therapeutic service to children and young people placed in the region by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through consultation and training of staff in order to provide them a stable and secure base. The clinician supports staff to build positive and healthy relationships with young people to enable them to grow, develop and achieve their full potential through the use of a range of therapeutic approaches such as DDP, PACE, Therapeutic Parenting, etc.

The member of the clinical team works holistically to help staff develop our young people’s wellbeing, independence, and social and emotional resiliency, as part of the consultative model and with a multi-disciplinary approach with other professionals involved.

Further duties are described in the attached Job Description.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward-thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team.

Registered with the relevant professional organisation (NMC, BACP, Social Worker England, etc.)
Be a strong team player with excellent communication skills
Have excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills

Beneficial

Previous experience in working with children & adolescents is advantageous
CAMHS experience
Working with Looked After Children
Children residential care experience
Mental Health clinical background

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Created on 29/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom