CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner in Stalybridge

Site: Tameside and Glossop CAMHS, Springleigh Clinic, Town: Stalybridge

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata

Closing Date: 16/11/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople. Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate as we are about high quality care.

The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk.

This is a fixed term 12 months post for a mental health practitioner to work in the CAMHS access and assessment team, completing triage of new referrals and assessments of young people referred for the Community CAMHS team. You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group.

You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, flexible, self-motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across teams and agencies.

Main duties of the job:

• This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists.
• You will have the benefit of being co-located with partner services for children and families.
• A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care.

Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Tameside and Glossop to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children’s services and the third sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services.

Working for our organisation:

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.

We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Please note, this role is within the teams access and assessment team and therefore confidence and skills within assessment and formulating treatment plans is essential.

Person specification:

Education / Qualifications:

• NMC nursing, social work, and has active registration with relevant regulatory body (NMC, SWE)
• Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services to post graduate diploma level RMN or Social Work Pin

Experience:

• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services.
• Experience of case management of young people.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Experience of relating to young people in a group or community setting.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to young people.
• Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with young people.
• Understanding of Youth Offending services.
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to young people.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments.
• Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group.
• Ability to work well with a team.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context.

Sponsorship Information:

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and requirements on the government website.

Pre-Employment Checks:

To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will be used to validate employment history and references. If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

Pennine Care are committed to the ‘Get ahead on Flex’ pledge initiative to support the right to request flexible working for all colleagues. “We can work flexibly, as a modern and model employer, flexible and less than full-time working isn’t a barrier to progress in the NHS – it is commonplace”.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.