Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Bolton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable mental health service provider in Bolton is seeking a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner to work within a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves supporting children and young people with complex mental health needs, managing case quality and risk assessments. Candidates should have essential CAMHS experience and a commitment to improving mental health outcomes for young people. A competitive benefits package is offered, including enhanced pay for unsociable hours and generous leave allowances.

Benefits

30% additional pay for evenings and Saturdays

60% additional pay for Sundays and bank holidays

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is essential.
• Leadership experience is desired.

Responsibilities

• Support the team within the Core CAMHS Case Management.
• Ensure quality of casework and team performance.
• Manage core team duty functions and quality of risk assessments.

Skills

CAMHS experience

Leadership experience

Job description

Job Overview

Are you an experienced CAMHS practitioner? Are you an excellent communicator and advocator. Are you keen to work across a wide variety of agencies and professional teams to ensure young people receive the best care therapeutic interventions and support at the right place and the right time?

Are you wanting to improve and make a real difference to young peoples mental health? Are you able to place the needs of a young people at the centre of everything you do and navigate the THRIVE partnership to ensure our young people get the right support at the right time?

If so then GMMH and Bolton CAMHS has a role for you working as part of a real Multi Disciplinary Team as one of our Specialist CAMHS Practitioners in Community CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist CAMHS mental health practitioner you will be working as part of the MDT.

You will have responsibility for supporting the team within the Core CAMHS Case Management for Children and Young People with Complex Mental Health Needs and Circumstances.

You will be responsible for the quality of casework, work closely with the CAMHS Team Manager to ensure that team performance is achieving the services KPI requirements.

The role will require you to support and manage the core team duty function, review and monitor the quality of risk assessments; risk management and care plans; safeguarding duties (as a Safeguarding Champion); and discharge plans.

This will be achieved by fulfilling clinical supervision responsibilities, offering quality assured advice and guidance for clinical assessment, risk management and care planning.

There will be an expectation that you will support the professional development of clinical skill through engaging with training and development opportunities available from within the CAMHS offer and of available from the wider THRIVE / Safeguarding partners.

Important developments of system partner relationships and building on the fantastic relationships we have in Bolton across Local Authority VCSE sector.

The role as a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner will also allow management development as the role will deputise in the absence of the Team Manager and other senior staff for the service.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification :

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• camhs experience

Desirable criteria

• camhs experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Leadership experience

Desirable criteria

• Leadership experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• camhs experience

Desirable criteria

• camhs experience

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22 / 07 / 2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.