Primary Mental Health Worker in Suffolk

Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? Do you have a professional qualification in nursing, social work, therapy or equivalent and a desire to provide high‑quality advice, support and brief interventions to children and young people under 18 experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties? Join our dynamic community Early Intervention CAMHS service within a friendly, supportive and creative multi‑disciplinary team.

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS is looking to recruit Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers or Therapists to join us as a Band 6 Primary Care Mental Health Worker (PMHW) in our Under 18 Wellbeing team on a permanent part‑time (30 hours) contract. There may be future potential to increase hours in the team. It is an exciting time to join our service as we make the transition to a place‑based approach (3 locality teams – East, Central and West Suffolk) working closely with partners across education, health and social care. The roles will be based in our East and Central localities.

The PMHW role is diverse and interesting, working holistically within an MDT alongside Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP), Psychological Therapists and Counsellors.

• Offer consultation and training for schools and professionals
• Facilitate groups for parents and support delivery of therapeutic groups for children and young people
• Present webinars on children’s mental health
• Undertake assessments and direct work with children, young people and families, managing a caseload

This role provides you with many opportunities for learning about wider mental health issues for children, young people and families and service pathways. You will need to have a good understanding of mental health difficulties, assessment, theoretical knowledge and a range of therapeutic interventions.

Suffolk Early Intervention CAMHS proactively seeks to provide opportunities to develop and enhance the clinical skills and practice of our team, enhancing direct work with children, young people and families. During induction you will shadow colleagues undertaking assessments, facilitating groups and providing consultation to schools and other agencies and professionals. Training and support will be provided to gain expertise in delivering an early intervention approach. You will also benefit from regular clinical and management supervision and in‑house training on CBT and systemic approaches.

Benefits include NHS pension, comprehensive in‑house and external training programmes, career progression, starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays), staff physio service, NHS discounts and many more.