Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NSFT; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programmes (in-house & ex

Starting annual leave 27–33 days

NHS discounts

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the Central Norfolk Youth Service. The role focuses on young people aged 14–18, with potential transition to CAMHs in 2027; skilled multidisciplinary team support is offered within a vibrant environment.

You will assess mental health, provide interventions, and help young people access appropriate services. The post emphasizes development, supervision, and peer mentoring within a supportive setting.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Nursing, Social Work with mental health training, or Occupational Therapy.
• Registered professional status with relevant body.
• Experience in child and adolescent mental health is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess the mental health of young people and plan recovery.
• Provide interventions and help access internal and external services.
• Contribute to project groups, supervision, and peer mentoring.
• Engage with families and carers to support wellbeing.

Skills

Nursing

Social Work

Occupational Therapy

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) Job ref 246-CEN8232181-A

Site 80 St Stephens Rd Town Norwich Salary £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

Senior Mental Health Practitioner Child and Young People Services

We are delighted to be recruiting a Mental Health Professional within the Central Norfolk Youth Service the youth service currently works with young people aged 14 – 25, however we are in the process of change and future youth service will be working with those 18 – 25 and our current CAMHs service will in the future be working with young people up to 18. This role then whilst initially hosted in the youth service will focus on young people between the ages of 14 – 18 with the expectation that they will move to the CAMHs service in 2027 as the planned age change takes effect.

We are looking for professionals with either a Nursing, Social Work (with additional Mental Health Training) or Occupational Therapy qualification – who will provide mental health assessment and intervention to the people we support. It is a role that is about building relationships, inspiring others, and working as part of a vibrant and skilled team.

If you’re inspired to offer support through difficult times, and to help young people and families to thrive, then you may be the right person for our team.

We are open to accommodate a variety of working patterns including part time applicants.

Main duties of the job

This is currently an exciting time for our team, as we develop our service to meet the needs of our young people in Norfolk.

In CFYP we support young people (aged 4-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome fresh ways of thinking.

In this role you will be responsible for assessing the mental health of young people, and collaborating with them to plan their recovery. Going forwards this could involve providing interventions to the young people you support, or helping them to find other services inside and outside of our team.

We will want to hear your voice throughout your work with us, so it’s also crucial that you help us with developing our service by contributing to project groups, and by helping other members of the team to grow through supervision and peer-mentoring.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

YOUR APPLICATION

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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 named CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.