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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Metchley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner on a part-time basis to lead clinical work within the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) for 9 months. The role involves delivering early interventions in schools and colleges, offering expert clinical guidance, and line managing junior staff.

Travel across the Birmingham and Solihull area is expected.

Qualifications

• Qualified health professional with CAMHS experience
• Must be registered with the relevant professional body
• Experience delivering early interventions in educational settings
• Willingness to travel across Birmingham and Solihull

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based early interventions in schools and colleges
• Provide clinical expertise and advice to staff, including assessments and interventions
• Line manage junior clinical staff and support team development
• Travel across Birmingham and Solihull to educational settings and health centres
• Support Whole School/College Approach initiatives and provide supervision

Skills

Clinical expertise

Team leadership

CAMHS experience

Assessment & intervention

Education

Professional registration

Job description

Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Company:

Company: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Hours:

Hours: Part-time

Location:

Location: 750 Bristol Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6NA

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you a qualified health professional - Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with CAMHS experience? Are you ready to take your next step into a leadership role?

If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covering for 9 months due to a wonderful maternity leave.

We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues.

Candidates will be working across a set number of education settings delivering evidence-based early interventions, and Whole Setting Approach initiatives (WSA). Candidates will work within a clinical team to ensure mild to moderate mental health and emotion wellbeing support is provided.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will offer clinical expertise and advice to staff, including undertaking assessments and interventions for young people who may benefit from support from a more experienced clinician.

You will also line manage junior clinical staff, supporting and developing the team to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

You will need to ensure you are registered with the relevant professional body prior to applying.

Having gained more funding, we have numerous future substantive opportunities, this FTC would allow you to experience the service prior to the substantive posts coming out.

The Mental Health Support Team is an early intervention service, working with children, young people, and their families with mild to moderate mental health needs within Birmingham and Solihull.

The team is comprised of a range of different clinicians, all working together to support young people as early as possible, to prevent their needs escalating and having a long term impact on their wellbeing.

We have 3 core functions:

• To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach and,
• Give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

A typical clinical day may involve delivering assemblies and workshops to a primary and secondary schools and further education settings. You may then travel to health centers, homes or education settings to deliver some one-to-one or a group session of low intensity CBT intervention. You may then facilitate supervision, plan/create resources and help lead team meetings. Travel across the Birmingham and Solihull area is expected. Throughout the day there will be good access to support and connection from your colleagues.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.

Travel across Birmingham will occur on a daily basis, but we will try and allocate you to schools close to one another where we can to reduce your travel time.

This advert closes on Sunday 27 Sep 2026

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust