Specialist CAMHS Practitioner/CBT Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Wigan is looking for an experienced CAMHS Practitioner to join their team. This role includes training in CBT and being part of a multi-disciplinary team. Responsibilities involve triage, case management, and undertaking interventions with children. The position offers competitive pay enhancements, generous annual leave, and a supportive environment for personal development and innovative ideas in mental health care.

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

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working as a CAMHS Practitioner.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong commitment to improving young people's mental health.

Responsibilities

• Support team in triage and assessment of referrals.
• Responsible for case management and risk assessments.
• Undertake CBT interventions with children and young people.

Skills

CBT skills

Excellent communication

Advocacy

Education

Experience as a CAMHS Practitioner

Relevant supervision qualification

Job description

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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 people's mental health? Are you able to place the needs of a young person 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 Wigan 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.

This is a specific and exciting opportunity for an experienced CAMHS Practitioner to undertake training in CBT and progress into a specialist role. You will be supported to undertake CBT training and the relevant supervision qualification. You will use your CBT skills in your clinical work alongside your core CAMHS experience.

As a Specialist CAMHS mental health practitioner you will be working as part of the MDT. You will have responsibility for supporting the team in triage and assessment of referrals to our service and ensuring timely and responsive access to the appropriate care pathways. You will be responsible for case management, duty, risk assessments, training and development within the team and wider THRIVE partners. Important developments of system partner relationships and building on the fantastic relationships we have in Wigan across Local Authority CVS and Wigan Family Welfare. The role as a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner will also allow management development as the role will deputise in the absence of senior staff for the service.

Undertaking CBT interventions with children and young people, and also offering supervision in this modality when fully qualified and registered.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff who deliver services from more than 120 locations. We provide inpatient and community‑based mental health care for people living in Bolton, 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.

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
• Blue Light Card Discounts

This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025.