Community Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Job Overview

The CAMHS Young Peoples Team (YPT) is a specialist service supporting young people with moderate to severe mental illness. We are seeking a Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse or Mental Health Practitioner for 37.5 hours per week on a 12-month secondment or fixed-term basis.

You will provide trauma-informed assessment and care for young people, including those who are looked after, adopted, or homeless. Acting as a central point for complex referrals, you will deliver consultations with carers and professionals, complete risk assessments, and develop care plans to support recovery and stabilisation.

The role includes supporting transitions for 17+ young people into adult services, delivering training to large groups, and ensuring content aligns with current research. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, carers, and local authorities, demonstrating strong communication and record-keeping skills.

A non-medical prescribing qualification is desirable but not essential. Applicants must demonstrate experience working with complex mental health needs and risk.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required. Internal applicants must have line manager approval.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact: Kayleigh Lord [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within adopted, looked after and homeless young people. To work closely with the local authority

To provide consultation and training To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional

To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings

To be a strong presence in team meetings and assessing referrals To offer supervision to junior colleagues

To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland - a driving license and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We may close the advert early, if we receive enough applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.