Mental Health Practitioner - ADHD Pathway

Job summary

Hello, Im Erin, the lead ADHD nurse in Barnsley CAMHS.

We are expanding our service and are seeking an experienced, skilled and motived B6 mental health practitioner to join our ADHD pathway.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about neurodevelopmental work and keen to further develop their clinical skills within a supportive and experienced team.

The successful applicant will play a key role in delivering highquality ADHD assessments, formulation and intervention for children and young people, contributing to MDT discussions, and supporting young people and families through psychoeducation and care planning.

We have a strong multi-disciplinary culture in the team, you will hold experience working in CAMHS services and have a sound understanding of mental health challenges facing children and young people.

This role is well suited to someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, and committed to improving outcomes for individuals with ADHD, including those with co-occurring mental health, learning or sensory needs.

Main duties of the job

You will work within the CAMHS ADHD team as part of a multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, a psychiatrist, NMPs, Assistant Psychologist and admin colleagues.

The role will involve the following:

• Specialist ADHD assessments using evidence-based tools and person centred formulation
• Contributing to MDT diagnostic decisions
• Providing psychoeducation and care planning to young people, families and partner agencies
• Liaising with families, schools, and partner agencies
• Supporting medication monitoring (if within scope)
• Working within a neurodevelopmental pathway
• Working within a multidisciplinary team
• Leading or contributing to ADHD diagnostic pathways
• Multiagency collaboration
• Providing clinical interventions for neurodevelopmental needs
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation

Team wellbeing is a high priority. We support flexible working to promote a positive work-life balance. You will receive robust managerial and clinical supervision, plus excellent training and professional development opportunities.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

• Date posted: 04 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9378-B2330
• Job locations: Barnsley CAMHS, Upper New Street, Barnsley, S70 1LP, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The post-holder will:

Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs;

Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;

Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.

To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1 To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

2 To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.

3 To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

4 To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.

5 The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.

6 To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.

7 To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.

8 To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.

9 To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.

10 To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.

11 To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups.

12 To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially

13 To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported.

14 To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks.

15 To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign.

16 To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.

17 To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

18 Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.

19 To maintain relevant professional registration

20 To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes.

21 To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.

VDU USER

To record own data and to access email and internet

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respect at all time. The post holder must at all times act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

We put the person first and in the centre

We know that families and carers matter

We are respectful, honest, open and transparent

We improve and aim to be outstanding

We are relevant today and ready for tomorrow

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participating in relevant training;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.

adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.