Senior Mental Health Practitioner(UK Visa Sponsorship)

Job Description

About the Opportunity

Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are entering an exciting new phase of development with the introduction of the CHARM Service (Children’s Health and Resilience in Mental Wellbeing).

CHARM is a newly designed early intervention service, supporting children and young people with mild to moderate emotional and mental health needs, focusing on prevention, resilience, and timely access to evidence-based care.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner to play a key role in delivering high-quality, compassionate mental health support to children, young people (aged 0–18), and their families. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner who enjoys working collaboratively, values early intervention, and is confident managing complexity.

Your Role

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within CHARM, you will hold a defined and complex caseload, providing assessment, formulation, and short-term, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties.

You will work closely with families, schools, health colleagues, and partner agencies, ensuring care is accessible, responsive, and centred around the child or young person’s needs.

In addition to clinical delivery, you will act as a senior team member, offering supervision, contributing to quality improvement, and supporting service development alongside the Team Lead and Team Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload, including specialist mental health assessments, care planning, and outcome evaluation
• Deliver short-term, evidence-based psychosocial and CBT-informed interventions tailored to children, young people, and families
• Design, plan, and facilitate group-based interventions to promote resilience and emotional wellbeing
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop robust risk management plans
• Promote positive and proportionate risk-taking to support independence and quality of life
• Work collaboratively with families, education settings, and multi-agency partners
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records and contribute to effective communication across services
• Support and supervise colleagues, as agreed, fostering reflective and safe practice
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit activity, and service quality standards

Working With Us

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation, recognised for innovation and commitment to improving lives across the communities we serve.

With around 9,000 staff, we deliver physical health, mental health, learning disability, and social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin, alongside regional and national specialist services.

We are proud of our culture of inclusion and belonging, captured in our commitment to being “United in Our Uniqueness.” We want our workforce to feel valued, supported, and able to bring their whole selves to work.

Who We’re Looking For

Essential Qualifications

Registered professional qualification, such as:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• Occupational Therapist
• Social Worker
• Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner with significant post-qualification experience
• Formal qualification in High Intensity (HI) or Low Intensity (LI) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Mentorship or supervision qualification (or equivalent) for HI/LI CBT practice
• Current UK professional registration with no restrictions

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification
• Experience contributing to service development or quality improvement initiatives

Skills & Experience

You will bring:

• Experience working with children and young people with complex emotional and mental health needs
• Confidence delivering structured, evidence-based interventions
• Strong skills in risk assessment and risk management
• Experience supporting or supervising colleagues
• Excellent communication and collaborative working skills
• A child-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach

Compliance & Eligibility

• This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is available for eligible applicants
• Overseas applicants must meet UKVI criminal record certification requirements
• Applicants must hold current UK professional registration

Please note: the Trust may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Use of AI in application forms must be declared in line with Trust guidance.

Helpful External Resources

• Mental Health Act Guidance (GOV.UK)
• Working Together to Safeguard Children (GOV.UK)
• Skilled Worker Visa Information (UKVI)
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re passionate about early intervention, value collaborative working, and want to support children and young people at a crucial point in their lives, we would love to hear from you.