# Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS Access and Early Intervention/SPoA > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner-camhs-access-and-early-interventionspoa/7d8c2827-6d55-4354-8669-1d13f55f4590 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-practitioner-camhs-access-and-early-interventionspoa/7d8c2827-6d55-4354-8669-1d13f55f4590.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T14:31:25.915Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Eastbourne/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8001570 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8001570?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Single Point of Advice (SPOA) is the front door of all children’s services within East Sussex. Their purpose is to assess children and young people being referred to ascertain the most appropriate service to meet their needs. The post supports the development of significant clinical and organisational skills. You will be responsible for coordinating the intake of referrals into East Sussex CAMHS, carrying out telephone triages, and brief interventions with children aged 0-18 years and their families. This role does not involve working with a caseload but some rotation into the wider Access team to undertake initial assessments will be encouraged. We are seeking Either an experienced Mental Health Practitioner or an individual who wishes to develop their clinical skills / return to practice or gain significant triage and assessment experience within mental health. We welcome applications from a wide range of professional backgrounds and disciplines including: - Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Nursing including newly qualified practitioners. ### Main duties of the job The role involves triage and assessment of new mental health referrals, consultation with other professionals and clinicians; working across an integrated service. Successful applicants will work alongside established CAMHS colleagues in the SPOA and will rotate regularly into our Community CAMHS Team as a Mental Health Practitioner. The role involves the triage of cases to ensure that service delivery is appropriate to the needs of the individual following a Stepped approach. All practitioners will have a commitment to the development, modelling, and delivery of high quality, compassionate, person centred service for children and young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health needs and their families. This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We encourage flexible working and would consider part time hours. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Please see attached job description and person specification. ## Job Details The Single Point of Advice (SPOA) is the front door of all children’s services within East Sussex. Their purpose is to assess children and young people being referred to ascertain the most appropriate service to meet their needs. The post supports the development of significant clinical and organisational skills. You will be responsible for coordinating the intake of referrals into East Sussex CAMHS, carrying out telephone triages, and brief interventions with children aged 0-18 years and their families. This role does not involve working with a caseload but some rotation into the wider Access team to undertake initial assessments will be encouraged. We are seeking Either an experienced Mental Health Practitioner or an individual who wishes to develop their clinical skills / return to practice or gain significant triage and assessment experience within mental health. We welcome applications from a wide range of professional backgrounds and disciplines including: - Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Nursing including newly qualified practitioners. ## Job Description The role involves triage and assessment of new mental health referrals, consultation with other professionals and clinicians; working across an integrated service. Successful applicants will work alongside established CAMHS colleagues in the SPOA and will rotate regularly into our Community CAMHS Team as a Mental Health Practitioner. The role involves the triage of cases to ensure that service delivery is appropriate to the needs of the individual following a Stepped approach. All practitioners will have a commitment to the development, modelling, and delivery of high quality, compassionate, person centred service for children and young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health needs and their families. This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details). ## Responsibilities We encourage flexible working and would consider part time hours. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Please see attached job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of triage and assessment **Desirable** - Post qualification experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC or HCPC Registration or BCBP registration ## Documents - [protocol (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10328933) - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [mental hea;th practitioner camhs/spoa (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10286677) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.