Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist or Psychologist

Integrated Care System; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community mental health service is looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist or Psychologist in Barnsley to deliver trauma-informed mental health care to children and young people. This role offers 30 hours per week with a focus on evidence-based assessments and interventions. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience working in mental health settings. A flexible approach is encouraged.

Benefits

Access to professional development

Supportive team environment

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Experience in delivering training and support.
• Experience working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions.
• Provide supervision and consultation across the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in service development and inter-agency meetings.

Skills

Clinical assessment and interventions

Therapeutic relationship building

Communication skills

Crisis management

Education

Hons. Degree in Psychology

Relevant professional qualification in mental health

Job description

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist or Psychologist

The closing date is 08 August 2025

We are looking fora creative and dynamic clinician with a passion for making a real difference toyoung peoples lives.

Barnsley CAMHS isoffering an exciting Band 7 opportunity to join our Core Pathways Team aseither a Senior Mental Health Practitioner / Therapist or ClinicalPsychologist, depending on your professional registration.

The Core Pathways Team is part of our multidisciplinaryservice providing specialist trauma-informed mental health care for children,young people and their families. We work closely with colleagues across theservice, including our Assessment and Brief Intervention Team, Crisis and Home-BasedTreatment Team, Child in Care pathway and Eating Disorder Team.

Youwill be a member of a skilled and compassionate team offering evidence-based assessmentand therapeutic interventions to young people and their families who face arange of mental health needs, neurodiversity and systemic challenges. This willalso involve working with partner agencies.

Staffwellbeing is at the heart of Barnsley CAMHS you will be supported to flourishand have access to regular line management, clinical supervision, peer supportand professional development. This is a great opportunity to be part of a veryspecial team and help shape the future of the wonderful young people inBarnsley.

Thispost is 30 hours a week, and we will endeavour to support the right candidate towork these with a flexible approach.

Main duties of the job

You will work directly with childrenand young people up to the age of 18 and have positive outcomes which arerecovery focussed. Being able to manage risk and complexity is essentialalongside a calm, resilient and professional manner which supports andadvocates engagement with the young person and the systems around them. Thiswill include:

• Delivering robust assessments, formulationsand evidence-based interventions
• Using a range of therapeutic approaches,tailored to each individual
• Fostering creative, engaging therapeuticrelationships
• Providing supervision and consultation acrossthe multidisciplinary team
• Participating in MDTs, inter-agency meetings,and service development

Good Interpersonal and communicationskills are an essential part of this role, needing to adapt these to meet awide variety of need. You should have experience and/or appreciation of some ofthe richness and complexities of working with young people experiencing mentalhealth difficulties.

Please specify which role you areapplying for (SMHP/Therapist or Psychologist) and please note you only need toevidence appropriate skills for the relevant person specification for which youare applying.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

Both of the job descriptions and person specifications for this post can be found under the supportingdocuments section.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Westrongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process beforeselecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI toenhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs applicationform.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).

Experience

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Experience of community settings.

Special Knowledge/Skills

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• IT Literate.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.

Personal Attributes

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.
• CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.

Physical Attributes

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST/CAMHS SENIOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

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.

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