Senior CAMHS Practitioner Youth Justice Link Worker | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Sale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in England is seeking a Youth Justice Link Worker to join their team. The role involves supporting young people with mental health needs, managing assessments, and providing high-quality care. The ideal candidate will have experience in various mental health professions and work within a multidisciplinary team. The position offers opportunities for supervision and participation in professional meetings.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with experience in mental health management.
• Ability to undertake assessments and develop intervention plans.
• Experience working in a multi-agency team setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of young people with mental health needs.
• Participate in clinical supervision and multi-agency meetings.
• Provide consultation to other professionals.

Skills

Experience in supporting young people's mental health needs

Understanding of risk and trauma informed practice

Clinical assessment skills

Consultation skills

Education

Registered professional in clinical psychology, psychotherapy, social work, nursing, or occupational therapy

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a creative and motivated professional with experience of supporting young people with their mental health needs to join our team as a youth justice link worker. The post holder will work within Trafford CAMHS as a senior clinician. You will need to be a registered professional. This could be from a range of backgrounds including clinical psychology, psychotherapy, social work, nursing or occupational therapy. You will understand young people's mental health and have experience working with risk and trauma informed practice. One working day will be based within Trafford Youth Justice team, part of the local authority children and young people19s services. The successful candidate is required to manage a caseload and provide a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person19s needs which will include mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, providing consultation to colleagues within Youth Justice and to wider networks such as social care and, Greater Manchester Police and courts. The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge to deliver care in a multi-agency team setting and receive clinical supervision and management supervision from local CAMHS service, and peer supervision with the CAMHS and youth justice teams. Experience of assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions will be advantageous.

Clinical duties

1. To work autonomously undertaking assessment of referrals from Trafford YJ Service. Gathering appropriate information from the child, family and relevant agencies.
2. To participate as a senior clinician within the core CAMHS team, offering assessment and intervention to young people with moderate to severe mental health need.
3. To develop a formulation and plan for intervention, negotiating this with the patient and parents, communicating to the referrer and relevant professionals.
4. To contribute to the duty function of the service, including assessment and management of risk.
5. To implement and manage intervention utilising the skills and expertise of the multi disciplinary team, and other agencies.
6. To manage your own case load, effectively managing your own capacity.
7. To actively participate in clinical supervision.
8. To attend and contribute to multi disciplinary team and multi agency meetings.
9. To provide consultation to other professionals
10. To work from a multi agency perspective in liaison with other professionals
11. To attend and contribute to professional meetings within YJ and Core CAMHS as required
12. To keep accurate, timely and thorough records of care provided to all patients, including the compilation of appropriate statistics.
13. To provide written reports as required and within timescale
14. To be responsible for the management of agreed tasks in relation to specific services/resources to ensure the efficient and safe running of that aspect of the service.

About MFT and our environment

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn. We champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue ambitious goals. We have created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.

We are a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We are also embarking on our Green Plan to make healthcare more sustainable. We foster an inclusive culture and provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity & applying

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you19ll need, review the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the “Supporting Documents” heading. Read the Candidate Essentials Guide with the Job Description and Person Specification for details about the Trust, our benefits, and how we care for you as you care for others.

Diversity matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email [e-mail].

We19re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025